Described as one of 34 booklets in a series of promising programs on childhood education, the report presents information on the Boston Public Schools Learning Laboratories (Massachusetts). The special approach for slow learners and gifted students in grades two through four is discussed in terms of purpose and structure, population served,…

Reviews materials from the ERIC database describing the variety of functions a high school reading lab can perform and suggesting ways to evaluate student improvement in the reading lab situation. (MKM)

Presents guidelines for dealing with staff and the community, for setting up a "kick-off" learning center program, and for selecting a reading program. (Author/IRT)

An overview is provided of De Anza College's use of computerized instruction in its mathematics courses. After reviewing the ways in which computer technology is changing math instruction, the paper looks at the use of computers in several course sequences. The instructional model for the algebra sequence is based on a large group format of…

Described is the Multi-Media Classroom Center for Survival Vocabulary through Speechreading and Auditory Training, a program for hearing impaired students (7 to 15 years old). The Learning Center is noted to consist of two media stations, each with a variety of stimuli which have been designed to actively involve the students in speechreading and…

This booklet describes a junior high school reading laboratory located in Urbana (Illinois) Junior High School, Fisher Campus. The student population in the school numbers approximately 950. Students have individual schedules, with six instructional classes of fifty minutes per day. Students enrolled in the lab attend each day for a regular…

The design and evaluation of a secondary special education program is described. The program is noted to incorporate four phases: Phase-I evaluating the learning laboratory (LL) concept; Phase II-field testing the exportability of the LL concept; Phase III-providing a document explaining how to organize, staff, and operate a LL; and Phase…

This handbook is designed to be a guide for students, college supervisors, and school-based teacher educators at the Multi-Institutional Teacher Education Center (MITEC). After an introduction briefly describing MITEC, chapters on the following topics are included: (a) organization, (b) roles and responsibilities, (c) learning laboratory centers,…

Serving as an educational resource center for Connecticut public schools and institutions of higher learning, Project Oceanology provides 256 programs in marine education via a "floating laboratory", a waterfront laboratory, and a classroom equipped for individual study. (JC)

Administrators, teachers and counselors cooperate to develop state guide for turning classrooms into career development laboratories. (Editor)

Describes the Math Learning Center at Palm Beach Junior College which offers 21 courses of study, including all math courses through trigonometry and 11 general education math courses. Examines the implementation process and various program features. (DR)

An eclectic approach to individualizing instruction in secondary schools is suggested which includes the following classroom strategies: experiential learning, mastery learning, learning centers, peer and cross-age tutoring, and independent study. (JMF)

Describes a peer method of teaching writing at Nassau Community College in Garden City, New York. (RB)

This program was designed to supplement the New York City tax levy educational program provided for 2128 underachieving socially maladjusted, emotionally disturbed students in grades three through twelve. Most of the students were enrolled in 16 special day schools for the socially maladjusted and emotionally disturbed. The remaining students were…