Establishing the feasibility of year-round camping and outdoor education programs for the mentally retarded within the northern United States (above the 40 degree parallel), this study examines the literature, the proposed program, and evaluation methodology. It is concluded that (1) outdoor education programs require the cooperation of both…

This handbook reviewed various teaching methods used in the matrix of the Greco-Christian-Roman tradition and generally recognized as pedagogically important. The 28 methodologies presented in the handbook were adapted to secondary teaching, but could also be applied to teaching on the college level. The general roles of the methodologies were:…

This report presents a description of a process for instructional system design, identification of the steps in the design process, and determination of their sequence and interrelationships. As currently envisioned, several interrelated steps must be taken, five of which provide the inputs to the final design process. There are analysis of…

Defining the purpose of evaluation as "to provide data for decision making," a methodology for educational evaluation was developed. The criteria of efficiency, completeness and focus (on the decision maker's priorities) were used. The elements of the methodology are: (1) negotiation of the contract; (2) design of the evaluation; and (3)…

In an excerpt of a paper, data examining the relative effectiveness of various job search techniques (direct application, friends and relatives, state agencies, and other methods) are presented which were obtained from a 1974 survey of 3,357 head of households in four southern rural counties. (Author/BP)

The processes by which Roe (1956) and Holland (1966) developed their structural representations of occupations are compared. Roe, using almost exclusively nonempirical means, formulated an eight-group circumplex, virtually identical to Holland's six-group hexagonal configuration that resulted from empirical research spanning 11 years. The…

Part 2 of a series; part 1 appeared in the April 1972 issue. (DS)

Paper presented to the Commission on Geography in Education, Quebec, Canada, August 1972. (DS)

Report on the Course sponsored by the Institut fur deutsche Sprache (Institute for the German Language) and funded by the Volkswagen Foundation. (RS)

Paper read at the annual meeting of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, San Francisco, California, December 1970. (DS)

Discusses methods to win and hold adult interest. Physical, mental, emotional and psychological problems are considered and solutions suggested. (RB)