This final report describes a project to create an ethnic studies guide and resource manual for intermediate grades in the Carolinas. The report presents goals, activities of workshops, the calendar of activities and events, and describes development of the manual and resource unit. Goals included sensitizing educators to the needs of students…

THE GENERAL AIM IS TO PROVIDE AN INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM WHICH WILL STIMULATE THE CHILD'S INTEREST IN READING, MOTIVATE HIM TO GREATER ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, AND FOSTER DESIRABLE GROWTH IN THE READING SKILLS AND ABILITIES. TEACHING PROCEDURES SHOULD BE RICH AND VARIED, AND CHILDREN SHOULD BE GROUPED HOMOGENEOUSLY ACCORDING TO READING ABILITY. LESSONS…

A REPORT WAS MADE OF A 5-YEAR EFFORT TO FILL THE NEED FOR GREATER CURRICULUM CONTINUITY IN THE STUDENT'S TOTAL FORMAL EDUCATION. EVERY SEGMENT OF THE EDUCATIONAL CONTINUUM FROM KINDERGARTEN TO COLLEGE RECEIVED ATTENTION. CURRICULUMS IN ENGLISH AND READING, THE NATURAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES, MATHEMATICS, AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE WERE ANALYZED AND…

The organizational structure of this manual parallels the evolutionary stages in school improvement--needs assessment, planning, implementation, and outcomes. The manual provides procedures for data-based management and includes within each section, sample instruments, data collection and analyses procedures, and questions for decision-making. The…

BORN FREE is a project designed as a collaborative effort of university-based counseling psychologists and field-site educators to reduce career-related sex stereotyping in 14 educational institutions. This report describes the evaluation of the five-day 1978 National Summer Institute, a staff development training workshop for educational leaders.…

The Mid-America Program for Global Perspectives in Education (MAP) was developed to prepare global curriculum materials, hold conferences for teachers, cooperate with other educational agencies, and help educational programs adjust to realities of a fast-changing world. Initiated in 1974 with a grant from the Lilly Foundation to the Social Studies…

Presented is a description of how DEEP (Developmental Economic Education Program) monitors activity and achievements to ensure that objectives are met effectively and efficiently, and that evidence of achievement is available for reports. The purposes of DEEP management and accountability procedures are: (1) to maintain both long term and short…

This booklet presents a description of the Responsive Education Program (REP) by summarizing the book entitled "The Responsive Education Program." Each of the 12 parts of the summary is a two-page abstract of a paper in the book. The papers summarized describe the program's goals, objectives, principles, and application to the classroom…

This chronological summary describes the activities of the group that is developing CABOODLE, a children's educational television series in the arts and humanities, for the year 1978. Program areas reviewed include project personnel, project administration, curriculum design, physical facilities, materials and script development, research and…

Presented is a bibliography that cites research studies and articles related to Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS), and provides a brief summary of these research studies and articles and some commentary within 5 categories. These 5 categories are: (1) SCIS and teachers, 8 studies or articles are reported within this category which are…

The issues, trends, and needs in physical education are discussed in this book; however, its primary thrust is directed toward curriculum improvement. Attention is focused on a number of school and community settings, alternative programs, research and change, student competencies, program content and organization, adapted physical education, and…

A FULL-DAY, YEAR-LONG, EXPERIMENTAL NURSERY SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR POOR CHILDREN FROM THE ITHACA, N.Y. AREA WAS CONDUCTED TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ON THE OPERATION OF THIS TYPE OF PRESCHOOL EXPERIENCE FOR THREE- AND FOUR-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN OF POOR FAMILIES AND TO DETERMINE SOME OF THE EFFECTS OF THE PROGRAM ON THE CHILDREN. THE CHILDREN WERE TESTED WITH…

This document describes a flexible, four-component model for designing and implementing comprehensive staff development programs in North Carolina community colleges and technical institutes. The model assumes that the staff development program of an institution incorporates the personal development plans of individual faculty and other…

Presenting suggestions for conceptualizing Rural Development Act Title V program evaluations, this paper focuses upon a five-level program outcomes model which encompasses a causal sequence of anticipated shortrun, intermediate, and longrun outcomes. Examples of possible Title V measurement foci are presented for each of five outcome levels as…

The Florida Comprehensive Program for Career Development: K-Universities is a consortium effort to develop a coordinated and comprehensive career education program for students in two public school districts, a community college, and a university. Components of the project include guidance, curriculum, and placement/followup. Third party…