The National Council on Year-round Education was formed in 1972 to aid professional schoolmen and supportive board members who feel that our traditional school attendance pattern is unsound from an educational, financial, and societal standpoint. The Council's president-elect cites here the past year's activities of the Council and presents…

A scale was developed for judging the relative value of various media in teaching children. Posttest scores were partitioned into several components: error, prior knowledge, guessing, and gain from the learning exercise. By estimating the amounts of prior knowledge, guessing, and error, and then subtracting these from the total score, an index of…

The major activities of the Education Resources Center (ERC) thus far have included inservice training, innovative curriculum development, and operation as a professional center for teachers. The inservice training consisted of a variety of workshops, institutes, and seminars on educational technology and individualized instruction which served…

The purpose of this paper is to identify some variations among experimental programs and discuss the manner in which such variations seem to affect a program's success. To accomplish this purpose an in-depth analysis of a few major preschool intervention studies is made in terms of four pertinent variables: (1) Curriculum Model (2) Home…

To determine the effects of the television program, "Around the Bend" and the Related activities of the home visitor and mobile van teachers, the Appalachia Preschool Test (APT) was developed by the Appalachian Educational Laboratory. APT is used to supplement the standardized instruments being used to measure program performance. The…

Longitudinal studies of disabled persons are relatively uncommon, and studies which have measured objectively the degree to which the disabled sustain their level of functioning after rehabilitation are nonexistent. This study investigated the concept of sustention as it relates to the provision of rehabilitation services. Based on a longitudinal…

In order to review problems of handicapped children in Howard County, Maryland, and to provide comprehensive services for handicapped children, two surveys were conducted and a model county plan was provided. A county-wide census survey was conducted to determine the numbers and types of handicapped children in the county. Selected questions…

SELECTED ARTICLES IN PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION WERE COLLECTED AND ANNOTATED FOR THIS PUBLICATION. TYPES OF MATERIALS INCLUDED WERE BASIC REFERENCE BOOKS, JOURNAL ARTICLES, RESEARCH DOCUMENTS, AND SOME UNPUBLISHED PAPERS, COVERING THE PERIOD 1960-66. REFERENCES WERE LISTED ACCORDING TO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES--PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION - GENERAL…

Kaminsky and Nelson's method for estimating the times of future "success" from the times of earlier "successes" in the same sample is discussed in terms of its potential applications to long term psychological treatment, research, or training programs. (Author/JKS)

The support of the principal is essential for a successful reading instruction program. Six suggestions are presented that principals can use to implement quality reading programs. (Author/MLF)

A report of a survey to determine the current state of point-of-use library instruction--any presentation that informs the patron about the use of a particular reference/research tool--in 133 U.S. and Canadian academic libraries is presented. (Author/MBR)

Study of the School Health Curriculum Project for fifth-grade students revealed no apparent effect on students' perceived vulnerability to illnesses and accidents but substantially improved knowledge and attitudes toward cigarette smoking, though there were differences due to variables such as sex, ethnicity, income, and reading levels. (MJB)

Based on experience with a simplified admissions concept, Southern Illinois University is satisfied that the admissions process has been made easier for prospective students, high school counselors, and admissions staff. The computer does not make decisions regarding admission of a student, but reduced work loads for everyone concerned. (Author)

Notes that behind its unique classroom activities--the foreign language courses and the dance lessons--the alternative school program of the Cincinnati School District is largely a network of unknowns. (Author/AM)

This article presents an accountability system which can be used by counseling departments in educational settings. The system is based on the Planning-Programming-Budgeting System (PPBS) that was introduced in the early 60s. (Author)