Some statistical considerations in applying survey sampling methods to small populations are explored. (DS)

Offers guidelines for establishing a remedial reading program that will be useful and innovative and will meet the exact instructional needs of those students who need prescriptive help for overcoming deficiencies in areas such as word attack, comprehension, and study skills. (HOD)

The first step in any planning process should be problem identification. Appropriate planning techniques, starting with formal needs assessments, will help vocational education control its own future. (LRA)

Announces a project for national bibliographic control under the sponsorship of the Council on Library Resources. Areas explored will be the possibility of linking various bibliographic utilities and networks, cooperative planning, review of the Library of Congress' Network Development Office project as a potential nationwide database, and the…

The development of physical education programs in the Soviet Union is traced from pre-Revolution to the present. (JMF)

Argues that the form of developmental studies programs should follow the function they serve in the institution. Identifies such functions of developmental studies as skill development, personal development, maximizing educational opportunity, and improving mainstreaming curricula, and suggests forms that will maximize these functions. (DR)

Examines the concept and application of prevention programs in the child welfare services, and provides a framework for child welfare services based on the public health model of prevention, which focuses on helping program administrators identify and plan services and programs for target populations at different stages in their development. (CM)

Presents elementary school teachers with four simple questions for starting a year-long evaluation program. (CM)

Describes the benefits to be derived from storytelling and encourages the development of storytelling programs. (DD)

Information on the characteristics of the older adult, philosophic differences in concepts of service to this age group, information on the development stages of adulthood as a basis for program planning, and ideas on developing programs for older adults are included. (Author)

Problem areas encountered in developing career education at the university level are discussed: (1) classroom-work relationship, (2) work values, (3) transferable academic skills, (4) critical career skills, (5) career self-concept, and (6) accurate career information. (EC)

The adaptation of training programs to employees with different value systems can produce better results--and clarify why program evaluations often vary widely. (For availability, see EA 507 433.) (Author)

Accountability in its real meaning is a process of behavioral planning in which the teacher leads the student towards specific observable goals, estimates the time of arrival, selects the most appropriate methods, and determines the degree of achievement. (MB)

To help you become the best possible cooperating teacher, a director of elementary student teaching, has compiled some basic fundamentals for your use. Mix and match her suggestions with your own ideas, and you and your student teacher will have a rewarding and successful experience. (Editor)