The literature is reviewed for four combinations of evaluation measures and methods: traditional methods with traditional measures (T-Meth/T-Mea), nontraditional methods with traditional measures (N-Meth/T-Mea), traditional measures with nontraditional measures (T-Meth/N-Mea), and nontraditional methods with nontraditional measures (N-Meth/N-Mea).…

A STUDY OF THE PROBLEMS OF REHABILITATION AND MODERNIZATION OF AN OLD SCHOOL BUILDING IS REPORTED. THE INFLUENCES ON THE DESIGN INCLUDING THE SITE, EDUCATIONAL SPECIFICATIONS, SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICY, LEGAL RESTRICTIONS AND THE EXISTING FACILITY ARE DISCUSSED. ANALYSES OF SPACE AND COSTS ARE PRESENTED. THE QUESTION OF THE INVESTMENT OF THE SCHOOL…

The intramural program at Arizona State University has recently undergone major reorganization. Three highlights of this year's program were the "Run to Tucson," the powerlifting meet, and the rodeo. The "Run to Tucson" involved a 126-mile football relay race from Arizona State University's campus in Tempe to the University of…

The papers presented in this volume report studies on the process of innovation and studies on the process and problems of communicating scientific information to the public. Papers include: "The Social Itinerary of Technical Change: Two Studies on the Diffusion of Innovation" by Elihu Katz; "The Communication of Ideals on Innovation in…

Originally designed to describe change in school systems, a model for educational improvement is generalized here in terms of university extension. An assumption is made that Extension is also an open system, where an observable improvement process occurs. The model permits an idea to be traced from the point where it enters the system to where it…

This report details the extent of adoption of specific instructional innovations in the community colleges of Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. In summer 1968, questionnaires were sent to 49 colleges; 45 responded. They were asked to give information on 82 items labelled innovative in the literature and to add any…

The purpose of this bibliography is stated as follows: to help those interested in exploring further the views of Ivan Illich and Everett Reimer on schools by presenting information leading to materials which make significant reference to those views. It is divided into three parts: a) a reprint of an article which discusses the influence of…

Recounts how a teacher's ideas can change when she serves on an accreditation board. (PF)

The authors contend that no case can be made for the media specialist to be a true educational change agent unless he becomes a trusted consultant to the faculty who knows and skillfully uses the ideas and concepts of instructional design. (Author)

Discusses a collection of 75 research studies reporting great differences in one or more teaching productivity indices when two teaching methods and/or management systems are compared. In 26 percent of the sample cases, conventional instruction proved superior; the remaining 74 percent showed nonconventional methods such as programmed or…

This article examines teacher resistance to a particular instructional innovation, hypothesizes that teachers filter information through a series of experiential constraints, and suggests implications for teacher educators and researchers. (MT)

An imaginary discussion of library-college thought. (PF)