This is a progress report on the first 6 months activity of the Commission on Non-Traditional Study which was established: 1) to examine all aspects of non-traditional postsecondary education, including the external degree, now in operation or being planned; 2) to evaluate the desirability and feasibility of such study; 3) to identify the…

Describes three prize-winning alternatives to traditional schools developed out of the USOE's experimental schools program. (JF)

Urges cooperation between nursery school teachers who prefer the intuitive approach to education and research psychologists who emphasize the need for using scientific methodology in studying children and their development. (DR)

The student contract method as experimentally implemented in an Australian college is briefly outlined. (Author/KM)

Here is a pen-portrait of a new-style tertiary college, North Devon College, Barnstaple. (Editor/RK)

EDUCATIONAL THEORIZING IS A NEEDED ENDEAVOR IN THE EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH PROCESS. WHILE THEORIZING HAS OFTEN BEEN EQUATED WITH PHILOSOPHIZING, IT IS NOT THE WHOLE OF IT, SINCE PHILOSOPHY HAS OTHER TRADITIONS WHICH MAKE THE PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION A LEGITIMATE PART OF EDUCATIONAL THEORIZING. FOUR KINDS OF THEORIZING HAVE BEEN SORTED OUT--(1)…

This manual addresses the problems involved in selection and training of teachers for using the Comprehensive School Mathematics Program (CSMP), an experimental curriculum which emphasizes content well beyond the scope of the standard curriculum. A description of the proposed teacher training model is provided, and implementation specifications…

Technical activity from April 1 through June 30, 1966 involving the development of performance measures used to assess student achievement in relation to instructional objectives are discussed. The major problems encountered in these activities are presented in these sections: General Curriculum Development, Development of Specific Learning Units,…

In 1969 Hiram College, Hiram, Ohio, launched a new integrated curriculum that emphasized interdisciplinary studies and increased student freedom and responsibility. All traditional, discipline-oriented graduation requirements were eliminated in favor of new nondepartmental courses, more electives, and more individual faculty attention for…

Ordinary students (n=40) are participating in a Soviet experiment wherein they are taught by well-known scientists and specialists in a math-intensive course comparable to that taught at the Kiev University. (JC)

Performance of 237 students in 10 inner-city 8th grade math classes was assessed under 5 different sets of instructional conditions. Results indicated playing an instructional mathematics game over a two-year period and working with Instructional Math Play (IMP) kits for 2 weeks improved math ability better than any other combination. (JC)

Contrasts the unconventional educational philosophies implemented by Joseph Brewer at Olivet College (MI), John Andrews Rice at Black Mountain College (NC), and Stringfellow Barr at St. John's College (MD). Discusses the educators' personal characteristics, educational methods, and lasting influences. Recounts firsthand experiences as a student at…