This book provides the basic structure for the teaching of reading in California and is designed for use by teachers of reading or by teachers in areas in which reading is important to the student's educational growth. Following an introduction to the reading framework, contents include "Philosophy, Goals, and Objectives of the Reading…

The Guidelines Manual produced by the Media Guidelines Project consists of five major sections, the first of which is a checklist offering a roster of criteria related to media training programs and against which planners and evaluators can develop concepts, gather information, construct specifications and make judgments. The second part of the…

Guidelines and forms used in staff and development efforts in Florida's public community colleges are provided. Following these are a tabulation and brief summary of the staff and program development activities at each of the community colleges. After the title and a brief description of each program, the following types of information are coded…

The document, one of a series to assist in planning procedures for local and State vocational agencies, explains an information analysis system for realistic projection of future program planning and for monitoring of fund allocations for vocational education facilities projects. The system is called the State Vocational Education…

A review of the literature on community service programs in the community college is provided. Emphasized in the review are: characteristics and motives of adult students, community involvement, program planning and administration, community analysis, types of community service functions, and community service program assessment and evaluation.…

The role of community school programs in rural schools is discussed in this paper. Major topics are community school program elements, legislation affecting rural community school programs, indications of need for community education principles, programs to remediate rural school deficiencies, and recommendations for program development. Where…

This report outlines the purpose, implementation, and results of a project designed to define the role of industrial arts in career education. Throughout the course of the project the major objectives were to develop a working definition of career education, identify the role of industrial arts in career education, foster implementation of…

Papers presented at a symposium on "The Application of a Model for the Evaluation of Educational Products" are provided. The papers are: "A Model for the Evaluation of Educational Products" by Charles L. Bertram; "The Application of an Evaluation Model to a Preschool Intervention Program" by Brainard W. Hines; "An Evaluation Model for a Regional…

This publication consists of a curriculum guide and a separate foldout program planning guide for office occupations education. A synopsis is given for each training program plotted on the grid of the planning guide. The curriculum guide presents a detailed description of each of the 59 instructional modules shown on the planning guide. A…

Presented are an overview of Physicians' Assistant programs in the United States and a study of their applicability to the Washington metropolitan area. The national overview includes information gathered from fourteen respondents to questionnaires sent to 30 physician assistant programs currently in operational or planning stages. Aspects…

Tewksbury High School, Massachusetts, solved overcrowding problems by rearranging its school day. The continuous school day devised to solve this overcrowding is a double overlap schedule under which seniors attend school from 7:30 a.m. to noon; juniors from approximately 9:30 to 2:50 p.m.; and sophomores from noon to 4:54 p.m. Under this plan, no…

Described in the guidebook are ways to initiate or improve early recognition and intervention (ERI) programs in public schools. Suggested for starting a program to find at risk or handicapped children before they and their teachers experience failure are three phases, which involve finding an idea, enlisting support, and beginning with a pilot…

Presented are Indiana state guidelines for the development of programs to serve physically and multiply handicapped students. Given are definitions and eligibility requirements for special class placement. Characteristics and classifications of cerebral palsy, cardiac disorders, and convulsive disorders are described. A glossary of 27 terms such…

Information collected by questionnaires, correspondence, and consultation with library personnel at four collegiate consortia shed light upon the role of libraries in the functioning of these consortia. The results showed that many expectations went unmet. Namely, specialized collections were not efficiently built and shared, faculties exhibited…

The processes by which statistical software is produced and made available to users were the main concerns of the conference. Six major topics were considered in relation to these software programs which perform the basic mathematical computations required in science and engineering: 1) the quality of mathematical software; 2) education and…