THE HISTORY OF AND THE INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES USED IN THIS PROGRAM FOR IMPROVING THE EDUCATION OF LOW SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS CHILDREN ARE DESCRIBED AND ANECDOTALLY ILLUSTRATED. FIFTEEN SCHOOLS NOW PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM, WHICH ORIGINATED IN 1942 AS A DEMONSTRATION PROJECT IN TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. SPECIFICALLY DESCRIBED ARE (1) THE ROLE OF…

This research addressed the question of how preschool experiences will be reflected in later development. Both cognitive functioning and social behavioral adjustment were explored. The central focus was on attitudes conducive to achievement which The Demonstration and Research Center for Early Education (DARCEE) preschool program sought to develop…

This document is the final volume of a three-volume report on the Right to Read Preservice Teacher Preparation Project. It is composed of ten appendices (H-Q) containing various teaching modules, assessment forms, audio-visual materials, and orientation packages. Appendix H presents instruments for assessing student performance in student…

The material-tool approach of the statewide program, Technology for Children, for grades kindergarten through six (K-6) is described in this teaching guide. This approach, which encourages a workshop-laboratory-classroom learning environment, is integrated among subject areas and is thematic in nature. The program operates under three goals: (1)…

The Harvard Studies in Career Development (1949-1971) are reviewed in this volume to provide students and professionals with a comprehensive survey and analysis of these studies and to provide a primary source document for theory and research in the field of career development. The volume is organized in four major sections, preceded by an…

Educational and occupational aspiration levels of secondary school students (grades 10 to 13) in Midnorthern Ontario, Canada were examined in conjunction with selected social and demographic factors. Data were obtained via 22,158 completed questionnaires (36 items in French and English for males and females) administered in 1972. Major variables…

Conducted in Iowa and North Carolina, the experiment included 809 families randomly selected and assigned to a control group or to 1 of 5 experimental treatments. Eligibility required a family income at the experiment's beginning of less than l 1/2 times the official poverty line. Of the 809 families, 729 remained in the program for the entire 3…

A 3-year research project conducted at a new pharmaceutical manufacturing plant was designed to determine whether quality of worklife (QWL) consultation provided to a new plant during its planning, staffing, organizing, and initial operation would contribute to improved job satisfaction and productivity as compared with a long-established, more…

This 1977 annual report describes the status of the following in the state of South Carolina: changes in commission membership; federally funded programs; the South Carolina Postsecondary Education Planning Commission (the 1202 Commission); program approvals; review of graduate programs; medical and health education; two-year postsecondary…

Proceedings of a workshop conducted by the Western Council on Higher Education for Nursing include: patterns of assessment of experiential learning (John R. Valley); physical assessment of ethnic people of color (Julie Sykes); introduction and integration of health assessment in the associate degree phase at Brigham Young University College of…

The Bilingual/Bicultural Education Professions Program conducted a needs assessment designed to find out the situation teachers in the Holyoke Public Schools face in their classrooms and what needs they have, in order to improve preservice teacher education. The tools used to determine teacher needs were a demographic questionnaire, an explicit…

Public policy has recognized the need to develop selective programs that zero in on the needs of specific racial subgroups (especially those Chicanos, Cubans, and Puerto Ricans of mixed racial backgrounds). However, entering the 1970's, the strategy of approaching social problems in terms of their impact upon subgroups has been politically…

Over 400 references relating to the theory and practice of educational reform in developed and developing nations comprise this annotated bibliography. Three objectives are to (1) provide a compilation of the literature on national educational change efforts; (2) stimulate nonbiased inquiry into causes, processes, and outcomes of educational…

Economic literacy and economic efficacy are addressed by examining basic goals and assumptions of economic education and by suggesting areas that need systematic attention and investigation. To clarify goals, an operational definition of economic literacy must be developed and used in a criterion-referenced testing instrument. A definition of…

This is a summary in outline form of the English language teaching situation in Cameroon. Cameroon is officially a French/English bilingual state but English at present plays the minor part. There are five francophone and two anglophone provinces with populations of five million and one and a half million respectively. In the anglophone provinces…