This report summarizes chronologically a three-year ESEA Title III project to study the types of schools needed for the future. The major recommendation of the study was that an educational park should be established in the downtown area to provide enriched opportunities for pupils from widely different backgrounds and to serve as an experimental…

An approach to a language, literature, and composition curriculum designed to help students develop both an ability to think and an appreciation of themselves is summarized. Materials include (1) a listing of the main features of a communications curriculum from elementary through secondary school, (2) a rationale for the curriculum, which…

Computer-assisted instruction (CAI) attacks one of the greatest problems of education--how to get sufficient variety in educational materials to teach each individual without requiring a group of trained personnel to prepare all possible variations. CAI permits individualization electronically. CAI can be used to train problem solving, for drill…

During 1967-1968, the English Department at Pennsylvania State University, York Campus, used cartridge tape recorders on a trial basis to grade student themes. Each student in a two-term composition course purchased one tape cartridge which he submitted with each theme. While correcting the theme, the instructor recorded comments on the student's…

Effective individualized instruction and increased student participation in foreign language communication skills could be achieved by a team-teaching approach. A team, comprised of the regular foreign language teacher and a number of volunteer advanced students, could (1) present listening comprehension materials, (2) evaluate pronunciation and…

An undertaking designed to teach the fundamental concepts of programing makes the learner learn frame writing by means of frames. A sliding card gradually discloses the two basic sequences which programs usually follow--the linear and the branching sequences. A branching sequence may be normal or remedial, a frame regular or mainstream. A linear…

Conceptualizations concerning role changes of classroom teachers due to the use of computer assisted instruction (CAI) are contingent upon what system is used and how long it takes. However, some factors within CAI which may cause teacher role changes can be identified. Also, it is likely that the pattern of computer development will be gradual,…

Presuming that the innovative process should begin at the point at which a need for change coincides with the means of satisfying that need, the English teacher can update his instructional approach by examining, on the one hand, the student's felt need for articulate expression and a sympathetic listener, and on the other, the current advanced…

Strategies and materials for reading instruction in adult basic education are covered, together with psychological and sociological characteristics of undereducated adults. Demonstration centers, curriculum materials programs, and related efforts are described. Such innovations as basal series for sequential reading skill development, programed…

This study, funded by ESEA Title III, has concerned itself with that program's ability to encourage local school authorities to accomplish needed educational reforms and to consider implications for future program activities. Suggestions are included for those concerned with the administration of Title III at the State level. The information upon…

A 2-year evaluation of the small secondary schools program in Oregon views the project from many perspectives. The report briefly discusses the geographical environment of the state, citing the principal occupations of each area. Other aspects discussed include geographical-economic implications for small schools; family structures and ethnic…

Teacher educators need to plan instruction with behavioral objectives; their selection of lesson content, teaching strategies, and student evaluation criteria should be consistent with these objectives. In the Florida State University model program, trainees are expected to reach the above goals by progressing at individual rates through…

Two projects of individualized instruction are reported in this document. These projects were carried out in small high schools in Colorado and are reported by the instructors involved. Included in the reports are the rationale, objectives, description of student groups, extensive procedural description, and results and recommendations. The…

The use of methods found effective with the brain injured with educable mentally handicapped children is discussed; the clinical approach to teaching and the psychology of the educable are explained; and educational implications are outlined. The following are then considered: sensory deficiencies and intensified stimulation; training perception;…

The instructional materials developed on power mechanics are based on the concept of performance objectives as organized by EPIC Diversified Systems Corporation. Objectives within the document are divided into four categories; (1) program objectives, (2) performance objectives, (3) process objectives, and (4) activities. These are categorized by a…