This brief report outlines several of the Kamehameha Early Education Program (KEEP) dissemination formats completed, underway, or planned. One of these, the workshop format, was tested in a training program of several days conducted at KEEP. The workshop was designed to teach teachers to use social reinforcement techniques to increase student…

To verify the assumption that research activities do not interfere with the normal instruction given to students in the demonstration school of the Kamehameha Early Education Program (KEEP), each class's educational and intellectual achievement was assessed, and comparisons were made with other classes in Hawaii. This report compares the results…

This study examines the effects of preschool attendance on school achievement. The achievement test scores of 50 children in two classes of the Kamehameha Early Education Program (KEEP) who had attended preschool were compared to those of their classmates who had not attended preschool. Measures of kindergarten achievement used were the Wechsler…

This brief summary outlines the activities and findings of the research and development efforts of the Kamehameha Early Education Program (KEEP) from 1971 to 1976. The paper suggests that the original goals of the program were met and that the initial operating procedures agreed upon by KEEP and the Hawaii State Department of Education were…

This report of the activities of Project MEDIA, the Illinois State-Wide Facilitator for the National Diffusion Network, includes a description of the diffusion and facilitation process in the state, the numbers and types of requests for information and assistance from the project, the impact of Project MEDIA on local education agencies (LEAs) in…

This report describes the National Diffusion/Adoption Network, who is involved with it (developer/demonstrators, state facilitators, state education agencies, the U.S. Office of Education, and local school districts), and what happened during the first year of its operaton. (DS)

The guide was designed to assist public school personnel in the delivery of educational services to young handicapped children by providing access to information on model programs, increasing knowledge of adopting or adapting educational innovations, suggesting pertinent questions to ask when considering a specific model, and recommending sources…

A metric education project is described and evaluated. The project attempted to integrate a variety of components including grade objectives and activities, teacher training, and public relations. The report describes the model school and the target population, lists the metric education goals, and describes the project events and procedures.…

The Teaching Research Infant and Child Center classrooms service moderately to profoundly handicapped preschool children by providing comprehensive individualized curriculums emphasizing self help, motor development, language, and cognitive skills. Each model classroom contains 12 children with a teacher and an aide, and utilizes volunteers and…

This brochure contains a collection of articles on significant programs instituted by the Teacher Corps over the ten year period 1966-76. A capsule history of Corps activities during this period and personal profiles of Corps directors are presented. Articles are included on the topics of Teacher Corps instructional programs, community based…

THE UNDERGRADUATE SOCIAL WELFARE COURSE AT SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY IS DESCRIBED. THE MAJOR IS TAKEN WITHIN THE COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES. A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE IS AWARDED UPON COMPLETION OF THE PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM IS INTERDISCIPLINARY. IT INVOLVES SOCIAL WELFARE COURSES, PSYCHOLOGY, POLITICAL SCIENCE, ECONOMICS, AND SOCIOLOGY…

THE MANY ACTIVITIES RESULTING FROM THE RECENT EMPHASIS UPON IMPROVING EDUCATION SHOULD CONCERN THE MAJOR PROBLEMS, RESEARCH TOPICS, AND PRIORITIES IDENTIFIED THROUGH A SUGGESTED SYSTEM OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION BOOKKEEPING IN WHICH RESULTS ARE REVIEWED BY APPROPRIATE STAFF AND RESOURCE PERSONNEL FROM BUSINESS, INDUSTRY, COLLEGES, AND UNIVERSITIES.…

THIS PROJECT WAS DESIGNED TO ASSESS APTITUDES, INTEREST, AND VOCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED IN THE VISUAL ARTS AND TO IDENTIFY EFFECTIVE METHODS OF TEACHING ART. A GROUP OF 54 DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING CHILDREN AND ADULTS ATTENDED EXPERIMENTAL ART CLASSES. THREE RATING SCALES AND THE TORRANCE TEST OF CREATIVE THINKING WERE THE…

THE STUDY WAS INSTIGATED TO DEMONSTRATE THAT A PROGRAM FOR GIFTED CHILDREN COULD BE EFFECTIVELY ADMINISTERED IN RURAL AREAS. FIVE SCHOOL DISTRICTS DEVELOPED SPECIAL CLASSES FOR GIFTED CHILDREN ACCORDING TO CONDITIONS WITHIN THE SCHOOL. FIVE OTHER DISTRICTS IN THE SAME RURAL OHIO COUNTY BEGAN SPECIAL GROUPINGS FOR ENRICHED SUBJECTS TAUGHT SEVERAL…

BECAUSE OF THE FAR-REACHING EFFECTS OF STUDENT FAILURE AMONG CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS, A STUDY IS BEING CONDUCTED IN ISRAEL TO DETERMINE THE VALUE OF PRESCHOOL TRAINING, PRINCIPALLY IN KINDERGARTEN, IN PROMOTING NECESSARY SKILLS AND ABILITIES FOR SUCCESS IN SCHOOL. THROUGH A SERIES OF SPECIALLY DESIGNED TESTS, THE DEFICIENCIES OF THE…