This activities manual describes how to utilize the Curriculum Information Network (CIN), a pilot program in the state of Iowa which acquires and disseminates information on new instructional methods and materials designed by Iowa social studies teachers in grades K-12. Part I describes duties of the local representative at the CIN pilot centers,…

The goal of the institute was better library service for the thousands of handicapped children in New York State. Librarians, special educators, and others in allied fields have concern for these children and wish to offer service or improve existing programs. Some do not know where to start and may even be afraid to make the first step. Others do…

This annotated bibliography of more than 150 books and articles covers a wide range of topical areas concerned with the relationship of the young child to his environment. Among the 18 topics included are: child development; health, educational, staff, and community programs; infants and toddlers, handicapped children; Project Head Start; day…

This document is the first part of a 3-part report on the development of a generic State Educational Agency Data Analysis Plan. It contains an overview of the entire effort and the resulting products and discusses how these products can be used by State education agencies (SEAs) as a model for their own development of specific data analysis plans.…

The 18th Allerton Park Institute (1972), sponsored by the University of Illinois Graduate School of Library Science and the Illinois Institute for Environmental Quality, was concerned with "Information Resources in the Environmental Sciences." Attention was directed toward the location, description and use of burgeoning resources in the broad…

The object of this catalogue is to make available basic information on the tape archive of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies (Canberra, Australia). The collection consists mainly of tape recordings of Australian aboriginal languages and music. Other tapes contain descriptions of aboriginal customs, myths of the various tribes told in…

Compiled for library staff who serve Spanish-speaking persons, this resource guide lists bibliographies and materials published from 1950-1975 reflecting the character, history, and psychology of Spanish-speaking groups. It also provides information on services, institutions, and resources in the New York metropolitan area. The major sections of…

This resource guide describes sourcebooks, filmstrips, periodicals, games, classroom activities, national programs, and school-community projects appropriate to the teaching of bicentennial themes. Twenty-four planning guides are listed which suggest activities for various grade levels. Bibliographies covering the revolutionary period, a partial…

This paper is a research proposal for the development of a process model which addresses several of the fundamental questions involved in the community needs assessment process used as a prelude to program development by the community adult education program planner. The questions of what information should be gathered, where this information is…

Divided into two major sections--Theory and Research and the Teaching/Learning Process--this pathfinder to the literature on bilingual education lists bibliographies, research reports and sources, reference sources, discussions of issues, teaching guides and textbooks, instructional resources, evaluations, catalogs, guidebooks, serials and…

Expresses concern over the strain on higher engineering education to keep up with the demand for new engineers. Cites a study conducted to determine whether using currently employed engineers can reduce the burden on engineering schools. Results indicated American engineers are not used extensively in this way. (TW)

Describes a course for third- or fourth-year chemical engineering students designed to acquaint them with the chemical industry. The course deals with productivity, characteristics of the chemical industry, sources of information, industrial intelligence, research and development, patent law, technology transfer, and quality control. (TW)

A child's immediate environment provides an ideal data source for initial mapping experiences. How teachers can help pre-school and primary school children make block maps, picture maps, and drawn maps is discussed. (RM)

Discusses recent reading research on strategies used by good readers; discusses National Academy of Education Commission on Reading's description of essential characteristics of good readers and recommendations from its report, "Becoming a Nation of Readers"; describes types of direct instruction for teaching reading strategies; and…

Six articles on inequity in computer learning specifically address the dimensions of computer gender inequity, ways to successfully overcome inequity problems, strategy to heighten teacher awareness of computer inequity, and parental role in recognizing and overcoming gender equity imbalance. Resources and methods to aid equal access are…