The development of an interactive computer model at the University of Kansas and its potential to promote administrative involvement in sophisticated model development and to increase the effectiveness of institutional planning is considered. The model was developed to provide administrators a tool for analyzing the interaction of predicted…

The booklet contains transcripts of ten presentations given at a workshop on consumer economics in Michigan. The main objective of the workshop was to explore ways of improving the training of undergraduate and graduate education majors and the inservice training of secondary and middle school teachers in the areas of personal and family finance.…

An evaluation of TICCIT (Time-shared Interactive, Computer-controlled, Information Television) involved over 5,000 community college students in introductory algebra and English composition courses. Comparisons between computer-assisted instruction and lecture-discussion sections of the same courses focused on four aspects of student performance:…

The three main articles describing "sub-projects" of the European Home Study Council (EHSC) research project, "Two-Way Communication in Correspondence Education," are short versions of papers presented by researchers at the University of Lund, Sweden, at the EHSC spring 1979 workshop. "Postal Two-Way Communication in…

This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 24 titles deal with the following topics: (1) the composing process and modes of invention; (2) methods of teaching composition in various integrated programs; (3) writing in peer groups; (4) holistic invention; (5) computer…

A study involving English Composition and Remedial English classes at five community colleges was conducted during Winter 1978 to test the effectiveness of the Response System with Variable Prescriptions (RSVP) Program for Individualized Analysis of Writing, a software package designed to produce feedback statements that reinforce student learning…

THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY OF 449 ANNOTATED ENTRIES SUPPLEMENTS AN EARLIER HUMAN RESOURCES RESEARCH OFFICE REPORT, "THE DESIGN OF INSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEMS" (TECHNICAL REPORT 66-18, NOVEMBER, 1966). IT SERVES AS A GUIDE TO MANY OF THE STUDIES CONDUCTED ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRAINING METHODS AND TOTAL INSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEMS. AN INSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEM…

AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS, WHEN COMBINED WITH CONSIDERATION OF THE WAYS PEOPLE LEARN, CAN OFFER NEW WAYS OF EXPRESSING IDEAS, PRESENTING INFORMATION, AND MAKING INSTRUCTION CHALLENGING AND EFFICIENT. THIS PUBLICATION, DIRECTED AT TEACHERS OF ADULT BASIC EDUCATION AND THEIR ADMINISTRATORS, ILLUSTRATES APPLICATIONS OF INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY TO ADULT…

THE BRITISH ARMED SERVICES HAVE APPLIED PROGRAMING IN SCHOLASTIC SUBJECTS. A MARKED IMPROVEMENT IN THE TECHNOLOGY OF TRAINING HAS RESULTED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MORE SYSTEMATIC DERIVATION OF TRAINING OBJECTIVES, CLOSER ASSESSMENT OF KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY OF POTENTIAL STUDENTS, AND MORE ACCURATE SPECIFICATION OF CONTENTS, METHODS, AND MATERIALS…

IN RESPONSE TO THE NEED FOR EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS OF VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE, THE CENTER INVITED NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED LEADERS FROM SEVERAL DISCIPLINES TO DEVELOP GUIDELINES FOR INITIATING AND IMPROVING SUCH PROGRAMS. THERE WERE SIX OVERALL GOALS--(1) TO STIMULATE INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND INTEREST, (2) TO EVALUATE THE STATUS OF THE FIELD AND TO…

This overview of computer assisted instruction (CAI) traces the development and use of computers in learning and instruction and describes some current CAI projects including PLATO, CDC PLATO, TICCIT, and others at Stanford University and the Computer Curriculum Corporation, and in Chicago, Los Nietos (California), Minnesota, Europe, and Canada.…

This secondary unit of instruction on data processing is one of sixteen Common Core Units in Business Education (CCUBE). The units were designed for implementing the sixteen common core competencies identified in the California Business Education Program Guide for Office and Distributive Education. Each competency-based unit is designed to…

This journal of educational research contains five papers written by international authors. The initial paper presents the evaluation of a French immersion program for students from the second through the fourth grade in Toronto. The aim of the second paper, written in French with an English summary, was to find the attitude dimensions of French…

The findings of a computer model designed to project the number and educational profile of young people leaving the school system to enter the labor force in Canada in the 1980's are reported. The four-tiered computer model utilized in the study projects elementary-secondary enrollment, college and university enrollment, "leavers" from…

Part of an Economic Education Series, the course package is designed to teach basic concepts and fundamental principles of macroeconomics and how they can be applied to various world problems. For use with college students, learning is gained through lectures, discussion, simulation games, programmed learning, and text. Time allotment is a 15-week…