This is an annotated bibliography of basic tools of access for the study of the uncommonly taught languages of North, Central, and South America. It is one of eight fascicles which constitute a revision of "A Provisional Survey of Materials for the Study of the Neglected Languages" (CAL 1969). The emphasis is on materials for the adult…

Serving as a comprehensive reference on all aspects of allied health education and service, this report presents the National Commission on Allied Health Education's recommendations. The recommendations focus on six major areas: strengthening alliances in service and education, determining appropriate content and level of educational programs,…

THIS IS A REPORT OF THE RESPONSES OF 480 PROFESSIONALS TO A QUESTIONNAIRE ABOUT THEIR BELIEFS ABOUT EDUCATION AS RELATED TO NEWER GOALS IN EDUCATION. IT INDICATES A STRONG COMMITMENT TO THE NEWER GOALS. (DD)

A TWO-YEAR COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROJECT (1965-1967) WAS CONDUCTED TO SYNTHESIZE THE BODY OF AVAILABLE EMPIRICAL KNOWLEDGE RELATED TO EDUCATIONAL PRACTICE IN A MANNER TYPICAL OF SCIENTIFIC THEORY CONSTRUCTION AND TO DEVELOP A DICTIONARY OF OVER 600 COMMON EDUCATIONAL TERMS OPERATIONALLY DEFINED IN AN APPENDED GLOSSARY. THE THREE MAIN PHASES OF THE…

Questionnaires on faculty improvement and professional development in 2-year, 4-year, and graduate colleges and universities were studied. The 756 respondents provided information on existing programs in their institutions. The estimated use and effectiveness of various development activities, types of faculty members involved, funding, and types…

The introductory section of the paper expresses its purpose: to devise a classification scheme for career education resource material, which will be used to develop the USOE Office of Career Education Resource Library and will be disseminated to interested State departments of education and local school districts to assist them in classifying…

The Model of Conceptual Learning and Development (CLD) is an analytical, descriptive model. It defines four levels of concept attainment and the possible uses and extensions of attained concepts, specifies the cognitive operations involved in learning concepts at each of the four levels, and postulates internal and external conditions of learning…

This research bulletin includes reports of research (on children) in progress or recently completed from March through August, 1971. Each entry includes information concerning the investigator, purpose, subjects, methods, duration, cooperating groups, and findings (if available). The reports are listed under several topical headings: (1) long-term…

In its treatment of the development of reading comprehension, the document considers the topics of general understanding, influence of vocabulary and word meaning, relationships to subject matter areas, and techniques for study and questioning. Unit one, entitled Analysis of Style, deals with grasping the main idea; directly stated facts and…

This curriculum guide, developed for pre-kindergartners through grade 12 as part of the total English curriculum, is concerned with the English language as it is now known and as it evolved from its Indo-European roots. Materials include (1) an overview of the origin and development of the English language from Old English through middle English…

The major purpose of this guide is to elicit the information needed for the writing of educational specifications used in the planning of educational facilities for electrical technology programs. It is for use by instructors, supervisors, school plant planners, and local school officials. Part I is a discussion of the recent trends which were…

Derived from household interviews, the study was based upon a sample of about 42,000 households including 134,000 persons. Findings were that the visually impaired represented an older segment of the population and that the marked increase in estimated trends resulted not from severe but rather from other impairments. Of an estimated 5,029,000…

Papers included are the following: design for organizing and administering special education by Paul R. Ackerman and William C. Geer; indications of patterns and trends in special education, by Marvin E. Beekman; the organization of special education services, by John W. Kidd; and organization and administration of special education, by Harrie M.…

This attempt to cover the entire spectrum of exceptionalities in children aims at both graduate and undergraduate students. Discussed are a background of identification techniques for exceptionalities and the screening and education of the gifted child. Included are sections dealing with the classifications, history, types, education, and future…

The Differential Aptitude Tests (DAT) have been widely used in junior and senior high schools since 1947. The DAT Career Planning Program is a modification of the methods of collecting, interpreting, and reporting test data from those tests in conjunction with additional information about students gathered at the time of testing. This modification…