A CONFERENCE ON APPALACHIA WAS HELD TO PROVIDE FOR--(1) THE PRESENTATION OF PAPERS BY CONSULTANTS AND OTHER SPECIALISTS, (2) TOURS OF HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE INDUSTRIAL ARTS FACILITIES, AND (3) INTENSIVE COMMITTEE WORK FOR DEVELOPING PROJECTS AND PILOT PROGRAMS. AFTER THE PRESENTATION OF PAPERS, PERIODS OF TIME WERE SET ASIDE FOR QUESTIONS AND…

A SYMPOSIUM WAS HELD TO DEVELOP A DOCTORAL CURRICULUM FOR VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION. THE FORMAT INVOLVED THE PREPARATION OF WORKING PAPERS, COUNTERPART REACTIONS, AND ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS. ALL 48 PARTICIPANTS RECEIVED COPIES OF THE WORKING PAPERS PRIOR TO THE SYMPOSIUM. PARTICIPANTS WERE BROKEN UP INTO SMALL DISCUSSION GROUPS UPON…

This document outlines a plan of action intended to upgrade instructional programs for Hawaii's public school students. The plan involves three phases. Phase I (1976-1977) was intended to determine desired educational outcomes and assess current programs and the curriculum management system. During Phase II (1977-1978), proposals for program…

This dissertation provides a heuristic model for defining, analyzing, and exemplifying the artistic dimension of black English. Further, it offers a method of recognizing and evaluating this aspect of verbal behavior for the purpose of strengthening curriculum development and methods of instruction. After a review of the literature that deals with…

FORMULATION OF EDUCATIONAL SPECIFICATIONS IS REPORTED. THE FORMULATION CONSISTS OF ESTABLISHING THE DEFINITION, CONTENT, RESPONSIBILITY AND ROLES OF PLANNERS, THE ORGANIZATION OF THE PLANNING GROUP AND THE TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES TO BE USED. A SAMPLE OUTLINE FOR EDUCATIONAL SPECIFICATIONS AND A FORMAT FOR INDIVIDUAL COURSES, TIME REQUIREMENTS…

THE ROLE OF A JUNIOR COLLEGE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATOR IN EFFECTING CURRICULAR INNOVATION WAS STUDIED IN RELATION TO THE FOLLOWING RATIONALE DEVELOPED FOR THE STUDY. CHANGE OR INNOVATION MAY BE PLANNED OR UNPLANNED, IT MAY BE VOLUNTARY OR FORCED, AND IT MAY ORIGINATE WITHIN OR OUTSIDE THE ORGANIZATION. FACTORS AND AGENTS STIMULATING…

THIS PROJECT PROVIDES A PROGRAM FOR THE EDUCATION OF NINTH GRADE STUDENTS IN GENERAL MATHEMATICS. THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT IS (1) TO WRITE UNITS OF WORK THAT INCORPORATE PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS FROM THE EVENTS AND AFFAIRS OF URBAN LIFE, (2) TO SEEK OUT PROBLEMS FROM LOCAL INDUSTRY, AND (3) TO PROVIDE DIFFERENTIATED ACTIVITIES AND EXERCISES THAT…

The purpose of this study was to show how the concept of vector space can serve as a unifying thread for mathematics programs--elementary school to pre-calculus college level mathematics. Indicated are a number of opportunities to demonstrate how emphasis upon the vector space structure can enhance the organization of the mathematics curriculum.…

The first half of this analysis of the Providence Social Studies Curriculum Project, a program which emphasizes college-school interaction in curricular development, includes discussions of problems and procedures of curricular change, evidences of change since the inception of the project, and background information on city problems which affect…

Purposes of the study were (1) to construct science lessons to teach selected intellectual skills to kindergarten children, and (2) to develop group non-reading tests which would measure the growth of the intellectual skills of observation, classification, data treatment, and measurement in kindergarten children. Lessons and evaluations were…

This book represents the final report of the planning phase in the development of an instructional system to be implemented at Cubberley High School in the Palo Alto Unified School District. The purpose of this project is to develop a pilot science learning system in the earth/life sciences. The systems analysis approach was utilized in an attempt…

A 10-week summer institute held at Auburn University in 1966 provided opportunity for short-term but intensive training in educational research for 29 public school administrators. Most of the participants were selected by their school systems as persons who, after completion of the institute, could be assigned research and curriculum development…

This study attempted to determine (1) the nature of the influences conditioning college mathematics, (2) the impact of these influences, and (3) the changes which seem to have resulted during three chronological periods from 1890 to 1945. For each period of the study certain basic questions were investigated (1) learning theory in the teaching of…

The purpose of this booklet is to provide interim guidance for those colleges that cannot immediately effect the recommendations of the Committee on the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics (CUPM) 1963 report. The recommendations in the 1963 booklet were for the first four years of a seven-year program leading to the Ph.D. and a career in…

This document is an outline guide to accompany group discussion sessions on the fundamentals and operationalization of modules. The document begins with an introduction that explains the various outline pages. The following are presented and discussed in the guide: (1) the five elementary characteristics of a module, (2) definitions of modules,…