One method of adapting a social studies curriculum project to meet the specific needs of a school is demonstrated in this document. The curriculum package used is People and Technology developed by the Educational Development Center (EDC). The first part of the document gives an overview of the original curriculum product as developed by EDC,…

Designed to inform the public of rural development programs and services in the State of New Mexico, this directory presents over 100 program summaries, providing mailing addresses and telephone numbers and naming the agency, the specific program thrust, the Officer in Charge, and other contacts. Both an alphabetical and functional index are…

This paper discusses the 1970 Pre-College Seminar conducted by the University of Michigan Flint College for Flint high school students. A two phase program was designed to acknowledge the differing needs of the participants. The first phase was a six week program for all students without regard to their grade achievement. The second phase was…

Publications abstracted include Technical Research Reports 1156 and 1157, Technical Research Notes 199 through 210, Research Studies 68-4 through 68-6 and 69-1 through 6910, and Research Memorandums 68-8 through 68-13. Included are descriptions of 19 Work Units covering activities reported in the 33 abstracted publications, a list of regular…

Technical activity from April 1 through June 30, 1968 involving the problem of developing the mathematics curriculum learning units are covered. The principal goal of the entire Project is to demonstrate increased effectiveness of vocational instruction whose content is derived from an analysis of desired behavior following graduation. During…

Reports from the second and third semesters of the operation of the Chicago Public High School for Metropolitan Studies, covering the year from July 1970 to June 1971, follow up earlier documents reflecting the content and philosophy of this alternative school. A chronology of second semester events opens the second semester report, followed by…

At Marshfield Senior High School, over one-fourth of the students were note profiting from the required social studies course, as evidenced by grades and attendance. As a result, a study was made to improve social study learning experiences in order to conform to eight assumptions about student needs, such as students need activity learning;…

The information contained in this report about education in the U.S.S.R. was gathered from interviews and observations made in Russia in 1972. The formal set-up of the school system is described, along with observations on work and play activities, corporal punishment, scheduling, and day-to-day classroom operations. The report also contains a…

The Huntington Computer Project has developed 17 simulation games which can be used for instructional purposes in high schools. These games were designed to run on digital computers and to deal with material from either biology, physics, or social studies. Distribution was achieved through the Digital Equipment Corporation, which disseminated…

The Region 1 Right-to-Read Project was initiated in seven Texas school districts in 1972-73 and was continued in the 1973-74 school year. All seven districts decided to use a bilingual Spanish-English reading approach beginning at the kindergarten level. In September 1973 the program was expanded to include first grade students who were in the…

This document collects the appendices to the Pre-primary Education report of Study Project Europe 2000 of the European Cultural Foundation. This study collected data on the psychological, sociological, and educational aspects of pre-primary educational systems in England, France, Italy, Sweden, and the Federal Republic of Germany. (CS)

This report presents a history of the primary objectives, events, personalities, and consequences of the School Finance Study in Rhode Island. The study committee was commissioned with the task of developing a school finance plan that would provide equal educational opportunities to all pupils with similar characteristics and needs, achieve fiscal…

An overview of the educational television (ETV) services provided by the Ontario Educational Communications Authority (OECA) is presented. A brief history of ETV in Canada opens the report, followed by a review of some of the operational aspects of OECA's outlet--channel 19. The general stages involved in ETV program development are described, and…

The practicum process at Nova University is designed to enable the participants in the Ed.D. Program for Community College Administrators and Faculty to investigate an educational problem at his or her own institution, and to reach conclusions and offer recommendations related to effecting a change at the institution. The primary purpose of this…

This paper presents an example of the implementation of the elements of developmental career counseling within an academic setting. A ten-week seminar, attended by 49 university student subjects, was evaluated, before and after, with the Vocational Development Inventory (VDI), the Career Activities Survey (CAS, an information seeking checklist),…