The Industrial Democracy Programme (IDP) of Norway seeks to create conditions for a self-supporting change process in industry, rather than implementing a ready-made model, believing that it is more valuable for employees to learn to change their organization than for the specific solution to be found. The central problems, therefore, have been to…

During the 1971-72 pilot test of the Southwest Regional Laboratory's (SWRL) Instructional Management System (IMS), three alternative procedures were used to gather data within the classroom, transmit those data to SWRL for processing, and send IMS output to the appropriate recipients in the schools. ComSys 3--one of the three…

In the Fall of 1963, President Kennedy created the Rural Development Committee (RDC) and charged it with the responsibility of providing leadership and guidance to the several Federal departments and agencies responsible for rural development program functions. To help find solutions to problems facing the rural population, the RDC proposed a task…

A research review was undertaken to assess the effectiveness of telewriting (the transmission of graphics and of speech through special telephone circuits) as a teaching technique or device in university extension. This involved a survey of pilot projects in Quebec, Iowa, Illinois, and elsewhere, as well as the need for innovations in adult…

The objective of this study is to develop a typology of nonverbal gestural communication behavior as evidenced by student teachers in art. An attempt is made to develop techniques for the systematic observation and analysis of such behavior. Data from a pilot study, and analysis of a video-recorded sample of 15 student teachers led to the…

This pilot project sought to determine if instruction in achievement motivation would help potential dropouts to complete their schooling. Subjects were tenth grade students in a suburban Boston high school. A one-week residential course during winter and spring vacations was taken by one group of six boys and a second group of four. Equated…

Public education has been preoccupied with the rapid development of the physical sciences and mathematics, which place a premium on developing the reasoning processes but not on the adequate construction of value judgments. The purpose of the present program is to provide a means of presenting character education within a curriculum consistent…

The authors discuss the information needs of developers in the early prototype phase, where the developer requires input that provides guidelines for the tryout revision cycle that cannot be satisfied by pre- and post-test data. When a develop-user relationship conducive to open communication allowed users to convey their perceptions and problems…

This report describes and evaluates the Supplementary Educational Museum and Resource Center, ESEA Title III pilot project which began in 1967 and ended in 1971 for a four-county area. Major objectives of the program were to integrate field trips to museums and historic sites in social studies courses; to develop primary source materials; and to…

This paper highlights the expressed educational attitudes and learning orientations of students who participated in a recent eight-college pilot study (total N = 4279). The Student Orientations Survey (S.O.S.), a ten-scale inventory developed by R.M. Gray and this writer, was used in this project in order to assess student's attitudes towards…

A pilot project was initiated in the Dallas County (Texas) Community College District to: (1) introduce the instructional staff to the use of behavioral objectives, (2) provide for the development of instructional capabilities in writing behavioral objectives and in building instructional materials, and (3) assure that the results of the…

Divided into two major parts, this report summarizes the findings, recommendations, and conclusions of the National Academy of Sciences and National Research Council's analysis of the current function and potential capacity of congressionally appointed federal agencies relative to providing emergency medical care services. More specifically, the…

The most difficult problem to be solved by this demonstration project was the high dropout rate in the target schools. More than half of the students routinely dropped out in the tenth grade, leading to the decision to start the program at that level in an effort to hold potential dropouts by stimulating their interest in health-care occupations.…

In the Mexican American community of East Los Angeles, two identifiable problems existed: (1) the need for training and employing educationally, socially, and vocationally disadvantaged Mexican Americans and (2) the need to alleviate shortages of competent personnel in health areas. Pilot Project HEART (Hospital Employment and Related Training)…

Oregon's Dissemination Program was established in July 1970. Its purpose was to close the communication gap between validated information and the decision making processes related to school administration and instruction. The program was administered by a staff of six, two of whom were assigned to pilot Intermediate Education District offices. The…