The term "college and career ready" has become widely used as a result of the proposed Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) reauthorization and Common Core State Standards movement. As schools move toward what may be considered a moral and economic imperative for the nation's students, it is essential that they first identify the gaps of…

This study considered the efficacy of a differentiated approach to vocabulary instruction for learners with word-finding difficulties (WFD) in the speech and language pathologist's room. Using a pretest-posttest design to study treatment outcomes, 10 second graders with WFD received first semantic-based vocabulary instruction (S) and then…

Article considered the questions of priority and goals in planning a social studies curriculum. (Author/RK)

Corona del Mar High School has redesigned its facilities to accommodate new ideas in individualized instruction and expanded media equipment and materials. (LS)

Describes the examination of the effectiveness of oral vs. written testing in an undergraduate psychology course that was taught by the Keller method of instruction. (Editor)

The continuing education characteristics, operational model, and preliminary results of the University of Bridgeport's Multiple Alternatives Program (MAP) are considered. MAP is an individualized, competency-based program for the inservice education of elementary teachers consisting of four related aspects: assessment, planning, training, and…

Author describes a three-school model computer assisted instruction program underway in the Montgomery County, Maryland, public school system. (Author)

Outlines the purposes of pretests and considerations in their construction. (JR)

Suggestions for strengthening the advisor or mentor relationship of faculty member to student in order to assure the success of contracting