Kindergarten children who were taught in a structured, sequential program achieved significantly more than kindergarten children taught the regular curriculum. (WY)

Presented at the meeting of the Council of Academic Societies, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1969. (IR)

The author proposes a counseling unit adapted to include disadvantaged youth's need for immediate gratification by payment for participation in intensive counseling. This counseling setting provides an opportunity for the method of successive approximations toward less frequent payment and finally toward payment on a regular fixed interval basis.…

Describes courses developed on the reality world" of the student, focusing on student experience instead of the traditional subject matter. (IR)

"This article is based on Alfred J. Mannebach's Ed.D. dissertation, The Effectiveness of Structured Occupational Experience For Instructors of Agricultural Occupations, which was completed at the University of Illinois in June, 1969. A former teacher of agriculture in Kansas, Dr. Mannebach is presently Assistant Professor of Education in the…

Presents the procedures, results and conclusions of an experimental project conducted to provide remedial reading experiences coordinated with physical science activities to 20 socially disadvantaged students in the 8th grade of a special service school. A description of some of the science activities and innovative teaching methods is included.…

Discusses the need to be flexible and restructure foreign language departments and courses to meet student needs. Describes a four-year, second language program with a nonliterary emphasis, designed for nonforeign language majors as one way to do this. (EKN)

Reports investigation of pupils' musical achievement resulting from a "new" music education program using creative instrumental activities. Analysis indicated significantly better achievements for pupils taught by the "new" program than those in a traditional type of program. (JD)

Describes an experimental course in communication arts covering reading and language arts from kindergarten to grade l2 designed to promote cooperative learning between the special educator and the classroom teacher. (CM)

Profiles three twentieth-century outdoor camping leaders. Describes early camping programs as "experimental intentional communities" teaching personal and social empowerment. Portia Mansfield's Wyonegonic Camps emphasized cooperation and artistic freedom. Joshua Lieberman's Pioneer Youth Camp taught workers' children social…

Presents a college calculus program based on the discovery method and the educational psychology literature used to develop it. Lists departmental, educational, and calculus reform goals, and describes characteristics of the program, including relaxed atmosphere, use of visualization, and supplemental teaching techniques. (13 references) (MKR)

A recently implemented program of institutional evaluation in Spanish universities, designed with the intention of improving the quality of teaching, research, and administration, is discussed. Objectives and mechanisms for assessment in each of these areas are detailed. (MSE)