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Atkinson, Richard C., Ed.; Wilson, H. A., Ed. – 1969
The editors have brought together 21 papers reflecting the current trends in research and development in computer assisted instruction (CAI). The papers were selected to be readable and of general interest to students without a background in CAI. The first four papers deal with the role of computers in education, now and in the future. Three…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs
Mial, Dorothy, Ed.; And Others – 1969
This final report of a conference on curriculum development within the ES '70 program is divided into three parts. The first part contains addresses concerning the comprehensive high school and the ES '70 program as a curriculum innovation. Three current trends--individualized instruction, changes in instructional theory, and changes in…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Conference Reports, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
National Home Study Council, Washington, DC. – 1974
With home study, subjects inaccessible locally become available. Useful aids in career development, many courses are offered: business, skilled trades, preparation for professional licenses, profitable hobbies, and academic subjects. Many courses provide complete vocational training, as well as the upgrading of job skills. The directory offers a…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Adult Vocational Education, Career Development, Career Education
Grant, Mabel; And Others – 1974
This suggested curriculum for use in the Early Admissions Program with four-year-old children draws mainly on elements from child development theory and practical experiences of the writers. It is intended that this material will be used to stabilize and increase the child's cognitive and linguistic growth through effective diagnostic and…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Class Activities, Curriculum Development, Diagnostic Teaching
McLain, John D. – 1974
The flexible all-year school plan provides for the school to operate all year, on a continuous basis, during regular school hours and school days except holidays. Under such a plan, a student need not attend school all year, or any longer than the amount of time required by law, but he may if he so desires. When a student enrolls in school, he is…
Descriptors: Course Organization, Courses, Educational Change, Educational Quality
American River Junior Coll., Sacramento, CA. – 1972
The major objectives of this project were to assist selected vocational educators to develop instructional materials based upon the behavioral objectives of each course, to individualize instruction and develop resource materials to guide other educators. To accomplish these objectives, four workshops were conducted for technical/vocational…
Descriptors: Educational Media, Higher Education, Individualized Instruction, Participant Satisfaction
Giles, Louise – 1974
Community college libraries tend to be the pace setters for change in libraries. As the new media have been introduced into libraries, ways have been found to integrate them into the library to create multimedia resource collections. In addition to traditional library services, instructional design, materials production, computer operation,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administration, College Libraries, Community Colleges
Indian River School District, Frankford, DE. – 1973
The nine-week course for sixth graders concentrates on map skills and the cultural and historical geography of Egypt, Mexico, and Latin America. Having completed the course, the learner will be able to list several ways in which 1) power has led to conflict; 2) new inventions lead to changes in ways of living; 3) man influences his environment and…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Course Content, Course Evaluation, Course Objectives
Frick, Frederick C. – 1972
Several on-goint activities were conducted during this quarter. Field trials of the Lincoln Training System-3 (LTS-3) at Keesler Air Force Base were extended to include high-aptitude students previously excluded. Results showed such students scored significantly higher on achievement tests and learned substantially faster when they received LTS…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Autoinstructional Aids, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Development
New York Univ., NY. Center for Field Research and School Services. – 1972
The educational program in Community School District Number 24 was supplemented by a quality incentive grant from State Urban Education funds. These funds were used to establish a Corrective Reading Program and anEnglish as a Second Language Program which were supported by school volunteers. The primary objectives of the Corrective Reading Program…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teacher Aides, Class Organization, Educational Diagnosis
Rapp, M. L.; Wuchitech, J. M. – 1973
The Education Voucher Demonstration, begun in Alum Rock in 1972, is a large-scale social intervention with a wide range of social, political, economic, and educational objectives. This document is one of three such papers describing the educational aspects of the demonstration program which involved six public schools, 22 "mini-school"…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Research, Continuous Progress Plan, Creative Art
McKay, Edgar B. – 1972
Five Learning Activity Packets (LAPS) of Canadian-American materials were written in an attempt to upgrade and broaden the content and widen the international understanding of the elementary students of Maine by means of an individualized learning approach. This report describes the development of the project and the procedures followed in…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Education, Curriculum Development
Yarborough, L. Everett; Fox, Henry C. – 1973
The Florida Department of Education has adopted state-wide goals and performance objectives which can ultimately serve as the basis of a non-time based school. In such a system, student performance will be the measure of an individual's success, as opposed to merely the number of years spent in the classroom; additional characteristics will…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Computer Oriented Programs, Continuous Progress Plan, Differentiated Staffs
National Inst. of Mental Health (DHEW), Bethesda, MD. – 1970
This booklet gives detailed accounts of mental health programs in operation around the nation. A total of nine different types of activities is included. "Helping Children" describes a program whereby students from nearby colleges give troubled children, at home, an experience in friendship by serving as big brothers or sisters. "Helping the…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Children, Community Organizations, Community Services
Bockman, John F. – 1971
A three-phase research project involving eighth-grade students seeking to examine the potentialities of managed self-instruction in introductory modern language courses at the early secondary level is reported in this paper. Problems inherent in the development of instructional systems and differentiated language learning modes are explored with…
Descriptors: Educational Experiments, Experimental Programs, Grade 8, Independent Study
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