Information on the Adult Education Act of 1966, as amended, given in this document includes the following: (1) program objectives, (2) program strategy, (3) evaluation techniques, (4) program universe, (5) student characteristics, (6) target population, (7) program impact, and (8) training needs. (CK)

At the urging of the governor of Iowa, private business and industry plus interested citizens organized and funded Project Iowa Training and Retraining of Youth (Project I-TRY) programs in many Iowa cities during the summers of 1967 and 1968 and during the 1968-1969 school year. The program gave youth from low and marginal income families a…

Educators, concerned over the educational deficiencies of many students, largely from low-income and minority populations, are seeking new instructional techniques. One method which may hold considerable promise for remedial education is computer-assisted instruction (CAI). The present paper describes CAI, its various uses, its particular…

As a supplement to the principal reports, descriptions are given in this report for the development, validation, and installation of the Self-Paced Physics Course at the U. S. Naval Academy. Following an executive summary, an introduction to course characteristics, and an overview of the project, statistical tests are discussed in connection with…

MATCH boxes (Materials and Activities for Teachers and Children) were developed by the Children's Museum in Boston. They are presently distributed by the American Science and Engineering Company. The MATCH box concept consists of a collection of multi-media activities packaged in kit form to be used by elementary school teachers and children. The…

This progress report attempts to provide as much information as is possible for the benefit of Project Newgate's Advisory Council. In order to give an overview of the Project's achievements, problems, and significance, reports are included from different segments of the program including teachers, tutor counselors, Newgate students, the director,…

This volume provides a follow-up of a 1961 study which was undertaken to determine how well 74 colleges and universities were preparing prospective reading teachers. Questionnaires were mailed to 220 schools to determine the extent to which the 22 original, published recommendations had been implemented. Chapter one outlines data gathered from the…

This report focuses on a problem area which is being addressed by a consortium of agencies, and is designed to enrich the options of planners and program personnel in terms of both innovative concepts and potential resources required for program support. This report relates to the target population of "multi-problem" youth for whom no existing…

This paper describes a project designed to improve the delivery of psychological services in elementary schools. One component of the project involves individual undergraduate college students as "associates." As an associate, the student contributes to, or performs, all measures offered by the given school for children evidencing problems.…

This report describes and documents the experiences of various sponsoring organizations and school districts with Project Follow Through, a national program that promotes alternative educational programs for children in grades K-3. The report is based on field visits and interviews with individuals directly involved in the processes of program…

Described in the report are the activities and accomplishments of a 3-year K-14 career education project serving over 21,000 students in 12 independent school districts, one parochial school, and a junior college. The project was composed of six components: Planning and implementation, occupational awareness (K-6), occupational investigation…

Four hundred eighty-five postsecondary institutions reported to have liberal arts cooperative education programs were surveyed to: (1) identify institutional type and size, (2) obtain data on program type, scale, and scope, (3) obtain data on administrative structure, and (4) secure opinions regarding program success. A 52% response rate was…

Provided is the 1975-76 evaluation of a center providing individualized prescriptive programs for secondary-level learning disabled students. Changes in the program for the third year of operation are noted to have been an emphasis on the evaluation of the group counseling format (based on Reality Therapy and using a team of two co-facilitators)…

Covering the time period of July 1973 to June 1976, this report describes the procedures and results of a comprehensive career education project K-12 in the Des Moines Independent School District. The project consisted of the following 12 major components: Elementary, junior high school, senior high school, technical high school, handicapped…

This project report gives information regarding the effectiveness of regional counselor training efforts for 463 newly employed untrained VR counselors from D.C., Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware and Pennsylvania. The course spanned a two-week period; six weeks academic and six…