The Learning Skills Center (LSC) at Los Angeles City College is an individualized learning laboratory which offers assistance to students in communication skills and quantitative skills, and provides tutoring in all college-level courses. ISC's programs are diagnostic and prescriptive, and services are available to students on both voluntary and…

This paper describes five experimental studies which explored the influence of fathers' home caregiving and interactional characteristics on their infant's laboratory behavior. Approximately 300 families with children ranging in age from 6 to 24 months were studied. Each infant's reactions were observed as a function of the manipulation of the…

Length of pauses between quizzes and laboratory assignments in a self-paced psychology-of-adjustment course were examined. Students (n=31) were required to take quizzes from proctors, 15 of which were unit quizzes and five of which were unit review quizzes, and to present five laboratory assignments to the instructor during the course in a…

The program to Prepare Teachers for Multi-Cultured Secondary Schools (MULTI-CUL) at Ball State University provides an alternative, elective program open to all enrollees in secondary education who wish to prepare for teaching their subject matter specialities in schools serving adolescents from a variety of cultural, religious, social, and ethnic…

This paper discusses learning skills centers in Kansas connected with area vocational-technical schools and community junior colleges. These centers are designed to offer basic skills instruction in reading, composition, math, and study skills areas to students who cannot succeed in a vocational program because of deficiencies in one or all of…

High school distributive education retail laboratories (school stores) provide practical experiences in an actual store environment. The manual presents information to assist coordinators in creating a distributive education retail laboratory or for improving an existing operation. Sections include preparing proposals to start a school store,…

An investigation to determine the administrative and organizational role of the library in nonprint media programs in institutions of higher education in Tennessee was carried out using the survey and interview method. The findings showed that one-third of the responding libraries did not have and were not planning a comprehensive collection of…

An individualized French course for seventh- and eighth-grade students in which student achievement is evaluated in terms of mastery of learning "paquets" is outlined in this teacher's guide. The two-year course is described in sections treating (1) learning packages, (2) developing a sense of responsibility, (3) grading, (4) the year-round…

The goal of this research study was to develop laboratory materials which would present concepts about plants and selected processes of science to undergraduate elementary education students. Three laboratory exercises, each covering a number of concepts dealing with an identified topic, were used. Behavioral objectives were used to combine major…

This manual is the fifth in a series aimed at giving undergraduate students sophistication in dealing with actual research problems, and in the discovery and examination of data. It is intended as a supplement to a regular International Relations program. As a laboratory manual, it makes certain suggestions for tools and techniques. Some exercises…

Prepared in 1969 for the Division of Education Laboratories (DEL), this report examines the teacher training programs and projects of the 15 educational laboratories and three selected Research and Development Centers, established to systematically develop ideas and technology relevant to educational problems. The procedures involved reviewing…

This paper reports a trial program in laboratory training with a focus on racism which was conducted in a suburban school system in the fall of 1968. The voluntary enrollment in-service program was instituted for professional personnel, community residents, and school board members in response to their hesitancy in discussing race relations openly…

Educational personnel having major responsibilities for research and development were invited to attend three one-week institutes to receive training in the use of selected management tools. instructional topics such as systems and management analysis, and definitive studies of management information systems (MIS), program planning budgetary…

In response to a growing concern with the quality of health care in this country, this conference met to discuss: (1) the role of junior colleges in training medical technicians, (2) the importance of uniformity in the core curriculum, (3) new occupations and changing job requirements, (4) the need for cooperation and coordination between…

Papers were given at a conference sponsored by the National Science Foundation on present and future use of the museum as an educational resource. Science education, media use, museum-community relationships, and museum-school relationships engaged the attention of the speakers. The educational programs of particular museums were reported on by…