This report provides a selection, description, and summary of programs and research involving two languages of instruction. It identifies theoretical questions raised in the literature, but the main emphasis is on the structures, goals, and outcomes of second language programs at the elementary school level. Many issues discussed are specific to…

This is a final report on an experimental program in curriculum development. Four undergraduate colleges in the Atlanta University Center (Clark, Morehouse, Morris Brown, and Spelman) have cooperated to develop a 1-year course in general science for use in liberal arts colleges. This program has proven successful in developing and presenting…

The IMPACTE Project (Indian and Metis Project for Careers Through Teacher Education), initiated in August 1971, aimed to: (1) train Native teachers within the framework of the regular certification program at the Faculty of Education, Brandon University (Manitoba, Canada) and (2) provide a new "career ladder" for Indian and Metis people. Of the 53…

This set of materials contains three manuals and a supplement of programs for instructors and trainees. Part 1 of the Language and Study Skills Manual contains a list of the materials to be covered in the six language skill areas (basic language skills, vocabulary skills, predictionary skills, grammar and usage, letter-writing, and reference and…

This book provides discussion and guidelines for administering an individualized instruction program; it is stated, however, that the book is not confined to individualized study units alone but brings in the creation of any educational instrument, a variety of which are illustrated in the appendixes. The following topics are considered in this…

This document reviews an attempt to provide a career awareness and guidance program specifically for female high school students. Groundwork was laid for the utilization of student aids in the guidance program. "Project Women" established and carried out the following objectives: (1) the identification of the career interests of 10th and…

A description of the 100 level English program at Ohio University, an explanation of how the program got started, and a brief evaluation of how the students and faculty responded to the program are included in this paper. Acknowledging that the students come into the program with 12 years or more of study of English composition and literature, the…

This document is a collection of newsletters containing information on environmental education. The newsletters, produced by the ERIC Information Analysis Center for Science, Mathematics and Environmental Education, contain information concerning programs, materials, and resources related to environmental education. There is a focus on Federal…

This directory contains comprehensive descriptions of diagnostic-prescriptive mathematical programs, for which some success has been demonstrated in the classroom, as shown by statistical evidence of significant improvement of student learning. The table of contents is designed to provide easy identification of programs related to specific grade…

In Denmark a large and complex group of social, legal, educational, health, and financial services are available to all women who are pregnant and/or have children under 2 years of age. These services are the subject of two joint reports. The first report describes the history, organization, and administration of the program and the services for…

This book represents an effort to demonstrate, in a limited 60-minute experience, the type of staff development modules or packages which are being developed by the Mesa, Arizona Public Schools. It also represents a larger ongoing effort to develop a comprehensive career guidance model based on a systematic planning approach. The purpose of the…

In the program described in this paper, a faculty member of color would be hired as a journalism instructor and counselor. As instructor, he would teach a regular beginning writing class and, as a counselor, he would set up group activities with students of color. The two main factors in the program are the instructor-counselor and the group.…

The purpose of this project was to survey the status of forensics in the United States. A mailing list was developed to include every school that might have forensic activities. Established mailing lists prepared for tournaments, publications of tournament results, and lists set up for sale were consulted; schools were asked to list other schools…

A project studied the need for a national library network which would deal with materials by and about blacks. A framework for such a network was developed. Existing black materials were surveyed, agencies holding collections of such materials were analyzed, and a combined agency network conceptualized. The concept was then reviewed by impartial…

The development, for inner-city ghetto youth, of a child care model that functions within a family/neighborhood framework rather than from the "safety" of distant residential treatment centers, is essential to the goal of eliminating the fragmentation and inadequacy of such services and the continued disregard of the prerogatives and rights of…