This paper describes and analyzes different types of inservice training available for early childhood education programs to help directors select the inservice training best suited to their programs. It is suggested that early childhood education programs are at one of three levels of development: initial adjustment stage, operational stage, and…

The report documents performance on a 24-month R&D effort oriented toward the development of a computerized model for machine translation of natural languages. The model is built around a set of procedures called verbalization, intended to stimulate the processes employed by a speaker or writer in turning stored information into words.…

For the past 15 years there has been a serious interest in the processing of natural language (English) by researchers in Artificial Intelligence (A.I.). This processing has included machine translation, question-answering systems, man-machine dialogue, and speech understanding. This interest has engendered an awareness of and a concern with the…

This paper presents a way to incorporate environmental education in the classroom through the preparation of teachers. The approach suggested is to train teachers to use literature in the humanities as focal points around which environmental issues can be discussed and analyzed in the classroom by students. Sections from one non-fiction work and…

The purpose of this study was (1) to develop a model of required functions and effective behaviors of psychiatric nurses in mental health programs in Massachusetts and (2) to construct a model of objectives of a continuing education program for them. Perceptual data concerning functions of nurses were gathered by interviews with authorities,…

In order to suggest more adequate pupil personnel services in North Carolina, this report is presented as a model through which those disciplines which compose pupil personnel services are aligned in full partnership with administrative and instructional services. Counseling and Guidance Services help students achieve self-actualization and plan…

Four papers on research and innovation in military training within the Army Training system deal with procedures for individualizing training, the Project IMPACT prototype system of computer assisted and programed instructions, student motivation and performance, and prospects for the 1970's and 1980's, and the implications of research in learning…

To aid school adjustment of children from low income families of Mexican descent, this program has developed new methods for teaching English as a second language while preserving and reinforcing children's use of Spanish. The classroom model emphasizes learning cognitive concepts and exploring the child's attitudes towards these concepts.…

The materials in this booklet began as a script for a tape/slide progress report on Project Simu School, to be used in presentations to various groups who have had an interest in the project. The project was developed to create and implement a system to piece together and communicate educational knowledge to enable educators to improve their…

This study was commissioned to delineate the role of resource and bibliographic centers in the national network of library and information services proposed by the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science. As background material, an overview of existing centers was constructed from earlier interlibrary loan studies; small surveys…

This volume of appendices is Part II of a study of program implementation in 12 models of Head Start Planned Variation. It presents details of the data analysis, copies of data collection instruments, and additional analyses and statistics. The appendices are: (A) Analysis of Variance Designs, (B) Copies of Instruments, (C) Additional Analyses,…

A digital simulation of a model for the processing of visual images is derived from known aspects of the human visual system. The fundamental principle of computation suggested by a biological model is a transformation that distributes information contained in an input stimulus everywhere in a transform domain. Each sensory input contributes under…

The relative and combined effects of short-term group brainstorming practice and video-tape training sessions on brainstorming performance were explored. Two hypotheses were tested: (1) under group and individual conditions, performance should improve with the use of a model of a well trained and experienced brainstorming group, group performance…

The sample of 164 Marginal College Freshmen (MCF) who attended the 1968 Eastern Michigan University (EMU) Special Summer Session. Ninety-nine variables were analyzed utilizing the total sample of MCF and subgroups, persistors, and leavers. From these assumptions, hypotheses were developed. A model of a multidimensional developmental model is…

To further the development and refinement of a model to utilize paraprofessionals in conducting a needs assessment of disadvantaged youth for consumer and homemaking education, curriculum guides from the nine schools involved in the project were analyzed and pre- and post-assessment questionnaires devised and administered to the aides and teachers…