In the first part of this cost-analysis of National Science Foundation (NSF) institutes, the financing of the University of Wyoming Portal School Project is described and expenditures and outcomes of the program for the years 1971-1974 are estimated. The average cost of the project to the NSF was $1.30 per teacher participation hour. The cost of…

Describes a six week summer course for junior high school students designed to acquaint them with one of the many branches of oceanographic studies. (PB)

Presents a list of courses, programs, and workshops for earth science teachers at colleges and universities in 35 states and Canada. The list contains entries ranging from introductory earth science courses to full scale undergraduate and masters degree programs designed especially for earth science teachers. (MLH)

From a special 8-part series, describing the individual summer experiences of 79 typical elementary teachers.

Second of three articles in a review, titled "Sensitivity Training: Can It Work for the Schools? .

Washington's program for migrant education involved 13,543 student participants in regular programs and 3,075 student participants in special programs. The summer program served 1,994 children. Because of new reporting procedures, 52 school districts were able to describe the 6,025 students served in instructional programs, parent activity, staff…

This report describes and evaluates the effectiveness of summer workshops designed to provide high school psychology teachers with an intensive review of general scientific psychology and an opportunity to develop new curricula for use in the classroom. In general, high school psychology teachers are more oriented toward life issues and…

West Chester State College and the intermediate units of Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties joined in 1979 to develop the Pennsylvania Writing Project (PWP) as a National Writing Project site. The William Penn Foundation provided initial funding for the project, and a number of schools and school districts have also contributed funds. Each…

The document includes several sections dealing with environmental education. The first section presents a brief description of courses or programs in environmental education offered by schools belonging to National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS). A second section presents expanded descriptions of 9 selected environmental programs. The…

The reports in this volume concentrate on various aspects of the 1978 program designed to meet the employment needs of disadvantaged and minority youth in urban areas. Included are process evaluations, worksite examinations, impact studies, a General Accounting Office report with Department of Labor comments, specialty reports such as the study on…

This document presents evaluations of summer Title I and Impact Aid reading, writing, and mathematics programs and their Parental Involvement component. The Title I and Impact Aid programs are briefly described as are the evaluation procedures, program activities, program materials, interviews with staff members, process evaluation findings, and…

Evidence collected through comparison of compensatory education students' calendar year and school year gains implies that summer drop-off of basic skills is a common phenomenon. There are two possible interpretations of this finding. The first, "forgetting," assumes compensatory education students know less in the fall than they did the previous…

THE PROGRAM ATTEMPTS TO TEACH NEW MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN WITHOUT THE BURDEN OF LEARNING A COMPLETELY NEW VOCABULARY. THE PROGRAM WILL SEEK A HIGH DEGREE OF PUPIL INVOLVEMENT BROUGHT ABOUT BY FOSTERING A SPIRIT OF INQUIRY AND INVESTIGATION. THE ABSENCE OF "ANSWERS" FROM AN AUTHORITY WILL BE NOTED THROUGHOUT…