Recent economic and technological changes, as well as changes in the very nature of work, have forced business institutions to redirect themselves. Consequently, human resource development (HRD) activities are no longer a group of diverse practices at the periphery of a few organizations. Rather, the scope of HRD has expanded to include solving…

Building a partnership between school and home can be an effective way of providing for a better education for children. This booklet is concerned with educating students in mathematics and science. The booklet stresses the use of calculators and computers throughout courses from kindergarten to 12th grade, especially in mathematics and science…

Written from experiences at the May 1987 Writing across the Curriculum Summer Writing Institute at Indian Hills Community College in Ottumwa, Iowa, this collection of 14 essays describes methods of using writing as a learning tool across various disciplines. The 15 instructors attending the workshop represented the fields of technical…

This reivew of research examines the effectiveness of computer-assisted-instruction (CAI) in raising the achievement levels of students at various levels and areas of instruction. The review studies four main categories of material written about CAI: (1) opinion papers; (2) descriptions of available hardware; (3) reports evaluating the…

This annotated bibliography comprises 13 items in the ERIC system concerning improving teacher effectiveness. Items cited discuss strategies including an objectives-based instructional program combined with mastery learning, teacher self-assessment techniques, administrators' role in helping teachers adopt more effective practices, improving…

Two studies explored parental expectations and home computer practice in families with special needs children. The first involved 48 parents of special needs children, aged 3.6 to 14.5 years. On a coping instrument, a mood scale, and a difficulties and expectations scale, parents indicated that important concerns for their children included:…

San Elizario, Texas, is a border community with a high poverty rate, overcrowded school conditions, and a 60% limited English proficiency (LEP) rate among school students. In 1984, the school district began a cooperative university and school system project to improve Hispanic LEP students' achievement through applied computer technology. In…

The Educational Technology Center (ETC) has devoted the last five years to studying ways of using the computer and other information technologies to teach understanding in science, mathematics, and computing in the nation's elementary and secondary schools. The Center's research has focused on targets of difficulty, topics and concepts that are…

This guide, which is organized into 13 sections, is intended to help day care professionals deal with many common problems that occur in the running of day care facilities. Topics covered include: (1) administration; (2) advocacy; (3) computerization; (4) employer-sponsored child care; (5) funding and fundraising; (6) information and referral; (7)…

Focusing on a whole language program for the middle grades in Canada's Northwest Territories, this interview transcript consists of responses by Anne Davies, a teacher from Yellow Knife, in the Northwest Territories, and currently a doctoral student, to questions posed by Norma Mickelson, a professor at the University of Victoria in British…

Fourteen conference papers dealing with the effects of electronic information technology on social studies education are provided. Microcomputers received most of the attention, followed by satellite telecommunications, as the conference participants examined implications for student learning styles, student knowledge and attitudes, teacher…

This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 29 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) magnet schools and achievement in reading and mathematics; (2) a psycholinguistic analysis of the oral reading behavior of selected urban students; (3) the…

An 18-month project was conducted to adapt the resource room version of the National Center for Research in Vocational Education's Career Planning System (CPS) for delivery through microcomputers. Specific goals of the project were as follows: to adapt a print-based product previously found successful with middle school students who displayed mild…

This report evaluates the 1982-83 Compensatory Language Experience and Reading Program (CLEAR), which served 5392 Ohio students, grades K-8, whose reading skills achievement was at or below the 36th percentile. The program featured individual or small group instruction. Instructional techniques and materials based on skill-centered objectives were…

The purpose of this project was to accomplish two goals: (1) to provide the school district of Lancaster (Pennsylvania) with an inservice program for teachers in the bilingual education program; and (2) to develop a computer-assisted bilingual education teacher training program. Seven two-day workshops were held. In addition to providing inservice…