This bibliography is divided into eight subsections. The first section lists articles on community schools and schools without walls. The second encompasses the effects of alternative education. Student attitudes, academic achievement, and parental reaction are some of the variables assessed in the articles in this section. The third section is on…

The development of new instructional organizations has placed demands on school facilities that cannot be met adequately with the procedures currently used for school design. Organizational methods, for example, that stress small-group and individual work in non-age-graded settings are not accommodated easily by either of the two common forms of…

The swimming instruction guide presents teaching techniques and skill progressions for developmentally disabled individuals and includes program development and administrative guidelines. Part 1 discusses swimming and developmentally disabled children, program planning and preparation elements (including pool, scheduling, staff, parents,…

Part of a resource package designed to assist local education agency personnel in improving quality of instruction and supportive services to special needs students enrolled in vocational education programs, the eighth of nine instructor guides presents procedures for conducting a followup of students who have completed the vocational program and…

Relating directly or indirectly to studies of teacher concerns and conceptions about reading and the teaching of reading, the 64 references in this literature review were drawn from a number of sources published between 1965 and 1977. The review is presented according to the following content topic areas: general references, reading habits of…

An inservice program for doctoral composition specialists should train the teaching fellow to teach composition at a variety of levels, to administer writing programs, and to supervise writing clinics. It should also encourage teaching fellows to recognize the study and teaching of composition as fertile areas for research and scholarship and it…

Eleven selected language programs made available between 1967 and 1975 are described. The introduction explores the theoretical perspectives at work during the past 15 years and discusses the factors which should influence language program choice, how children acquire language skills, and techniques for evaluating the success of language…

This booklet was prepared to assist planning and service agencies and personnel with evaluation and advocacy of programs and services for the developmentally disabled. Part 1 of the booklet deals with evaluation, part 2 with advocacy; discussed in both sections are such issues as the legislative mandate, the use of computerized systems, systems…

Described is a program developed to teach a visual symbol system of nonspeech communication for persons who are severely mentally handicapped and multiply handicapped. Included in the receptive language program are descriptions of the following program components: candidate selection guidelines, interdisciplinary assessment, materials (visual…

It is important for the teacher to be aware of the variety of uses for media and there are many practical ways to incorporate media in the classroom. When combined with a cassette recorder, slides made with or without a camera can make an inexpensive slide tape presentation within any class period. An alternative to making slides could be making a…

This report describes the Smithsonian Institution Information Retrieval (SIIR) System, a computerized information management system for natural history museums, as well as computer developments subsequent to SIIR, and the SELGEM system which evolved from SIIR and discusses their application to data processing and collection management in museums.…

A collection of 134 practical teaching tips and strategies is offered with the objective of presenting practical innovative ideas, primarily for elementary school teachers. The suggestions are contributed by veteran teachers who were asked to report a practice they successfully used in a classroom or school setting. Subjects range across most…

A distinction is made between program evaluation and project evaluation. The former is used to determine the effectiveness of a particular program or to compare programs. The latter is used in the initial stages of program development to define and monitor progress; to identify problems at an early stage; to record what is done and why; and to…

Evaluation is viewed as essential to decision making and social policy development. Since conventional methods have been disappointing or inadequate, naturalistic inquiry (N/I) differs from conventional science in minimizing constraints on antecedent conditions (controls) and on output (dependent variables). N/I is phenomenological rather than…

Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I evaluation was mandated by Congress in 1974, and three RMC models were devised to provide comparability and flexibility for this evaluation. This paper evaluates the utility of the Title I evaluation models. The first section considers the critical import of past evaluation efforts. The development of a…