Two experiments were conducted to provide a window on the processes by which the accuracy and rate of reading develop during psycholinguistic treatment for dyslexia. In experiment 1,140 children with dyslexia followed a treatment method that presented them with a learning system that clarifies the basic elements and operations by which one's…

Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) as an area of clinical and educational practice involves a myriad of decisions related to the symbols, devices, and strategies from which each client must choose. These decision-making points can be productively informed through evidence from comparative intervention studies. The purpose of this…

The paper describes NIE's educational problems and approaches in the area of education and work and mentions research and development activities in the career education program: awareness, career exploration, career preparation, and career access. (Author/BP)

Describes an experimental effort to halt declining enrollments in a speech and theatre department. (MH)

Paper presented at Symposium on the Application of Technology to Education, Washington, D.C., September 9-10, 1968.

IN THE 50'S PUBLIC CONCERN ABOUT AMERICAN EDUCATION, THE INFLUENCE OF SPUTNIK I, AND THE NATIONAL DEFENSE EDUCATION ACT OF 1958 BROUGHT ABOUT MAJOR EDUCATIONAL RESULTS. IN TUNE WITH THESE EVENTS AND ATTITUDES, THE FUND FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION WAS CREATED IN APRIL 1951 FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXPERIMENTING AND PIONEERING IN EDUCATION.…

THIS STUDY SOUGHT TO COMPARE THE EDUCATIONAL CHANGES OF EDUCABLE MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN ENROLLED IN THE EXPERIMENTAL TWO-TRACK PROGRAM WITH THOSE CHANGES OF MATCHED EDUCABLES ENROLLED IN A ONE-TRACK PLAN. ABOUT 1,800 PUPILS IN CLASSES FOR THE EDUCABLE MENTALLY RETARDED PARTICIPATED IN THIS STUDY. THEY HAD IQ'S RANGING FROM 50-75, WERE FROM 6…

VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE PROGRESS OF AN EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM IN SPEECH CONTROL WERE REPORTED. THE TOPICS COVERED IN THE DISCUSSIONS WERE (1) ACOUSTIC AND DISCRIMINATIVE PROPERTIES OF SPEECH SOUNDS, (2) MATCHING FUNCTIONS AND EQUAL-SENSATION CONTOURS FOR LOUDNESS, (3) RELATIONS BETWEEN IDENTIFICATION AND DISCRIMINATION FUNCTIONS FOR SPEECH AND…

The six characteristics of an Experimental Publication System (EPS) evaluated are: (1) prompt dissemination, (2) focused distribution, (3) diversity of content, (4) catalog of abstracts, (5) articles printed separately and (6) low acceptance criteria. Approximately 20% of the psychologists who might be interested in the subject matter are covered…

During the second semester of the 1971-72 school year, a pilot effort was initiated to use Eastern Airlines personnel as volunteer teachers. With the assistance of Eastern Airlines Officials and the Dade County Public Schools Division of Instruction, six community schools in the Northeast, North Central and South Central districts were opened to…

This document, a revision and retitled version of "Implementing Different and Better Schools," 1969 (ED 051 110), attempts to provide guidelines for change in schools to help those educators who need to be convinced of the need for change, 2) those who are ready but need to be told what to do, and 3) those with some experience of change who need…

Presentations in this meeting were "Progress of World Experimental Literacy Programme" and "Present Situation in Various Experimental Projects." Discussions of these presentations concerned: (1) analysis and revision of the Plans of Operation (choice of the sphere of action, quantitative targets, and the time schedule of the projects); (2) the…