The Korean Educational Development Institute (KEDI) was established in 1972 as an independent and government sponsored educational research and development organization. The responsibilities of KEDI include conducting research and disseminating research findings. (RB)

The author describes his early experience with the Talented Youth Project and stresses the need for planning the total experience of the gifted student. Models for curriculum differentiation are noted. (CL)

The paper describes secondary science curriculum extension projects. Individual extension projects are developed from the base of the school curriculum but extend into broader, more unusual areas according to the individual's particular interest. Pupils discuss their intended goals, draw up a plan of action and contract to complete the task.…

The article highlights the role of curriculum in special education within the contexts of the Individualized Education Program and a 6-S paradigm of the instructional program (someone, something, somebody, somehow, somewhere, and sometime). (CL)

Presents a procedure for curriculum change and textbook adoption using a step-by-step decision-making process. (MD)

A coordinated home and school planning process via a transdisciplinary model is designed to serve severely/profoundly handicapped students in functional curriculum areas. Planning begins with identification of needs, constraints, and resources, and formulation of student objectives. (CL)

Written to give guidance to persons planning shorthand courses, who are not themselves specialists in the subject, the article describes five systems, the claims made for each and its disadvantages (Pitman Classic, Pitman Script, Gregg, Speedwriting, Teeline). Considerations affecting choice of systems are outlined briefly. (AJ)

Summaries of three papers presented at a panel discussion at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Modern Language Association, November 1, 1973, Chicago, Illinois. (RL)

Focuses on specific ways of strengthening health education at the secondary school level. (DM)

Students in data processing will see its contributions to our technological society in much sharper relief than those who get no closer to a computer than their next change-of-address card. (Author)

The need to articulate a high school home economics program with the junior high or elementary feeder schools is examined. Contains a suggested plan for developing articulation through the establishment of a better curriculum for student learning. An illustration of a sample plan is included. (CT)

Discusses the policy, objectives, and possible teaching procedures that a local teachers' association developed in response to a directive to include writing in all subject areas and at all grade levels. (RL)

Procedures in "webbing"--allowing gifted students to creatively explore alternatives or connections in interesting areas--are described to include topic and subtopic selection, subtopic expansion, discussion, planning, and questioning. A sample unit in space exploration is included, along with unit bibliography and webbing activity checklist. (CL)