One of a series of pre-apprenticeship phase 1 training modules dealing with math skills, this self-paced student module covers compound numbers. Included in the module are the following: cover sheet listing module title, goals, and performance indicators; introduction; study guide/check list with directions for module completion; information…

This is a needs assessment of educationally disadvantaged students in Seattle, Washington for 1976-77. The report includes data on the following: (1) the distribution of low achievers by grade, sex, ethnic group, and school administrative area; (2) the distribution of achievement test scores of low achievers by subject, grade, and administrative…

THESE ABSTRACTS OF CONFERENCE PAPERS INDICATE FORCES AND ASPECTS OF URBANIZATION. ANYTHING CONTRIBUTING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG SOCIAL TIES IS HEALTHY AND ANYTHING DESTROYING VIABLE NEIGHBORHOODS IS UNHEALTHY. SINCE MINIMUM SIZE OF MARKET AND SUPPLY AREAS ARE PRECONDITIONS FOR SUSTAINED URBAN GROWTH, NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES WOULD INCREASE…

THIS STUDY INVESTIGATED 4,776 HIGH SCHOOLS WITH AN ENROLLMENT OF 2,318,449 STUDENTS, 98,805 CLASSROOM TEACHERS, AND 4,658 PRINCIPALS IN 11 SOUTHERN STATES TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SECONDARY PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE REGION. THE INVESTIGATION WAS LIMITED TO OBJECTIVE AND QUANTIFIED DATA ON RECORD IN THE 11 STATE DEPARTMENTS OF EDUCATION…

A STUDY WAS MADE OF STUDENTS WHO DISCONTINUED ATTENDANCE IN THE ADULT BASIC EDUCATION COURSES PROVIDED BY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE BRONX, MANHATTAN, BROOKLYN, AND QUEENS. DATA WERE GATHERED BY INTERVIEW OR SCHOOL FILES ON 306 PERSONS--167 NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING, PRIMARILY PUERTO RICANS, AND 139 NATIVE BORN, LARGELY NEGRO. MOST OF THE DROPOUTS WERE…

This comprehensive survey of public school education in the Philippines is the result of a team project of distinguished American and Filipino educators. Major sections examine: (1) elementary education, (2) vocational education, (3) teacher personnel and teacher education, and (4) financing the public schools. Other sections on the importance of…

An increase in the number of bilingual schools has lead to a greater need for properly qualified and adequately trained teachers of school children of Hispanic heritage from non-English speaking homes. Characteristics of a good bilingual program are explored in this paper with occasional reference to writings of Andersson and Boyer, Fishman, and…

This is the fifth of five volumes comprising a directory of public and nonpublic elementary and secondary day schools in the United States and outlying areas for 1968-69. Volumes I-IV list (by geographical region) the public schools. This volume lists the nonpublic schools (alphabetically by State), including parochial schools, privately operated…

This is the third of five volumes comprising a directory of public and nonpublic elementary and secondary day schools in the United States and outlying areas for 1968-69. This volume provides names and addresses of public schools in the Southeast Region. Institutional information includes grade span; number of pupils in prekindergarten and…

This report is the result of discussion of some 35 interrelated issues which have contributed to a loss of definition of "English" programs at all educational levels. Fearing further fragmentation of the curriculum would take place without reform, the conferees propose an articulated English program based on four cardinal principles. They seek to:…

This handbook illustrates how the classroom teacher can make efficient use of tests, discusses the main purposes tests can serve, treats principal kinds of testing devices especially useful in language instruction, and includes a section on the interpretation of test results. Chapters include: (1) the importance and place of testing in the foreign…

A systematic approach to management procedures necessary to independent study programs focuses on six control instruments. They include: (1) an independent-study contract agreement, (2) a time-record sheet, (3) a syllabus of learning objectives, (4) a learning-objectives contract agreement, (5) a learning-objectives challenge agreement, and (6) a…

This 10th-grade curriculum guide provides an in-depth study of the revolutions which accompanied the rise of modern Europe and shaped European cultural patterns. Eight "themes" with content outlines are developed: (1) the emergence of modern Europe from the Renaissance to the commercial and scientific revolutions, (2) the growth of democracy, (3)…

The large number of requests for general information on Alaska has resulted in compilation of this booklet. The Alaskan public school system, composed of district schools and state-operated schools, is discussed. Correspondence study, adult education programs, institutions of higher learning, teacher qualifications, and the role of the Bureau of…

This Information Bulletin discusses the general reform of the Finnish education system, necessitated by events of the sixties, which included a larger number of students leaving the Primary Schools after grade four to enter the secondary level, the failure of Primary Schools to meet demands of basic education, and the closing of rural Primary…