Project Head Start and Project Follow Through are jointly exploring the effectiveness of 12 different educational approaches, or models, for the education of young children from poverty families. Investigations include study of (1) the effect of a continuous intervention program which begins with Head Start and extends through third grade, (2) the…

Higher education today is the target of growing pressure for improved management procedures. As one response to these societal pressures, higher education has developed numerous nontraditional patterns of instruction. The purpose of this paper is to discusss educational and instructional development, that is, change within higher education, and…

The paper reviews and evaluates the content of operational and experimental cross cultural training programs within the three military services. In addition, data from other sources are examined. Specific programs are described, along with the methods used for evaluating the long-range effects of cross cultural training. Finally, techniques are…

This study surveyed evaluation and dissemination/diffusion practices of ESEA III projects funded in the 1969 fiscal year, which projects are nearing the end of their operations as federally supported programs. The study attempted to discover if (1) the projects were evaluated in accordance with generally accepted procedures, (2) the project…

In the spring of 1969 a new major program was begun at the State University of New York at Buffalo in which students were allowed to design their own majors if they elected to do so. All majors were to be approved by 2 faculty members and a Special Major Committee. The question arose as to how graduate and professional schools would react to this…

In June of 1975, students at Templeton Secondary School used a procedure called "arena scheduling" to assist in the construction of their timetables for the 1975-76 school year. Although courses had been selected previously with the aid of a counselor, arena scheduling allowed students some freedom in the choice of the teacher or time of…

Twenty remedial reading students at Huntley Elementary School (DeKalb County School District, Georgia) were instructed through a teaching methodology employing the basics of the Lozanov system. Available from: Society for Suggestive-Accelerative Learning and Teaching, 2740 Richmond Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50319. (Author/CFM)

Includes descriptions of 16 of the participating schools written by administrators of those schools. (IRT)

Describes how the Dallas Independent School District uses the research and development concept of context evaluation to help direct changes in instructional systems, materials, and methodology. (Author/JG)

The career education program at the Appalachia Educational Laboratory enables teenagers to spend their senior years exploring career opportunities alongside local employers. A general conclusion is that although employer-based career education may not be for every student, a significant number throughout the country can profit from this approach.…

Study involved the development of a carefully sequenced, two-year program in dramatics and public speaking for kindergarten and first-grade children and an investigation of the effects of the program on children's acting and speaking. (Authors)

Particular features of this experimental program were to provide access and encouragement to young northern students, especially those of Indian, Eskimo, or Metis origin. (Author/MB)

Presents the methodology and findings of an experimental project to determine the viability of computer assisted as opposed to more traditional methods of instruction for teaching one phase of automotive troubleshooting. (Editor)

SITE is an experimental project which would provide vital inputs in designing and executing a satellite-based instructional television system, particularly in rural areas, to stimulate national development in India with important managerial, economic, technological, and social implications. (Author/BP)