The concept of accountability held by the Florida Department of Education is discussed. Their concept places a premium on clear thinking regarding educational values, on open communication between the public and the professionals, and on explanation of the manner in which resources available are used. The distinctions and relationships among the…

Achievement and attitudes of pupils in Grades 1, 3, and 5 in the experimental school were compared with those of pupils in control schools. No systematic differences in students' achievement were found to exist between the Multiunit School and I and R Unit and their control schools. The analyses suggest two major conclusions: First, the…

Presented are approximately 25 instructional units in which learning about music is adapted for use in special education. Each unit contains a general educational goal, a series for behavior objectives designed to achieve the goal, and a number of learning experiences and accompanying resources intended to help children with particular types of…

This document describes the Center for Documentation and Educational Information in Mexico City. Background information on similar services in Mexico is provided and a detailed description of the Center is presented, covering organization, objectives, administration, users, activities, services, and publications. (VM)

Instructional objectives, specificity, and behavior are discussed in order to teach educators how to reach the correct level of specificity when writing behavioral objectives. The programed text shows the difference between 1) educational goals and instructional objectives, 2) meaningful skills and teaching points, 3) principal performance and…

This study investigated the relationship of elementary teachers' priorities given to behavioral objectives of instruction and their practice in the classroom. Thirty teachers, representing six school districts, were administered a 100-item structured Q-sort comprised of five theoretical categories: low cognitive, high cognitive, tool-skill,…

Technology's continued advance has created as much anxiety and fear as it has satisfaction. Movements of criticism and opposition to the current state of scientific civilization have been caused by factors such as the discovery and use of nuclear weapons, the gap between the rich nations and the underdeveloped countries of the world, and to…

A seminar on how to make education more responsive to our "fast-changing, unstable and incendiary society" was held as part of the North Reading Screen Education Project, at Andover, Massachusetts in November 1969. Conference participants pointed out, for example, that "no one knows how to make a ghetto school work", and that…

This paper is the first chapter in a monograph. In it the author attempts to examine the assumptions and justifications for process education. He does not write in a prescriptive fashion but attempts to arrive at a definition for process education by a successive convergency of ideas and tentative but logically consistent definitions. The author…

This report, conducted at the University of Victoria, Canada, presents an overview of the results of a 4-year study to individualize instruction within an introductory Educational Psychology course. Emphasis is placed on written source material, specific instructional objectives given to the student, testing on small units, testing when students…

This book reviews the present high school curriculum and indicates the trends for the future. Seven professors were asked to assess the present situation and trends in their respective fields. The fields of study include English, visual education, science, foreign language, mathematics, social studies and teacher education. Major points in the…

This study investigated prediction of teacher behavior by attitudinal variables and was based upon a theory currently being researched in social psychology. The sample of 103 teachers of grades K-6, representing about half of the elementary schools in a large public school system, had attended a summer social studies institute which stressed the…

The overall goal of this exploratory project was to initially uncover factors of variables likely to be involved in the impact of educational products. The specific objectives were to construct systematic case studies of the development of selected educational products as an initial basis for arriving at more precise procedures to assess potential…

A unified statement on vocational home economics education's purpose, funding preferences, and emphases on consumer and homemaking education resulted from a joint meeting of representatives of three professional associations. The statement is intended to serve as a guide in determining legislative priorities. (Author/BP)

Content and related learning activities of a four-part adult education class in the metric system are described. (LH)