BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, IS A COASTAL CITY OF THE DEEP SOUTH. IT IS 174 MILES FROM ALBANY WHERE THOUSANDS OF NEGROES MARCHED TO JAIL IN THE SUMMER OF 1962 PROTESTING INTOLERABLE CONDITIONS. AT THE SAME TIME BRUNSWICK WAS QUIETLY NEGOTIATING THE DESEGREGATION OF ITS LUNCH COUNTERS. WHILE RACIAL TENSION BROKE OUT IN OTHER NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES,…

IT IS REPORTED THAT LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, HAS MADE NOTABLE PROGRESS IN THE ELIMINATION OF RACE DISCRIMINATION WITH A MINIMUM OF TURMOIL AND WITH THE APPROVAL OF A SUBSTANTIAL MAJORITY OF ITS CITIZENS OF BOTH RACES. OF ITS FOUR MAIN DESEGREGATION HURDLES--PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS, EMPLOYMENT, AND HOUSING--THE FIRST TWO HAVE BEEN…

THE SUBCULTURE IS EXTREMELY SIGNIFICANT IN THE CHILD'S STATE OF PREPAREDNESS FOR LEARNING AT THE TIME OF ENTRY INTO SCHOOL. HIS SELF-CONCEPT, LEVEL OF ASPIRATION, MOTIVATION, AND OVERALL APPRECIATION OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS AND ITS GOALS ARE PRODUCTS OF HIS ENVIRONMENT. THE SUBCULTURE OF THE NEGRO HAS BEEN, AND STILL IS, CHARACTERIZED BY…

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TACOMA, WASHINGTON, BOARD OF EDUCATION PRESENTS HIS VIEWS ON THE PROBLEMS TO BE FACED BY THE CITY OF TACOMA IN THE AREA OF DE FACTO SEGREGATION. TACOMA'S POPULATION FROM 1950 TO 1960 INCREASED 3 PERCENT. VIRTUALLY THE ENTIRE INCREASE WAS NONWHITE. IT IS HELD THAT THE MAGNITUDE OF THE EXPLOSIVE GROWTH OF THE NEGRO POPULATION IS…

THE PROTOCOL FOR THE INCLUSION OF THE PERCEPTUALLY HANDICAPPED AND/OR MINIMALLY BRAIN-INJURED CHILD IN THE GALENA PARK SCHOOLS IS HEREIN DESCRIBED. SUCH CHILDREN USUALLY BEHAVE WITH A SIGNIFICANT DEGREE OF HYPERACTIVITY, DISSOCIATION, AND HAVE A SHORT ATTENTION SPAN. SPECIFIC DATA (INCLUDING MEDICAL HISTORY, PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS RESULTS, SCHOOL…

LISTENING-VIEWING CENTERS ARE BEING USED IN SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. THEY ARE EFFECTIVE IN IMPROVING INSTRUCTION AND INCREASING TEACHER EFFICIENCY. LANGUAGE LABORATORIES MEET THE DEMAND FOR PERSON-TO-PERSON COMMUNICATIONS. THEY PERMIT ALL STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE AT THE SAME TIME WITHOUT INTERFERENCE FROM OTHERS, THUS THEY INCREASE…

A TENTH-GRADE BIOLOGY CURRICULUM GUIDE IS PRESENTED. THE FOUR UNITS OF STUDY ARE FOUNDATIONS OF LIFE, VARIETY OF LIFE, DISTRIBUTION OF LIFE, AND CONTINUITY OF LIFE. ALSO INCLUDED ARE AN OUTLINE COURSE OF STUDY, A STATEMENT OF COURSE OBJECTIVES, SAFETY RULES AND REGULATIONS, A DESCRIPTION OF FIVE TEACHING METHODS (CLASS DISCUSSION, THE…

NEWER MEDIA RESEARCH ATTEMPTS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION WHICH CAN DEEPEN, BROADEN, AND EXTEND ADMINISTRATORS' AND TEACHERS' KNOWLEDGE OF THE USE OF NEW MEDIA. MEDIA RESEARCH HAS NOT BEEN AN EFFECTIVE INSTRUMENT FOR DEEPENING THE CAPACITY OF EDUCATIONAL POLICY-MAKERS FOR SOUND JUDGMENTS IN THIS AREA. DIFFICULTIES OF POLICY MAKING ARE THE ATTRIBUTION…

THE INDIVIDUALIZED METHOD OF TEACHING READING IS BEING USED IN SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, AND MORE AND MORE SCHOOLS ARE BEGINNING TO TRY IT. THE MONOGRAPH WAS PREPARED TO HELP THOSE INTERESTED IN INDIVIDUALIZED READING TO UNDERSTAND THE METHOD, THE PROBLEMS WHICH MAY ARISE, AND HOW IT COMPARES, IN DETAIL, WITH THE METHOD OF GROUP READING.…

CONCEPT FORMATION--AS IT IS AFFECTED BY SUBJECTS (NORMAL AND RETARDED), PROBLEMS (SIMULTANEOUS, SUCCESSIVE, AND SIMILARITY-DIFFERENCE), RESPONSES (MANUAL AND VERBAL), REINFORCEMENT (100 PERCENT AND PARTIAL REINFORCEMENT), AND STIMULI--WAS INVESTIGATED. ELEVEN SEPARATE EXPERIMENTS ARE DESCRIBED. IT WAS FOUND THAT--(1) CONCEPT ATTAINMENT IS…

THIS PROJECT CONSISTED OF DEVELOPING AND TESTING MATERIALS DESIGNED TO TEACH THE PROCESSES OF SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY TO BEGINNING BIOLOGY STUDENTS. MATERIALS CALLED "SPRINGBOARDS FOR DISCUSSION" AND DESIGNED FOR PRESENTATION BY USING THE OVERHEAD PROJECTOR AND MAGNETIC TAPES WERE USED IN INSTRUCTION. MATERIALS OF THE FOLLOWING TYPES WERE…

THE STUDY ATTEMPTED TO DETERMINE (1) WHETHER THE DRIVING SKILLS, ATTITUDES, AND KNOWLEDGE OF STUDENTS TAUGHT BY A MOVIE-SIMULATOR CENTERED COURSE DIFFERED SIGNIFICANTLY FROM THOSE OF STUDENTS TAUGHT BY DUAL-CONTROL CAR CENTERED COURSE SUPPLEMENTED BY THE SIMULATOR FILMS WITHOUT THE USE OF THE SIMULATOR AND (2) WHETHER INSTRUCTIONAL TIME IN THE…

THE ACHIEVEMENT OF ALL BEGINNING AND ADVANCED SHORTHAND STUDENTS USING TRADITIONAL SHORTHAND TEACHING DURING 1964-65 WAS COMPARED WITH THAT OF ALL BEGINNING AND ADVANCED SHORTHAND STUDENTS USING THE FOUR-CHANNEL STENOGRAPHIC LABORATORIES AND A LOCALLY DEVELOPED 440-TAPE LIBRARY DURING 1965-66. IN BEGINNING SHORTHAND, 1,596 STUDENTS STARTED AND…

THE THESIS IS PROPOSED THAT EFFECTIVE SCHOOL ORGANIZATION IS NECESSARY TO REALIZE QUALITATIVE SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS WITH ECONOMY. TO SUBSTANTIATE THE THESIS, A COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF SECONDARY EDUCATION IN RELATION TO SCHOOL DISTRICT ORGANIZATION WAS CONDUCTED. THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES INCLUDED WERE--(1) THE EXAMINATION OF THE PRESENT…

GOAL OF THIS STUDY WAS TO ASSESS THE EFFECTS OF CERTAIN AUDITORY AND VISUAL STIMULI PRESENTED BY EDUCATIONAL TV. SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ASKED WHETHER VISUAL REINFORCEMENT, CONTINUITY, AND MANIPULATION TECHNIQUES INCREASE MASTERY OF SCIENCE INFORMATION BY FIFTH GRADERS. 72 TV LESSONS IN 9 AREAS OF SCIENCE, VARYING COMBINATIONS OF THE 3 TECHNIQUES AT…