Focusing on the right to read, the articles in this volume were drawn from the twentieth annual meeting of the National Reading Conference held in 1970. Among the topics discussed in the 50 articles are the following: oral associates as predictors of verbal ability, reading readiness, the reading process, reading diagnosis, adult reading programs,…

Problems of the health care profession and suggestions for reform are presented in this book on the U.S. health care delivery system. The book is divided into four sections. Section I, "Health and Health Care Problems for the American People," provides a general discussion on health, disease, and illness, and the importance of health…

The document consists of collected articles which provide information to teachers on constructing goals for K-12 social studies and developing learning activities which implement those goals. The project was undertaken in response to national interest in citizenship education and in an attempt to enable teachers to identify basic skills to which…

To determine the needs of Spanish-speaking students with limited English-speaking ability who are enrolled in all levels of vocational education, a series of three workshops were conducted to assess the vocational education needs of Mexican Americans and Puerto Ricans and to identify the commonalities and divergencies of the needs resulting from…

This is one of four major subdivisions of a set of individualized evaluation material for Level II of the Intermediate Science Curriculum Study (ISCS) developed as a part of the ISCS Individualized Teacher Preparation (ITP) program. The manual contains a composite list of selected measurable objectives for Level II of the ISCS program. It is…

The Bureau of Indian Affairs (B.I.A.) estimates that as of January, 1978, about $300 million would be needed to renovate or construct school facilities for Indian children. The B.I.A. could save millions of Federal dollars by enforcing its policy of having Indian children attend nearby public schools when adequate facilities exist and by…

Present and past efforts to enhance school efficiency have failed. Progressive Era reforms of a half-century ago contributed to the creation of a publicly insensitive, professionally dominated education system. Accountability enthusiasts of the '70s failed to understand the fundamental misalignment between the assumptions underlying private sector…

In recent years various structural approaches have been used in the United States to improve the delivery of elementary and secondary educational services to rural students. Post World War II interest in reorganization of local districts into larger administrative units has shifted to three other approaches popularized in the 1970's (each with…

THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY IS A CONTINUATION OF THE SERIES OF BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF COURSES OF STUDY AND TEXTBOOKS IN SCIENCE BEGUN IN 1959 BY THE NATIONAL SCIENCE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION (NSTA). PART 1 LISTS COURSES OF STUDY ALPHABETICALLY BY STATE UNDER THE CATEGORIES OF (1) LONG-RANGE COURSES OF STUDY, GRADES K-12, (2) JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GRADES 7, 8, 9, (3)…

A report on the history of school integration in Riverside, California, describes the city and traces the inception of a desegregation plan. Chapters discuss the developing consciousness of the need for improvement in minority group education, the confrontation in 1965 between school officials and minority group parents, and commitment of the…

A MULTI-FACETED SCHEME FOR LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION PROPOSES (1) LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS, (2) AUTO-TUTORIAL ACQUISITION OF MOTOR SKILLS, AND (3) TEACHER-GUIDED USE OF LANGUAGE IN A SIMULATED NATURAL CONTEXT. THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN ADJUSTING TO THIS NEW FUNCTION OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING WERE STUDIED FOR THREE…

Twenty-four local projects which are intended to serve as sources of ideas for professional group action are described in this pamphlet. The projects are reported within the framework of four areas of improving teaching. Under "professional development" projects are portrayed concerning the use of student tutors and the improvement of…

This volume contains 10 reports of research designed to study the mind of the child and the effects of sequence and process of learning on elementary school children and their writing. Specific purposes, procedures, conclusions, and needed further research are indicated for three studies on the process of written composition, four studies on…

The objectives of a study were (1) to describe the various reasons why vocational decisions which are incongruent with measured interest patterns, but which appear to be governed by traditional sex roles, are made; (2) to determine the extent to which such incongruities are attributable to sex stereotyping; and (3) to assess the probability that…

Intended to improve career guidance services on the secondary level, this operations manual was developed primarily by school counselors to assist other counselors in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of career guidance, counseling, and placement objectives in Maryland's school system. Contents are divided into the following three…