This bulletin contains information for applicants who wish to submit proposals for projects in the humanities. Educational programs, public programs, research fellowships and stipends, and projects designed and conducted by young people supported by the Endowment, are described. General information is included on eligibility and application…

The Department of Geography of the University of Colorado offers as an integral part of its graduate program, systematic training in geographic education in order to improve the preparation of its graduates for careers as college geography teachers. In order to present a systematic component intended to increase the teaching competency of students…

A user-oriented computer-based information retrieval system which would not require a computer specialist as an interface between computer and user was developed. The PLATO system was chosen because it was a high-speed computer-based man-machine interaction system with convenient visual display, keyset input device, versatile programing…

The report describes the Law in American Society Project which is designed to foster law education for elementary and senior high school students. Emphasis is upon developing unit and new course designs and training teachers in the study of law. Detailed accomplishments (paralleled with fourteen objectives for the purpose of this report) are given…

This report is concerned with the state testing and evaluation programs which were in effect during the year 1949-1950. Each program account describes the agency which coordinated the program; the nature and purpose of the program including the tests administered, the uses of test results, and other pertinent information; and the publications…

After four years of operation, the Title VIII program of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act has been instrumental in reducing the number of school dropouts in target schools by 52 percent. This report describes in detail some of the successful educational practices operating within target schools in Alabama, California, Colorado,…

This document deals with the Images component of the Modular Achievement Program (MAP) at Bowling Green State University. The component was designed to organize, evaluate and utilize an understanding of the world. The program is described in relation to history and time constraints, goals, students, faculty, implementation and assumptions, general…

The background and goals of Michigan's program for the emotionally disturbed are discussed prior to a listing of rules and regulations governing the program. Administrative guidelines concern minimum school services, size of school district, definition and certification of emotional disturbance, the educational planning committee, and procedures…

This package of materials gives a complete description of the inservice teacher education program developed by the University of Illinois Arithmetic Project for training in the use of their elementary school mathematics materials. The inservice program can be administered at institutes under the direction of elementary teaching personnel with a…

Sample course materials for the University of Illinois Arithmetic Project Teacher Institute are presented. The package includes the first five written lessons of the course and samples of supporting materials supplied with each lesson. The supporting materials pertain to one week's work: a summary of the problems in a film shown at the class…

One in a series of over 50 similar selected listings relating to handicapped and gifted children, the bibliography contains 81 references on the gifted and creativity selected from Exceptional Child Education Abstracts. References include research reports, conference papers, journal articles, texts, and program guides, and are provided with…

The Information and Referral (I&R) Service of the Health and Welfare Council of Central Maryland, Inc. is a threefold operation. First, it is a professional casework service in providing its clients information on, and referral to, appropriate community services in the health, welfare, recreation, employment, education, and related human service…

Papers presented at the National Conference on Environmental Education, December 1969, and digests of the discussion group reports are included in this conference report. The papers examine the identification of major ecological concepts and values appropriate to school curricula (kindergarten to grade 12), methods by which environmental concepts…

This paper is divided into two main sections. The first deals with trends in teacher education in college and university preservice programs in Colorado and with school-based inservice programs, and covers curriculum innovations and general program characteristics. Specific programs are cited as illustrations. The second section lists issues and…

A School Adjustment Program (SAP) which began in 1966 is the focus of a paper which describes the program (now serving emotionally disturbed children from ages 5 to 15 in six classrooms) and compares it to the program used by Hewitt. The behavior modification procedures and individualized programing used in the classes are discussed. Research…