The Minneapolis paraprofessional program was developed with funds from Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965. Paraprofessionals are now an integral part of the Minneapolis Public Schools. They have contributed much to the education of students and staff and to good school-community relations. The New Careers and Career Opportunities…

The conceptual foundation for the career education program in Guam is presented in the document, which can serve as a resource for others wishing to implement similar programs. Rationales for the four-phase system (awareness, exploration, preparation, and continuing) are discussed in terms of students, teachers, administration, and society. They…

This article pertains to program development necessitated by the admission into college of those students who do not meet regular entry requirements. The author briefly describes a number of programs developed by colleges to provide remedial work, reduced academic loads, study skills instruction, and counseling for "high-risk" students.…

This second edition contains descriptions of 29 diagnostic-prescriptive reading programs (K-12) for which some success has been demonstrated in the classroom as shown by statistical evidence of significant improvement of student learning. A four-page program profile matrix provides the reader with easy identification of the salient features of…

Reported are findings from the third year of a project concerned with identification and facilitation of humanistic precocity in early adolescence. The project focused on students who showed a precocious concern with and ability to reason about social, moral, and political problems. Described are attempts to define humanistic precocity and…

The document is the final report of a project designed to make the public and students aware of the possibilities available in vocational education in the Wise County Schools in Virginia. The objectives of the program were as follows: (1) to provide materials to be used for career guidance, (2) to make the public aware of the total vocational…

AUTOQUEST is a computer aid to independent study. It presents ordinary text to a student at a computer terminal, a paragraph at a time. Using a pattern-matching approach, the system generates a question based on one of the sentences of the text and grades the student's answer. If the student's answer does not match the words of the text, the…

This annual report indicates the status of each department and division at Forest Park Community College, a predominantly black, inner-city, two-year college in St. Louis, Missouri. Each department or division reports its goals for 1974-75, assesses the level at which each goal was achieved, and presents its goals for 1975-76. The departments and…

Since Earth Day 1970, the number of environmental groups has approximately doubled and the movement articulates a much broader and comprehensive philosophy than earlier conservation or preservation movements. The Lake Michigan Federation, one of the new environmental groups developed from the Open Lands Project, was publicly proclaimed in…

This newsletter briefly describes present activities, projects, and publications in the areas of science education, mathematics education, and general education in Great Britain. Short articles on activities in Europe, Vancouver (Canada) and Tokyo are included along with descriptions of overseas activities in Germany, Nigeria and Singapore.…

GRADES OR AGES: Grades 7-12. SUBJECT MATTER: Physical Education--includes sections on a) team sports, b) individual and dual sports, and c) dance. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The first section presents a program description and general goals. The second section describes a) objectives, b) activities, c) understandings, d) teaching…

The annotated bibliography lists 33, 16 millimeter films previewed and/or used by the training staff of the Oregon Rehabilitation Research and Training Center in Mental Retardation. Many of the films describe current treatment strategies, programs, attitudes, concepts, or theories related to the habilitation of the retarded. In Section A, a…

Presented are guidelines for developing a cross-age tutoring program in the elementary school. Program goals and expectations are said to include social and academic improvement, and increased self image of both tutors and younger children. Two models for cross-age tutoring are outlined, and the process of implementing the program is reviewed.…

The Summer Orientation Program (SOP) at the State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNY/B) is an extensive program that affects approximately 2,500 freshmen each year and involves virtually every university office that works with undergraduates. The program tries to provide students with academic, social, and physical perspectives of the…

The "information explosion" in the field of population has created a need for proper identification, systematization, dissemination, and utilization of population information. To help meet these needs in the Asian and Pacific regions, the Clearinghouse and Information Section of the Population Division of ESCAP (Economic and Social…