The African Primary Science Program, which was established in 1960 as part of the African Education Program, has operated widely in English-speaking African countries. Science centers have been established with program assistance in seven of these: Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its goals have been centered on…

The Florida 1973 annual report of programs under Title I and Title III of the Library Services and Construction Act gives an overview of expenditures and programs, followed by information on the specific projects including the objectives, accomplishments and failures, special problems or observations about the project and effectiveness of the…

In this progress report a summary of activities of the Pennsylvania Day Care Study Project is organized along the following framework: (1) design of an information management system, (2) the core analysis, and (3) exploratory studies. Activities needed in the future to accomplish goals are discussed as well as completed aspects of the project. (DP)

This report summarizes the activities of Great Britain's National Council for Educational Technology (NCET) for the term of its existence--April 1967 to September 1973. The council's aim was to promote, develop, and assist innovation in educational methodology. NCET's activities are summarized under the workings of its seven problem-centered…

An overview is provided of the Experimental Time-Sharing System (ETSS). Few manufacturers of small-scale and medium-scale computers offer operating systems capable of supporting both terminal-oriented time-sharing and multiprogramed batch processing. ETSS was developed to demonstrate that a powerful, general purpose operating system of this type…

This report by the Mississippi Library Commission (MLC) describes its organization and activities and also library developments in Mississippi under the Library Services and Construction Act for the fiscal year 1973. The long range goals are listed as well as the resources development and services which the MLC has undertaken. The recent staff…

The selected bibliography of programs for speech handicapped children contains approximately 60 abstracts and associated indexing information drawn from the computer file of abstracts representing the Council for Exceptional Children Information Center's complete holdings as of November, 1973. Abstracts are chosen using the criteria of…

This report provides a summary of the activities of the Ford Program for Research in University Administration over a 5-year period. Part I provides a review of the organization of the Program. Part II is a review of the research conducted under the auspices of the Program. Part III describes the career development and dissemination activities of…

Three basic notions--version, session and command language--are discussed which are essential for a user of the Rapidly Extensible Language (REL) system. The first is defined as a language--data base package consisting of a language, data and definitions. A session is stipulated to be the period during which the user operates at a terminal, and…

This document is a formal description of the activities and philosophy of the physical education program at LaSierra High School. Included in it are statements of the principles of program concept (touching on topics of physical fitness, physiological fitness, motivation and team membership, standards of conduct and efficient teaching methods); a…

This document presents succinct guidelines for the general instruction programs of physical education in colleges and universities; it is not intended to cover programs of professional preparation in physical education or programs in the academic discipline of human movement. Its purpose is to increase the understanding of students, faculty,…

This handbook presents in summary form descriptions of the Middle States Association, the Commission on Higher Education and its organization, a statement of the Commission's functions and working philosophy, brief sections on accreditation and the accrediting process, and a set of major policy statements adopted by the Commission and by the…

Various aspects of the Optical Mark Reader (OMR) used by the Atlanta Public School System are discussed. First considered are the required features of the OMR scanner. Following this, methods of motivating users to record data accurately are described. Finally, a description of how forms are designed for the convenience of users is provided. (PB)

The Pennsylvania Advancement School (PAS) opened for its first group of students in October 1967; since then, numerous programs and activities have given the school publicity. In this paper, general information about the school's activities is presented. The paper is divided into three sections: (1) activities that constitute PAS's core program;…

This synopsis of a report prepared by a joint committee of UNESCO and the International Council of Scientific Unions contains 22 recommendations regarding the formation of a World Science Information System (UNISIST). The necessity for, and trends toward, co-operation in information exchange are outlined and the objectives of UNISIST listed. The…