The guided design (GD) approach is an instructional strategy that gears instruction specifically to the learner's long- and short-term objectives and has potential for foreign language instruction. It is based on Bloom's taxonomy of educational objectives and has two goals: to teach the materials corresponding to the objectives, and to develop the…

Discusses the emergence of institutional research during the last decade and the need for an image for "potentiality of change" in higher education. Specifies steps in beginning and improving institutional research, and points to the crucial problem of developing priorities. The necessity of sustaining institutional support for projects is also…

Discussed the Office of Education's new initiatives being added to its Right to Read Program in its continuing effort to eliminate illiteracy, assist those with severe reading problems, and prevent new cases of reading deficiencies from developing. (Author/RK)

The Northern Indian California Education Project, established in 1971, has pilot programs in 6 schools which reach out to 24 additional schools. The article lists project goals, the implementation of these goals, accomplishments, and available materials. (KM)

This document describes Project Libra, a competency-based, field-centered approach to preparation of library media specialists at the undergraduate and graduate levels at Auburn University (Alabama). Thirteen global objectives for the programs are listed, and competencies within each of these are suggested. The program of study and outlines of…

See CS 703 507 for availability information. (JW)

The article describes one approach to preparing a diverse group of 15 individuals representing seven different agencies in Chicago-Cook County's criminal justice system, to assume the responsibility for planning, administering, and delivering training within their respective agencies. (Author/BP)

Customized lessons for 310 students add up to a boggling bookkeeping job, but Project PLAN in Winona, Minnesota, ticks it off with dispatch. (Editor)

Contains guidelines for the teaching of English and describes the English curriculum in the public elementary and secondary schools of Newfoundland, Canada. (RB)

Lists the objectives for the teaching of English and describes the English program in the public elementary and secondary schools of Prince Edward Island, Canada. (RB)

Discusses the guidelines for the teaching of English and describes the English program in the public elementary and secondary schools of Nova Scotia, Canada. (RB)

Discusses the guidelines for the teaching of English and describes the English program in the public elementary and secondary schools of New Brunswick, Canada. (RB)

Discusses the objectives for the teaching of English and describes the English program in the public elementary and secondary schools of Ontario, Canada. (RB)

Discusses the objectives for the teaching of English and describes the English program in the public elementary and secondary schools of Manitoba, Canada. (RB)