Described is the successful use of community agencies as the bases of field study programs for college students majoring in occupational therapy. (GW)

Testing, staffing, and educational objectives of performance-based teacher education programs are discussed. (GW)

Through OE's National Diffusion Network educators learn about programs that work--and one of them may just be the answer to a problem of their own. (Editor)

The Oregon System in Mathematics Education tries to rid teachers of their long-standing fear of math and help them see it as a useful, problem-solving tool. (Editor)

At Luther Burbank High in Sacramento, sophisticated electronic office machines not only glamorize a secretary/steno program but shore up its practicality. (Editor)

More than 1,000 New South Wales adults are being helped to overcome illiteracy in a program aimed at teaching them reading and writing which was introduced into the Evening Colleges of the New South Wales Education Department in Mid-1972. (WL)

According to the author, when applied in a systematic and consistent manner, the four M's of self-management, self-monitoring, self-measurement, self-mediation, and self-maintenance, offer everyone an efficient and effective opportunity to be their own counselor. (Author)

Describes a behavior-modification program used effectively with elementary school underachievers (Grades 3-6). (HMV)

After a brief consideration of the language situation in Wales, this research explains the need for the Schools Council "English in Wales" Project (1973-7) and describes the work of the project to date. (Editor/RK)

Describes an innovative educational model that was implemented at a large suburban high school, and summarizes the attitudes toward its components by the parents, students, and teachers who were involved. (Editor/RK)

History and geography are more than units in textbooks for students in Warren County, Mississippi. Here students have the opportunity to express visually and verbally the influences of the Mighty Mississippi on everyday life. (Author/RK)

Students must be given a cognitive base and have a certain degree of familiarity with a design element in order to cope with materials during the creative process. During a recent outdoor education experience, art teachers found such concerns were minimized in terms of an art program. (Author/RK)

Describes a successful laboratory program in reprographics (involving two one-unit courses) which allows unlimited enrollment, individualized instruction when needed, and an opportunity to develop desirable work habits and traits for an office employee. Precautions to consider before accepting or developing such a program are offered. (HD)

Describes a personal development program designed to provide usable skills in the four major areas identified by a federal task force as being important in helping a person become more effective in the work environment and interpersonal relationships: Human behavior, communications, management, and government. (WL)

Subjects (N=26) from a drug-abuse treatment program were randomly assigned to a workshop that stressed behavioral interview skills, or to a control group that received no treatment. A six-month follow-up of subjects showed no attitudinal differences between the two groups. Alternative explanations of results were discussed and future research…