THE CONSTRUCTION, REVISION, AND STANDARDIZATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL IN GERMAN IS DISCUSSED IN THIS REPORT AFTER CONSIDERATION IS GIVEN TO THE METHODS AND GOALS CONNECTED WITH THE PRODUCTION OF LANGUAGE MATERIAL. THE ROLE OF RESEARCHERS, AUTHORS, PUBLISHERS, TEACHERS, AND STUDENTS IN DEVELOPING COURSE MATERIAL IS OUTLINED. DESCRIPTIONS ARE…

These proceedings contain four papers and commentaries by scholars on the problems of the socially disadvantaged child in the urban school. The papers discuss (1) cognitive development and psychopathology in the urban environment, (2) an experimental approach to the remediation of the conduct disorders of children, (3) juvenile delinquency in the…

The Satellite Technology Demonstration (STD) of the Federation of Rocky Mountain States (FRMS) employed a technical delivery system to merge effectively hardware and software, products and services. It also needed a nontechnical component to insure product and service acceptance. Accordingly, the STD's Utilization Component was responsible for…

Nontraditional education has the following characteristics: In nontraditional education emphasis is on the student as learner, on his achievement, and on the provision of materials and processes to expedite or promote that achievement. Less emphasis is on where, and how learning occurs. The shift to an emphasis on the learner also means that the…

During the 1972-73 school year, the Alum Rock Voucher Program, an experimental program, was begun in 6 neighborhood schools in East San Jose, California. The program was designed to allow greater parent participation and choice in their children's education. This illustrated, bilingual pamphlet, written as a story told by 2 caricatures, discusses…

This paper reports on an on-going experiment in computer-aided language instruction. In 1972, a class of beginning German students at the Duluth campus of the University of Minnesota volunteered to test two pedagogic theories: (1) Could a computer-aided course be used by a class and an instructor who knew nothing of computers and who had to rely…

This report contains experiment results obtained from a comparative study of two groups of seventh grade students learning German in Sweden. The main objectives of the investigation, which lasted one school year, are: (1) to investigate possible achievement differences in German between similar groups of students when one group is instructed…

The investigations reported in this monograph have to do with the relative educational effectiveness of various methods of instruction, and of attendant circumstances of the formal visits of school children to the Buffalo Museum of Science. Two broad generalizations came out of the investigations; that the effectiveness of a museum visit is…

Nine art projects are described in this edition of the Title III Quarterly. Projects described include the Colorado Caravan, which brings live theater to elementary and secondary students and student participation to workshops in theater arts; a Skills Shop in the arts for teachers; Implementing Elementary Music Improvement (IEMI), a Tennessee…

This study evaluates the counseling-learning approach to foreign language instruction as compared with traditional methods in terms of language achievement and change in personal orientation and in attitude toward learning. Twelve students volunteered to learn Spanish or German under simultaneous exposure to both languages using the…

This anthology of articles and speeches by associates of the Contemporary Music Project traces the development of the theory of comprehensive musicianship during the first ten years (1959-1969) of the Project activities, providing a history of the program. Part I details the initial music education program--the Young Composers Project through…

For some time industrial educators have been concerned with effective methods of teaching electricity-electronics. This study compared the relative effectiveness of the predesigned-circuit method with a student-designed circuit method for students' laboratory experience. Using one unit of college-level industrial education…

The relationship between expectancy and performance in a self-paced computer-assisted instruction (CAI) program is explored in this study. The hypotheses developed were that the subjects with high expectancy would perform better and require less instruction, set higher performance criteria for themselves, and have higher expectancy on a transfer…

ERIC abstracts on alternative schooling, announced in RIE through August 1972, are presented. The key terms used in compiling this collection are "community schools" and "experimental schools." The documents present materials on alternative learning plans, community involvement in developing alternative plans, case studies, and information about…

This is an account of the first two years' operation of a national experiment in language instruction in England, jointly sponsored by the Schools Council and the Nuffield Foundation for teaching French in primary schools. The report discusses: (1) origins of the experiment, (2) planning the pilot project, (3) "Why French?," (4) the…