Intended for educators involved in developing secondary school reading programs, this paper describes a carefully balanced program implemented in the Wisconsin public school system for grades 7 through 12. Following a brief introduction to and rationale for the concept of a reading program that balances instruction in reading for skill…

Aurora, a village of 147 residents in north central Kansas, was the focus of a 1978 investigation of the community development potential for Kansas rural villages. Students and staff from the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare worked with community residents to identify three programs the village wanted (a recreation program, a…

The Head Start Supplementary Training Program offered college education and training opportunities to Head Start employees in order to enable them to become more skilled and responsible staff members and to increase their earning power and job security. The training program offered academic programs leading to Associate of Arts and Bachelor of…

The goal of this project is to develop a school-based instructional program to maximize unique talents in students. A step-by-step report on the project development is presented from the identification of clear achievable goal, through the on-going process of implementation and evaluation of results to synthesizing the concept and establishing it…

Regional laboratories have been charged with serving as the link between so-called educational "research" and educational "practice," a link loosely known as "development." Research generates development and development generates research, with both leading to continued reduction of uncertainty, i.e., effort is…

This report of a 2-week workshop contains 12 papers presented by their authors, four business presentations, and 12 group and 25 individual projects. The papers pertain to the application of the project method, objectives and use of projects, and preparing culturally deprived students. The business presentations relate to advertising, credit,…

Twenty-nine distributive teacher educators ranking items of importance in developing teacher education, felt that the following should receive immediate attention: student teaching experience in coordination, various phases of adult education, work experience in management, development of technical courses, and development and use of criteria for…

This study sought to identify the areas of most critical concern for curriculum emphasis for a department of wildlife science. The questionnaire was developed from existing documents and modified by a committee. Included in the sample were college seniors, graduates, employers, and faculty members. An overall rate of return of 65% (141 usable…

The role of the evaluator in a Research & Development (R & D) setting, particularly as seen in relationship to that of the product developer, is often viewed as adversal, rather than complemental. A case study approach has been employed in an attempt to define how the role as seen in the latter sense can best be implemented. Both failures and…

The document presents information pertaining to the program in career education at the Danbury (Connecticut) public schools. The system's organizational chart and policy statement precede descriptions of the elementary, junior high, and senior high programs. Also included are descriptions of inservice teacher training activities, specialized…

The career education development project presented in the report covers the period from July 1, 1972 through June 30, 1975, with approximately seven percent of the combined school populations of Muskegon and Muskegon Heights, Michigan, participating. The stratified, selected sample was comprised of one experimental group of 202 "target…

This report provides a comprehensive model of an optimum apprenticeship program, using survey and interview data to determine the essential characteristics of such a program. The model is intended to serve as a framework for constructing new programs and evaluating existing ones. Subsequent volumes will discuss survey findings in specific trade…

Volume 1 of a final report in three volumes, this is an overall narrative account of a correctional staff training project in Illinois. The rationale of the project, methods and activities involved, findings, and evaluations are summarized and synthesized. Initial objectives were to survey training practices and needs; determine resources…

Developing Mathematical Processes (DMP) is a research-based, innovative, process-oriented elementary mathematics program that was developed at the Research and Development Center for Cognitive Learning, University of Wisconsin-Madison. The program utilizes an activities approach to mathematics. Emphasis is on manipulative materials and sequencing…

PPBS is a system which integrates the functions of planning, programming, budgeting and evaluation. The PPB System is designed so that there is a logical sequence to these functions and their interrelationships are explicitly defined. The most outstanding feature of PPBS is the necessity of focusing very sharply on what should be accomplished by…