Over the past decade, momentum has been gathering for the development and application of a variety of approaches to the instructional process that emphasize mastery and self-pacing by the student. Included are approaches such as programmed instruction, computer-aided instruction, and individually prescribed instruction. This review considers one…

This information package contains five of seven reports on efforts to introduce instructional innovations into the school systems. The first report deals with the role of the association in implementing innovations. The points stressed are negotiating contracts with school boards, keeping abreast of school district and state education department…

Promising educational practices utilized in small high schools in the Northwestern United States, including Alaska, are described. Practices and programs reported include an educational enrichment program, multiple-class teaching, a nongraded minicourse curriculum, a phasing program for high school English, a media center retrieval system, a…

This proposed program at Mountain Empire Community College (MECC, Virginia) is designed to teach credit courses to students while they are traveling to and from college. About 86% of the potential student population at MECC will spend from one to over three hours a day commuting. Six adequately equipped buses would facilitate a productive use of…

Minnesota Metropolitan State College has recently been established as one of the few upper level colleges (colleges offering only junior, senior and graduate level courses) in the U.S. Just about every aspect of MMSC is unique. (1) Planning and operation of the institution have been simultaneous from the outset. (2) There is only 1 main…

This document presents an evaluation of an instructional system to assist students in the general chemistry course. These materials include a series of 16mm sound motion picture films that outline the required laboratory experiments, slide/tape programs for individual student use designed to teach the student how to analyze and draw conclusions…

This is a collection of six papers concerning teachers as innovators. The first is entitled, "The Types of Environment Most Likely to Favour the Active and Effective Participation of Teachers in Educational Innovation." It is concerned with the commitment of the teacher to permanent participation in the adaptation of the education system…

Presented is the argument that educational innovation can be overdone, and that increased teacher efficiency does not necessarily relate to improved quality of teaching. (SL)

Article analyzes the impetus for alternative schools' development, their present status, and reactions to their development. (Editor)

This study has shown that counselors state that they want to make changes. If these changes will make positive differences in the quality of the program, an effort is needed by counselors, with the help of teachers, educators, and administrators, to facilitate innovation implementation. (Author)

A report on innovations in the teaching of engineering at West Virginia University and the effects these have had on student performance is presented. (BB)

Describes a program designed to educate dyslexic students with above-average intelligence using multisensory teaching methods, such as manipulative teaching aids. Indicates that the program's college preparatory curriculum differs from that of other classes only in the use of the special teaching methods, which can benefit all students. (MAB)

As the country emerges from the recession, the Government of Canada must make difficult but critical decisions about where to invest public resources. Federal investments in research are overwhelmingly directed to pure or discovery research, with little support to applied research tied to commercialization. Innovation for the marketplace and the…