This paper examines the Competency Based Teacher Education (CBTE) program at the University of Toledo, Ohio. A description is given of the development of the program and its implementation in 1971. The reasons for changes in the CBTE program are discussed and teacher surplus, enrollment changes, and the fact that the program was expensive are…

The development of the Alberta Diagnostic Reading Program (ADRP) was based on a current psycholinguistic theory that describes reading as a process in which the reader uses background information to communicate with the author. To ensure its usefulness and effectiveness, the developers of the ADRP sought the advice and direct involvement of many…

Knowledge-based expert computer systems are addressing issues relevant to all special educators, but are particularly relevant in rural settings where human experts are less available because of distance and cost. An expert system is an application of artificial intelligence (AI) that typically engages the user in a dialogue resembling the…

Findings from four lines of inquiry that attempt to identify teaching skills are reviewed. Following a brief introduction, the first section discusses definitions of "skill" and outlines empirical attributes of teaching skills. In the following section, the four lines of inquiry are described. Results are analyzed in the third section.…

Numbers 3 through 5 of the 1981 TECFORS newsletter include these articles: "Pre-Writing Activities" (Sandra L. McKay); "Errors in Advanced-Level Discourse" (Robert B. Kaplan); "Sensory Imagery" (Elizabeth Jamison Hodges); "Introducing Advanced Concepts of Reading and Writing in the Beginning ESL Class"…

This instructor's guide on solar heating and cooling is part of a series of individualized instructional materials. The guide is provided to help the instructor make certain that each student gets the most benefit possible from both the student's manual and what he/she does on the job. Notes for the instructor contain suggestions on how the…

The 101 computer-based education (CBE) studies considered for use in this meta-analysis came from three major sources: references in an earlier meta-analytic review of CBE at the college level (J. Kulik, et al., 1980); a computer search of the Comprehensive Dissertation Abstracts and ERIC databases; and utilization of the bibliographies contained…

A research project was undertaken to explore the effects of using a microcomputer equipped with a speech synthesizer to enhance and aid in the individualization of the language experience approach in beginning reading instruction. A prototypic program was developed and pilot-tested with 12 kindergarten children over a three-week period, with each…

A quarter of a century after the inception of the microteaching concept and in view of the new emphasis given to teaching learning laboratories, this paper discusses the development of the microteaching concept and its present state of art. Special attention is given to the theoretical conceptualization of microteaching and the teaching learning…

The papers presented at this conference review current research on effective educational practices for low-achieving students and identify those that might be applied to programs funded under Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 (the successor legislation to Title 1 of the Elementary Secondary Education Act of…

A mathematics program was developed and implemented at the Jefferson County (Ohio) Joint Vocational School to raise the mathematics functioning of special needs students by using interactive computers. Special needs students were pre- and posttested with the Wide Range Achievement Test, Arithmetic section. The 11th-grade students functioning at…

The Pupil Adjustment Project (PAP) in the Cleveland Public Schools is designed to develop basic social and academic skills among kindergarten pupils exhibiting special needs (but not identified as learning disabled or developmentally handicapped). The highly individualized instructional model involves extensive diagnosis, places strong emphasis on…

The Children in Residential Schools project of the Cleveland Public Schools is designed to provide additional instructional and supportive services to orphaned, neglected, and delinquent children in residential institutions. These services are beyond that which is normally available to them through their on-grounds schools or in the public or…

This fourth of 10 blocks of student and teacher materials for a secondary/postsecondary level course in electronic principles comprises one of a number of military-developed curriculum packages selected for adaptation to vocational instruction and curriculum development in a civilian setting. Prerequisites are the previous blocks. This block on…

A study was conducted to determine if computers are viable alternatives to textbooks for teaching spelling and related skills at the third grade level and to compare the change in attitude toward spelling of students in a computer assisted program with that of students in a textbook learning program. The 18 experimental and 18 control group…