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Boyles, Marion P.; And Others – 1969
The effectiveness of the instructional team approach as opposed to the self-contained classroom approach was investigated by the Atlanta Public School system from 1966-1969 (under a funding by Title I, Public Law 89-10). The achievement levels of first grade and seventh grade pupils were evaluated, using both techniques at each level. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Education
Sobey, Francine – 1970
Based on a nationwide survey of about 10,000 people in 185 government sponsored programs, this book assesses how far the mental health profession has moved beyond the traditional medical model, with its relatively closed doctor patient system, toward a broadly based public health intervention system. Encompassing various levels of mental health…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Agencies, Bibliographies, Disadvantaged
McLean, Catherine D.; Lucas, Rex A. – 1970
The Quo Vadis School of Nursing, established in 1964, offers a two year program which prepares candidates to qualify as Registered Nurses; the unique feature of the school is that it accepts only mature students--between 30 and 50 years of age. The research program of the School was intended as a 10-year study with special emphasis on this unique…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Age Differences, Attitudes, Experimental Programs
Morreau, Larry E.; And Others – 1970
This collection of papers represents the developmental research as well as the thrust of the Regional Laboratory's (UMREL) program. UMREL has been developing behaviorally engineered educational environments through a cross-disciplinary effort in education and the behavioral sciences. The program began with the establishment of demonstration…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavioral Objectives, Behavioral Science Research, Classroom Techniques
Desch, S. H.; Stolurow, L. M. – 1969
Experimental Programed Instruction of the anatomy of the maxillary division of the trigeminal nerve is being conducted by the Harvard Computer-Aided Instruction Laboratory in cooperation with Tufts University Dental School. Two nearly identical programs are presented, one (PF) using representational diagrams and the other (PD) a schematic diagram…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Achievement Tests, Anatomy, Attitude Measures
Sohn, David A.; Stucker, Melinda – 1969
The first and major portion of this report of a film study project in Evanston, Illinois, lists films selected for use in grades 1-8, together with plot summaries of varying lengths, special uses for the films, suggested study questions and activities, sample student responses to questions and assignments, running times, appropriate age levels,…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Audiovisual Communications, Cartoons, Educational Media
Pittsburgh Univ., PA. Research and Training Center in Vocational Rehabilitation. – 1969
The Rehabilitation Education Advancement and Placement (REAP) program, a pilot demonstration project sponsored by the Research and Training Center at the University of Pittsburgh and the Pennsylvania Rehabilitation Center (PRC), operated for 30 weeks and provided Adult Basic Education Training for rehabilitation clients. The ultimate goal of the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Attitude Measures, Bibliographies, Experimental Programs
Richland County Board of Education, Mansfield, OH. – 1968
A study of delinquency, underachievement, and dropout in six school districts considered extent and contributing factors within the school setting. The Nye-Short Self Reporting Delinquency Scale indicated exceptionally high rates for one of seven elementary schools (grades 5 and 6), normal rates for only one of five junior high schools, and normal…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Rating Scales, Delinquency
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Wittmann, Henri – 1968
This transformational approach to teaching German, initiated in the fall of 1965, describes an experimental course at McGill University consisting of 156 hours spread into 26 weekly installments of one laboratory and five lecture hours. Detailed in this article are: (1) a priori claims concerning methods, (2) theoretical assumptions about learning…
Descriptors: Colleges, Educational Methods, Experimental Programs, Generative Grammar
Wiley, Karen B. – 1974
A group of Boulder, Colorado, high school students and townspeople conducted a two-day community environmental fair in the downtown street of Boulder. The fair, providing various instructive experiments depicting alternatives for Boulder's future social and physical environment, grew out of the Student Assisted Development of Materials for…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Educational Innovation, Environmental Education, Evaluation
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. – 1973
End of budget period reports are presented for an experimental and demonstration program aimed at increasing the learning process and achievement of K-4 children and to effect internal and external change in teachers' attitudes and behavior. The program, instituted in a rural, low income area, consists of an Orff music program and a theater…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Child Development, Cultural Activities, Data Analysis
Cohen, Elizabeth G. – 1972
Using a social learning approach, this study compared the effects of two experimental mini-courses on a specially constructed measure of competency of behavioral response. The two experimental groups and the control group were all black high school students. The curricula suitable for use by high school teachers utilized behavioral modification…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Attendance Patterns, Attitude Change
Lynch, Patrick D. – 1974
In 1970 an evaluation of a national textbook program implemented by the Ministry of Education of Ecuador was carried out. The pre and post test design involved three treatment types: 1) classrooms with new textbooks, guides and orientation to teachers in the new textbook programs; 2) classrooms with new textbooks and guides but no teacher…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Developing Nations, Educational Change, Educational Policy
Ewald, William R., Jr. – 1973
The use of graphics (maps, charts, diagrams, renderings, photographs) for regional policy formulation and decision making is discussed at length. The report identifies the capabilities of a number of tools for analysis/synthesis/communication, especially computer assisted graphics to assist in community self-education and the management of change.…
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Decision Making, Electromechanical Aids, Experimental Programs
Wiley, Karen; And Others – 1973
In June, 1971, the Social Science Education Consortium (SSEC) received a grant for a project--namely, Student Assisted Development of Materials for Environmental and Social Studies (SADMESS)--which employed high school students to develop curriculum materials emphasizing the social science aspects of environmental education. SADMESS personnel…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Educational Innovation, Environmental Education, Experimental Programs
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