Volume I of the Program of Instruction (EA 002 789) contained chapters 1-4. This volume contains chapters 5 and 6. Chapter 5, Group-Functioning, illustrates the flexibility that the Program of Instruction affords the Specialist in Continuing Education in selecting evaluative instruments and training activities. Chapter 6, Operational Design,…

Requirements and planning guidelines for industrial arts facilities are outlined for application to three types of industrial arts shops. The ratios of areas to students are discussed in regard to the sizes, shapes, and locations of shops. Specifications for walls, floors, ceilings, windows, paint, and illumination are included. An equipment…

A study which was concerned with establishing data and a criteria basis for evaluating and designing research and science facilities is overviewed with suggestions for facility design. The surveying method, organization, and results are all included, revealing statistical information for science facility planners. Problems and misconceptions of…

This report of the third Indiana-Purdue Language Laboratory Conference emphasizes techniques and teaching in the laboratory rather than a technical discussion of equipment. Major topical divisions subsuming individual author articles are related to: (1) structural drill, (2) evaluation of laboratory technique, (3) current textbooks and the…

The Bio-Med Instrumentation Technologist Questionnaire was sent to 105 hospitals in the Southern California area that had electronic instrumentation for patient monitoring purposes. Sixty completed questionnaires were returned. Twenty manufacturers of bio-medical instrumentation were sent the questionnaires and seven responded. Some of the…

This report describes and evaluates the Clarifying Environments Program (CEP), an innovative attempt by the University of Pittsburgh to improve educational environments in the community through university-community interface. The first part of the paper presents the goals, theory, and history behind CEP. Implementation of CEP learning labs for…

The purpose of the demonstration programs in intensive instruction for low-achieving students was essentially to enable school districts to establish and operate exemplary and innovative projects to improve the competence of junior high school students in reading and mathematics. Thirteen original projects moved into their third year of operation…

This booklet contains an annotated list of bilingual audiovisual materials. It discusses films, records, cassettes, and tapes. Other information includes periodicals, a list of distributors, and bibliographies. (SK)

Fourteen categories of manpower, comprising 75 percent of the total health work force requiring formal training of six months or more in Alabama, are studied in this preliminary report. They are physicians, dentists, optometrists, pharmacists, medical technologists, certified laboratory assistants, sanitarians, medical records clerks, radiologic…

The objectives of this curriculum guide for the humanities are to provide a course which explores music, drama, art, and literature, educating the aesthetic responses and motivating the attitudes of students, in addition to giving them a laboratory experience for individual exploration and introducing them to the relationship of the arts and the…

Functions of the Center for Computer Sciences and Technology (CCST), a national center for computer research and development for the United States government, are described. CCST provides computer and related services to the National Bureau of Standards of which it is a part and to other government agencies on a cost-reimbursable basis. The Office…

This report is one of a regular series on the status and progress of studies on the nature of speech, instrumentation for its investigation, and practical applications. The reports contained in this particular number are state-of-the-art reviews of work central to the Haskins Laboratories' areas of research. The papers included are: (1)…

The authors of this planning review claim that educational research and development has been underfunded, has had less than distinguished standing in the scholarly and scientific community, and has had little national leadership. They assert that the National Institute of Education (NIE) is intended to bring about an improvement on all three…

Two authors discuss educational technology innovations, costs, and effectiveness. Sidney Tickton summarizes the CIT report of 1969-70 and new data highlights from the present study. He recommends that government agency sponsors of technology projects demand cost and result information and comparative studies with other systems presenting identical…

This proposed secondary educational program, detailed in eight chapters well illustrated with photographs and working diagrams, is intended to enable people to understand science and technology in order to make more intelligent decisions regarding their use, rather than allowing them to dominate man. Written by a professor of education, this…