Varied aspects of Swedish Distance Education are described in this report, which is based primarily on an evaluation that analyzed student background, study problems, student use of and attitudes towards distance aids, study results, and the psychological consequences of distance education. Emphasis is on an investigation of distance education…

Describes the Health Advocacy Training Project (HAT), Medical College of Pennsylvania Child Development Program, in which day care program staff members are given technical assistance and training in health practices and advocacy they can use in designing a health component for their own programs. (SDH)

A panel of instructors in the Speech Communication program at the University of South Dakota presented five papers containing the findings from an extensive analysis of their introductory course, the Fundamentals of Speech. The purpose of the analysis was to determine the result of adapting the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) to specific…

An experimental program designed to test an inservice method for introducing the practical aspects of John Dewey's educational philosophy to teachers was received positively by 17 of the program's 20 volunteer participants. The program used a limited version of R.A. Gibboney's "Toward Intellectual Excellence: Some Things to Look for in…

A project investigated the use of instant photography for creating synthesis between image and language, between pictures and words and thus stimulating the right-brain learning of students. By 1983 over 1 million students (including the learning disabled and hearing impaired) across the United States and Canada had participated in the project,…

These checklists developed by the Association of College and Research Libraries to provide guidelines for the organization of a bibliographic instruction program cover the following areas: (1) preliminary planning, including needs assessment and research; (2) developing goals and objectives; (3) gaining and maintaining support from within and…

This evaluation of the LearnerNet Project at Utah State University focuses on teacher reactions to instruction using an expanded syllabus over an electronic system and the effects of such instructional methods on faculty members and their teaching. It is noted that interviewing and qualitative analysis were chosen as the research methods both…

This paper presents the ARCS model, which is a research-based systematic design model that interfaces with typical instructional design and development models to improve the motivational appeal of instructional materials, of instructor behavior, and of the way in which lessons (or modules) and courses are designed. The description of the model,…

This study was designed to investigate an alternative approach for teaching the beginning level Western Civilization course on a two-year college campus. Specifically, this study compared the effectiveness of the traditional lecture method and an experimental approach designed around small discussion groups. (Author)

Cross age tutoring is the subject of this document. In this teaching method, secondary school students tutor elementary students in basic skills. The goal is to enhance the learning and motivation of the tutors, in contrast to the practice in which the learning of the tutee is the primary focus. This document, one of a series of seven on this…

This handbook for using the Entrepreneurship Training Components is divided into six sections. The entrepreneurship project overview discusses the background and purpose of the project, how the modules are organized, what makes these materials unique, module format, and purpose of the handbook. The section on training components examines the…

Three separate sessions were held in different geographic locations in October and November, 1977 as parts of the National Symposia for Professionals in Evaluation and Research (NSPER). The sessions focused on designing an introductory evaluation course for students and educators who are involved in assessment activities. Each session's workshops…

THE PROTOCOL FOR THE INCLUSION OF THE PERCEPTUALLY HANDICAPPED AND/OR MINIMALLY BRAIN-INJURED CHILD IN THE GALENA PARK SCHOOLS IS HEREIN DESCRIBED. SUCH CHILDREN USUALLY BEHAVE WITH A SIGNIFICANT DEGREE OF HYPERACTIVITY, DISSOCIATION, AND HAVE A SHORT ATTENTION SPAN. SPECIFIC DATA (INCLUDING MEDICAL HISTORY, PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS RESULTS, SCHOOL…