Article adapted from Title III "Manual of Center for Innovation of the State Education Department, Albany, New York.

IN RECENT YEARS THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASING INTEREST IN "NEW MATH." ACCOMPANYING THIS INTEREST HAS BEEN A GREAT DEAL OF CONFUSION AND PERPLEXITY FOR PARENTS AND TEACHERS CONCERNED WITH DETERMINING ITS WORTH. FIVE ARTICLES DEAL WITH THE NEW PROGRAMS. A PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS SEES THE NEW MATHEMATICS PROGRAMS AS ONE OF THE MOST NOVEL…

SEVERAL ARTICLES ON SCHOOL LIGHTING ARE CONTAINED IN THIS JOURNAL. THE TITLES AND AUTHORS INCLUDED ARE AS FOLLOWS--(1) "TODAY'S CONCEPTS IN SCHOOL LIGHTING" BY CHARLES D. GIBSON, (2) "CHALLENGE OF TOMMORROW'S LIGHTING" BY S.K. GUTH AND E.H. WITTE, (3) "PEEK PREVIEW OF THE WINDOWLESS SCHOOL" BY JAMES J. MORISSEAU, (4) "MAINTENANCE BEGINS BEFORE…

Fiber optics communication technology is a potential competitive alternative to coaxial cable and shielded twisted pairlines as a wide-band communications medium. Pilot demonstrations by public institutions such as the health care delivery system can test the application of this new technology. Fiber optic networks may have the potential to be…

This report states that today's physical education programs are aimed at helping students acquire constructive concepts and desirable habits regarding the preservation of a well-tuned, efficiently functional human body and all its healthy competitive components. Physical education has grown into a consortium of several identifiable areas of…

This paper presents the results of a study to determine the relationships between educational innovation and certain school factors -- quality ranking, mean age of principals, length of superintendent tenure, amount of local revenue devoted to education, and district enrichment expenditure. Regression equations and explanations of report study…

This manual describes Albright College's Interim Semester Program inaugurated in the academic year of 1969-1970. Under the "4-1-5" calendar plan, a student will take 4 courses in the Fall semester, 1 during the interim semester in January, and 5 in the Spring semester. Each student must participate in 3 interim semesters during his 4…

A pattern of the process of change was derived from 106 published case histories describing specific efforts to introduce innovations into other cultures: first, there is a goal, the introduction of some new idea or technique into another society by a change agent; then, throughout the process, there are a number of techniques used by the change…

This paper is in the nature of an interim report on an evaluation exercise which has run half its course. It attempts to outline the characteristics of the curriculum intervention which is being evaluated, the impact of that intervention upon the educational system, and the attempt to design an appropriate evaluation. (Author)

THE CONTENT OF THIS DOCUMENT DETAILS THE RESEARCH DONE FROM SEPTEMBER 1965 TO AUGUST 1966 BY THE STAFF OF THE NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF INSTRUCTION (CSI), UNDER THE TITLE "INNOVATION IN PLANNING SCHOOL CURRICULA." THE YEAR'S RESEARCH WAS ADDRESSED PRIMARILY TOWARD NARROWING THE GAP BETWEEN THEORY AND SCHOOL…

LISTED AND PRESENTED IN FULL TEXT ARE 13 APPENDIXES TO ED 010 314. TOPICS OF THE APPENDIXES ARE (1) A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY--CURRICULUM THEORY AND THE DYNAMICS OF PLANNED CHANGE, (2) INSTRUCTIONAL MODELS, (3) CONFERENCE PAPERS, (4) A LIST OF SEMINAR PARTICIPANTS, (5) STUDIES IN THE RATIONAL PLANNING OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION--A DESIGN FOR…

A comprehensive health education program for the primary grades is discussed. (MM)