During the Spring semester of 1975, the University of Delaware initiated a PLATO project with the dual purpose of demonstrating how a computer system might function in a university and of evaluating what part such a system might play in the future of the university and its supporting community. The demonstration phase of the project, which…

Synthesizing two priority proposals identified by the Indian Education Project of Michigan, this report outlines a proposal for establishing an Indian Education Center (staffed by American Indians and advised by a University Advisory Committee made up of Indian parents and the Indian community) to meet the needs of Indian students and…

The report contains summaries of 176 pilot projects demonstrating new and innovative approaches for training mental health personnel. Projects were conducted under grants awarded by the Experimental and Special Training Branch of the Division of Manpower and Training Programs, National Institute of Mental Health. The projects have been developed…

An evaluation model was developed to measure the effectiveness of pilot programs in vocational education for handicapped persons in selected State schools and State hospitals in Texas. The model was field-tested by conducting evaluations of 16 pilot programs in vocational education for the handicapped located in seven State schools/hospitals. Data…

Contained in this publication are project descriptions and evaluative assessments made by a team selected to critically examine vocational education projects in operation during the 1971-72 school year. The projects were designed to attain one of these four basic goals: (1) Provide career development activities utilizing various models, (2)…

The report covers the activities, results, and lessons learned in a project to test a new approach in developing greater opportunities in employment of the physically handicapped, mentally retarded, and mentally restored by harnessing the resources of leading volunteer women's organizations at the local level on a practical, planned basis. Project…

The Industrial Democracy Programme (IDP) of Norway seeks to create conditions for a self-supporting change process in industry, rather than implementing a ready-made model, believing that it is more valuable for employees to learn to change their organization than for the specific solution to be found. The central problems, therefore, have been to…

During the 1971-72 pilot test of the Southwest Regional Laboratory's (SWRL) Instructional Management System (IMS), three alternative procedures were used to gather data within the classroom, transmit those data to SWRL for processing, and send IMS output to the appropriate recipients in the schools. ComSys 3--one of the three…

In the Fall of 1963, President Kennedy created the Rural Development Committee (RDC) and charged it with the responsibility of providing leadership and guidance to the several Federal departments and agencies responsible for rural development program functions. To help find solutions to problems facing the rural population, the RDC proposed a task…

A research review was undertaken to assess the effectiveness of telewriting (the transmission of graphics and of speech through special telephone circuits) as a teaching technique or device in university extension. This involved a survey of pilot projects in Quebec, Iowa, Illinois, and elsewhere, as well as the need for innovations in adult…

The objective of this study is to develop a typology of nonverbal gestural communication behavior as evidenced by student teachers in art. An attempt is made to develop techniques for the systematic observation and analysis of such behavior. Data from a pilot study, and analysis of a video-recorded sample of 15 student teachers led to the…

This pilot project sought to determine if instruction in achievement motivation would help potential dropouts to complete their schooling. Subjects were tenth grade students in a suburban Boston high school. A one-week residential course during winter and spring vacations was taken by one group of six boys and a second group of four. Equated…

Public education has been preoccupied with the rapid development of the physical sciences and mathematics, which place a premium on developing the reasoning processes but not on the adequate construction of value judgments. The purpose of the present program is to provide a means of presenting character education within a curriculum consistent…

The authors discuss the information needs of developers in the early prototype phase, where the developer requires input that provides guidelines for the tryout revision cycle that cannot be satisfied by pre- and post-test data. When a develop-user relationship conducive to open communication allowed users to convey their perceptions and problems…

This report describes and evaluates the Supplementary Educational Museum and Resource Center, ESEA Title III pilot project which began in 1967 and ended in 1971 for a four-county area. Major objectives of the program were to integrate field trips to museums and historic sites in social studies courses; to develop primary source materials; and to…