DATA FROM RECENT COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES OF THE PATHOLOGY OF MENTAL RETARDATION ARE ASSEMBLED, INCLUDING MATERIAL ON ETIOLOGY, MORPHOLOGY, BIOCHEMISTRY, AND LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS. AREAS COVERED ARE (1) GENETIC CAUSES OF MENTAL RETARDATION, (2) DISORDERS OF GESTATION, (3) BIRTH INJURY, (4) GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS OF POSTNATAL CAUSES OF MENTAL…

MAIN TOPICS OF THIS CONFERENCE TO DISSEMINATE WAYS OF IMPROVING TEACHING ON ALL LEVELS ARE--THE TEACHER, ADMINISTRATOR, PRODUCER- DIRECTOR, RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE GRAPHIC ARTIST, CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH, AND INTER-INSTITUTIONAL EXCHANGE OF INSTRUCTIONAL TV MATERIALS. ALSO DISCUSSED ARE--PREMISES GUIDING NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY AND THE NEEDS OF…

EXPERIMENTS ON LANGUAGE LEARNING WERE CONDUCTED IN WALES WITH 26 8-YEAR OLD CHILDREN, OF MIXED ABILITY, BILINGUAL IN ENGLISH AND WELSH, AND ABOUT TO LEARN GERMAN. A STUDY OF THE LEARNING PROCESSES WAS MADE BY A VARIETY OF TESTS USED TO MEASURE LISTENING, UNDERSTANDING, IMITATING, AND WRITING. PRESENTED IN THIS DOCUMENT ARE THE DIFFERENT…

A SUMMARY IS GIVEN OF ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED DURING THE 1964-65 SCHOOL YEAR AS PART OF THE PROGRAM OF INSTRUCTIONAL IMPROVEMENT IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION AUTHORIZED BY TITLE III OF THE NATIONAL DEFENSE EDUCATION ACT. SIGNIFICANT GAINS CITED BY STATE FOREIGN LANGUAGE SUPERVISORS ARE THE DEVELOPMENT OF LONGER SEQUENCES OF STUDY, GROWTH IN…

This paper is intended to provide data and analysis on three general questions: What are the significant existing programs and agencies related to educational research and development (R&D) in the Northeast and what are key unmet needs for the National Institute of Education (NIE) to consider in planning for a new institution? What are various…

This paper summarizes several theories of developmental education and describes the use of techniques based on these theories in a competency-based freshman English program at Central State University, Ohio. The major goal of the program was to provide individualized instruction through laboratory work in communication and reading and to afford a…

This Child Development Associate (CDA) training module focuses on the staff's role in creating and maintaining a child-oriented learning environment for preschool children. An Environment Checklist is provided to help CDA interns assess the richness of their classroom environments before and after completing the training module. Module objectives,…

THIS PHASE OF A SURVEY OF EXISTING RUSSIAN LANGUAGE PROGRAMS DURING ACADEMIC YEAR 1966-67 INCLUDES ONLY DATA RELEVANT TO HIGHER INSTITUTIONS. IN ADDITION TO IDENTIFYING THE INSTITUTIONS THAT OFFERED RUSSIAN DURING THAT PERIOD, DATA ARRANGED IN TABLES REVEAL WHERE UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE PROGRAMS EXIST, AND GIVE NUMERICAL SUMMARIES, BY STATE, OF…

TO REALIZE THE FULL POTENTIAL OF DIAL ACCESS INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS (DAIRS), GREATER AMOUNTS OF CREATIVE PROGRAMED MATERIAL MUST BE PRODUCED AND MADE READILY AVAILABLE TO TEACHERS SO THAT CLASSROOM TIME MAY BE USED MORE CONSTRUCTIVELY, AND TEACHERS MUST CHANGE FROM TEACHER-ORIENTED TO PUPIL-DIRECTED LEARNING ACTIVITIES SO THAT DAIRS CAN…

The New York State adult basic education program (funded under Title III, P.L.89-750) was studied during 1965-67 to ascertain whether the target population was being reached, compare effectiveness of different programs; estimate time expectancies needed by individuals to attain functional literacy, learn if sociological and physical variables of…

The purpose of this study was to ascertain the ef"ects of direct-detailed and directed discovery laboratory methods on selected behavior characteristics of college students during a 3-week period. The 120 students wer" enrolled in three sections of an electricity course under three teachers. During the first 3 weeks of the experiment, 20 students…

This book, written for those who have no formal training in linguistics but who have an interest in language or language teaching, is meant as a practical text for use in introductory courses in Applied Linguistics. Its emphasis is on second language teaching, but it is also of interest to those who teach native speakers because it covers the…

137 NAPPA colleges and universities provided data for this summary. Projects are summarized by thirteen building classifications. Under each classification the following information headings are used--(1) name of institution, (2) project completion date, (3) gross square feet, (4) net assignable area, (5) construction costs, (6) number of stories,…

This issue of the Multi-State Consortium on Performance-Based Teacher Education (PBTE) newsletter presents an examination of Florida International University's efforts over two academic years to develop and implement performance-based curricula across all of its programs at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Efforts were aimed at…

One of a set of six guides for an industrial arts curriculum at the junior high school level, this guide provides the basic foundation to develop a one-semester course based on the cluster concept, construction technology. The guide suggests activity-oriented classroom and laboratory instruction focusing on the technical, environmental, safety,…