Describes the circumstances under which the Wilmington, Delaware, community school program was born, its developmental plans, program objectives, and the procedure by which program performance could be evaluated. Specific objectives are evaluated and recommendations for program development are made. (DN)

After reviewing the strengths and shortcomings of current programs, the authors conclude that the key to a humane and reasonable system lies in the recognition and exploitation of the interdependence of work and welfare. (Editor)

Author designed a series of instruments'' which measured a level of environmental sensitivity from simple awareness through the formation of values''; details are not given, as the testing program was informal, but the results were decidedly provocative of further study.'' (Author/SP)

Reviews basic issues confronting current training programs and offers an analysis of their strengths, weaknesses, and limitations. (JM)

An audiotaped program teaching interviewing skills was developed incorporating a microteaching component approach. The study investigated the effectiveness of a programmed approach in the development of interview skills. (Author)

Recommends a training program of very modest investment which deals with five specific ways to obtain positive results. (EK)

Discusses the competence and productivity of American labor which the author ascribes to the effectiveness of training. (EK)

The attainment of curricular goals, rather than improved IQ scores, was the basis for evaluation of the effectiveness of a program for disadvantaged preschoolers. Featured is the development of an Inventory of Cognitive Skills and Visual-Motor Functioning to evaluate the child's level of functioning in curriculum-related areas. (KW)

This article is based on a M.S. thesis by Robert J. Ford entitled: Relation of Summer Programs to Total Programs of Vocational Agriculture in Iowa." (Editor)

Discusses a study comparing the effectiveness of the group studies approach recommended in the teacher's guide for CBA chemistry with an individualized approach utilizing CBA materials. The individualized group did a well as or better than the other group. Reviews students' attitudes toward individualized course. Twenty-four references. (PR)

The following major variables in preschool intervention programs for disadvantaged children, and the effects of these variables on intellectual development of the children involved, are examined: curriculum models, home intervention, age for intervention, and length of intervention program. (KW)