The article reviews theory and application of a reading program for hearing impaired students. The instructional procedures for the first unit are outlined and sample activities presented. (CL)

Describes and illustrates three award-winning school renovations. (IRT)

The development of the LARC (Learning Activities to Raise Creativity) program for academically gifted school students is discussed. Among the goals of the program are exposure of students to multidisciplinary subject matter not encountered in the regular classroom and the nurture of creative thinking. (PHR)

A project was conducted to develop an instrument to evaluate the degree to which teachers actually participate in career education programs. It also identified subfactors which together comprise the concept of career education participation. Development procedures are described and data tables are included. (CT)

The author recounts a visit in 1979 to homes and centers and teachers' colleges in three parts of Norway where she discussed the impact of the special education laws on the educational system in the country. (PHR)

Outlines a school system's efforts as the centralized organizing agency for the city's efforts at teaching cardiopulmonary resuscitation (C. P. R.). (IRT)

Describes a campus day care center which focuses on providing special services (such as evening care, a parent corner, and access to counseling services) to parents and their children. (MP)

This scheduling plan features three quarters of 12 weeks and a school day divided into three blocks: morning and afternoon instructional blocks of two and one-half hours each and a midday period of one and one-third hours that includes lunch time, tutorial time, and unstructured student time. (Author/IRT)

Describing the Work Experience and Career Exploration Project, this article presents a sequential process for establishing WECEP in a school district. (JC)

An overview of several statistics useful in interpreting variates constructed by using canonical correlation analysis is presented. A computer program which calculates coefficients not typically provided by computer packages is discussed. An illustrative example of the output is provided. (Author/JKS)

This program calculates the chi-square statistic for testing the assumptions of equality and symmetry of covariance matrices in a repeated measures design. (Author)

A computer analysis for a split plot design with unequal number of subjects in treatment groups is described. The technique presented is based on the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). An example is worked out, and full documentation is presented. (Author/JKS)

A computer program is described that tests for the slope, quadratic, and cubic coefficients of a growth function generated from repeated observations. (Author)

Summarizes the findings of a report on the current status of systems of computer-managed instruction (CMI). Five systems are reviewed intensively and seventeen others are described briefly. CMI appears to offer potential as a management device but little conclusive evidence exists concerning cost-effectiveness or impact on student achievement.…

Charts the development of European cooperation in educational information interchange which has set the stage for the Educational Policy Information Centre as the United Kingdom's "nodal" point within a European network. (Author/IRT)