This analysis, a review of literature and experience on performance-based education, is divided into nine chapters: chapter one, "The Short Form: Best-Guess Working Hypotheses for Competency-Based Education" (a summary of the frame of reference for this study and the recommendations for performance-based education which resulted from the effort);…

Traditional grading was replaced with the Honors-Pass-Fail (H-P-F) grading system in graduate education courses at Herbert H. Lehman College in the fall 1971 semester. The purpose of that action was to determine if the H-P-F system might differentiate more effectively between exceptional and average student achievement. The general findings of the…

In 1969, Hiram College implemented an integrated curriculum emphasizing interdisciplinary studies along with increased student freedom and responsibility. Factors contributing to the successful implementation of the curriculum, evaluative description of the curriculum and its goals, and the impact of the curriculum on Hiram students are discussed.…

These reports comprise sample collections of experimental instructional projects seeking new and better arrangements for teaching. The entries in section one, describe department-based projects in accounting, art history, biology, botany, business administration, communication, counseling, dairy science, design, education, engineering, language,…

The communications component of the Modular Achievement Program (MAP) at Bowling Green State University is discussed in three phases. Part one offers an evaluative synthesis of Speech 102. Part two deals primarily with the speech component of the module and part three briefly discusses the modular attempts at integration. Related documents are HE…

To offer extended learning opportunities to persons without access to traditional residential education is the purpose of the proposed extended university of Ohio University. This new academic unit would be responsible for the development and administration of the Extended Learning Program (ELP). The ELP admits students who have successfully…

New emphasis on the total learning process is bringing about significant changes in both educational and training communities. The process-oriented, systems approach to training integrates behavioral objectives, media, and instructors in such a way that increased training effectiveness is realized through a greater ability to deal with the…

This study explores the hypotheses that as a consequence of an increase in extra-educational functions assumed by school districts, the interaction between educational and community leadership groups would increase and that community leaders would be more supportive of educational innovations. Researchers attempted to discover if community leaders…

This report documents the success of the High Priority Education Project in generating an unusual amount of creative activity in the Florida colleges of education in designing and implementing projects to improve vocational education and counseling. The program's five phases are discussed in terms of their intersecting objectives, their procedures…

Promising educational practices utilized in small high schools in the Northwestern United States, including Alaska, are described. Practices and programs reported include an educational enrichment program, multiple-class teaching, a nongraded minicourse curriculum, a phasing program for high school English, a media center retrieval system, a…

A report is made of a study concerning ways by which both elementary and secondary schools can motivate students to become interested in continuing their education throughout their lifetime. The body of the report, consisting of four chapters written by four different authors, contains suggestions as to ways in which the schools in the United…

This project was initiated through the discussions and efforts of a number of parents, principals, teachers, and representatives of the College of Education of the University of Maryland. It was developed as an innovative educational project designed to provide support and supplementary services to the educational program in seven schools in upper…

This booklet describes Governors State University, an open university responding to the needs of junior/community college graduates and others working towards a baccalaureate and master's degree. Emphasis is placed on the concept of the open university, planning of the open university, who are the students and how they influence the planning…

Prepared through the Career Options Research and Development (CORD) Project, this document presents a brief summary of efforts to develop curriculums and programs for the human services areas. Aimed specifically toward the training of the economically disadvantaged for paraprofessional positions, the report presents: (1) background information…

Following a brief description of population control in the last 10 years, this paper outlines a Five Year Plan for population education. Four prerequisites to the Plan are presented: a) traditional approaches must be accommodated or bypassed, b) new subject matter must be introduced at the expense of current content, c) value spheres must be…