Volume VII of a Contemporary Research Incorporated report, designed to assess exemplary preservice teacher training for inner-city elementary teachers, contains a brief summary of the procedures, major findings, models of training programs, and teacher strategies reports. (Related documents are SP 006 205, 006 203, 006 202, 006 201, 006 200, 006…

Vocational placement, social needs, and the lack of proper transportation for disabled persons are major problems to be solved if physically handicapped people are to function in community life. Mobilization for Maturity was a 3-year research and demonstration project which utilized a self-help approach to help disabled people to re-enter…

A program to facilitate instruction for mathematically and scientifically gifted junior high students was described. Compared were nine educational alternatives for the gifted such as homogeneous grouping and early admission to college in terms of educational goals such as allowing for individual differences. Thirty-five scorers in a science fair…

This report presents a flexible 10-year plan for the Claremont Colleges as a group, with sections on the individual colleges, the central programs and services, and the affiliates. Appendices include reports concerning various Claremont colleges. (MJM)

The purpose, hypotheses, objectives, and experimental features of a program for preparing teachers for two-year colleges are discussed. The program, "Toward Personalized Teaching in Two-Year Colleges," has the following features: (1) each Fellow works throughout his program with an interdisciplinary, interinstitutional advisement…

The mission of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is space exploration and research in space and aeronautics for peaceful purposes and for the benefit of all mankind. The organization and programs which have been established to carry out this mission are described. Full color illustrations for the book were selected from the…

A six-year program providing training for ten individuals in science education and seven in mathematics education research is described. Lists of program objectives, requirements and course work for the program, and faculty members involved are included along with information on selection of trainees, enrollment by year, resulting dissertation…

Northeastern Illinois University developed a student teaching program designed to prepare the student teacher to function in both an inner-city setting where children are less advantaged socioeconomically as well as in an outer-city setting where the children come from relatively higher socioeconomic backgrounds. The five major aspects of the…

This training program was designed to provide community college educators with a deeper understanding of the nature of poverty and the manner in which poverty and deprivation affect the students' ability to learn in the formal educational system. The program was divided into three basic segments. The first two segments, conducted during the first…

Mount Marty College developed a student teaching program in 1970 which lasted a full semester. The course work ordinarily taken in an 8-week block during professional semester was integrated into the work of the full semester. Teacher education faculty and special methods faculty in the academic areas prepared individual learning packets to teach…

A one-day in-service workshop was held for elementary and middle school teachers in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. Each workshop consisted of large-group presentations followed by small-group discussions by participants, who were divided into nine groups. Presentations concerned techniques to aid motivation among multicultural and multiracial…

A program to teach evaluation skills to middle-management administrative personnel is described. The course consisted of three training sessions totaling 12 hours. The course notebook materials presented are: (1) objectives; (2) planning educational experiences through systematic procedures; (3) outline of materials--what is evaluation?, where…

The Volunteers in Education Project is designed to utilize community volunteers to provide, without charge, various services to the school staff. Other goals are to reinforce the instruction of the teaching staff with volunteers trained for particular service, to offer individual help to students, to make available the talents and resources of the…

Details of arithmetic topics proposed for inclusion in a modern elementary mathematics program and a rationale for the selection of these topics are given. The sequencing of the topics is discussed. (Author/DT)

This report is a description and analysis of the Hyde Park cadre as a "social system:" a description of the Hyde Park High School, the early life of the cadre, its operations and the disbanding of the cadre in June 1970. For the most part, it deals with the cadre and its activities for the 7 1/2 month period of its existence. Data were…