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The Appalachian Adult Education Center: Purpose, Policies, And Projects, Appalachian Adult Education Center

Appalachian Adult Basic Education Demonstration Center Archives

A policy guide titled The Appalachian Adult Education Center: Purpose, Policies, and Projects published in December of 1974.

Ohio - Morehead Project For Expanding Library Services To Disadvantaged Adults, Appalachian Adult Education Center

Appalachian Adult Basic Education Demonstration Center Archives

A preliminary draft of a report for Expanding Library Services to Disadvantaged Adults in Ohio written on November 4, 1974.

Special Report On The Use Of Animals In School Science Projects

Special Reports

When 28 students are rewarded in national competition for projects that caused pain to animals, it is clear that humanitarians still have a great deal of work ahead of them.

Appalachian Community Based Right To Read Project: Annual Report, George W. Eyster

Appalachian Adult Basic Education Demonstration Center Archives

1974 annual report for the Appalachian Community Based Right to Read Project submitted by George W. Eyster on August 31, 1974.

Continuing Aaec Institute Series For The Expansion Of Public Library Services To Disadvantaged Adults In Kentucky: Proposal To The Kentucky Department Of Library And Archives, Appalachian Adult Education Center

Appalachian Adult Basic Education Demonstration Center Archives

Proposal to the Kentucky Department of Library and Archives titled "Continuing AAEC Institute Series for the Expansion of Public Library Services to Disadvantaged Adults in Kentucky" written by the Appalachian Adult Education Center on August 29, 1974.

Final Report : A Demonstration Of The Interrelating Of Library And Basic Education Services For Disadvantaged Adults, Ann Gwin

Appalachian Adult Basic Education Demonstration Center Archives

A final report submitted by Ann Gwin of Birmingham Public Library of Birmingham, Alabama to the Appalachian Adult Education Demonstration Center at Morehead State University in June of 1974.

Contemporary Historical Research Conference, John A. Henschke Edd

IACE Hall of Fame Repository

The problems and rewards of conducting contemporary historical research are related in the light of the author's experiences in preparing an Ed.D. dissertation analyzing Malcolm, S. Knowles' contributions to and influence on the field of adult study accurate but inconclusive. The major portion of the dissertation was based on data available in documents by or about Knowles, but an "opinionnaire" schedule (an adaptation of the Applied Behavioral Science Interview schedule), loosely constructed and open-ended, was sent to 150 former colleagues and students of Knowles. The problems raised by this form of research are discussed by the author. Three areas of …

Interrelating Library And Basic Education Services For Disadvantaged Adults: Interim Report, Alabama, United States Office Of Education, Bureau Of Libraries And Learning Resources, Ann Gwin

Appalachian Adult Basic Education Demonstration Center Archives

1973-1974 interim report on the Interrelating Library and Basic Education Services for Disadvantaged Adults of Birmingham, Alabama submitted by Ann Gwin on January 21, 1974.

Adult Learning Center: Interim Report, Ohio, United States Office Of Education Bureau Of Libraries And Learning Resources, James Hunt

Appalachian Adult Basic Education Demonstration Center Archives

1973 interim report on the Adult Learning Center in Cincinnati, Ohio submitted by James Hunt.

Appalachian Adult Education Center Library: Abe Project: Interim Report, Tennessee, Norma Richey

Appalachian Adult Basic Education Demonstration Center Archives

1973 interim report on the Appalachian Adult Education Center Library from Memphis, Tennessee submitted by Norma Richey.

A Demonstration Of The Interrelating Of Library And Basic Education Services For Disadvantaged Adults, 1973-74 Continuation Demonstration, Richland County School District One, South Carolina, Appalachian Adult Education Center

Appalachian Adult Basic Education Demonstration Center Archives

Progress report related to the Interrelating of Public Library and Basic Education Services for Disadvantaged Adult and furher training and demonstration in Columbia, South Carolina in 1973-1974.

Survey Of Gaming Materials: Ecuador Project Non-Formal Education, Alberto M. Ochoa

Methods, Training, & Materials Development

No abstract provided.

Library - Adult Basic Education Continuing Demonstration Project, Interim Report, Floyd County Board Of Education, Abe-Public Library Project, Appalachian Adult Education Center

Appalachian Adult Basic Education Demonstration Center Archives

Progress report on the Interrelating of Public Library and Basic Education Services for Disadvantaged Adults and the training and demonstration services conducted at Floyd County, Kentucky in 1973.

Continuing Demonstration Project: Library Training Institute: Interim Report, West Virginia, James B. Nelson, Phillis J. Macvicar

Appalachian Adult Basic Education Demonstration Center Archives

1973 interim report on the Library Training Institute of the Continuing Demonstration Project from Huntington, West Virginia submitted by James B. Nelson and Phyllis J. MacVicar.

An Appalachian Project Interrelating Libraries And Adult Basic Education Services For Disadvantaged Adults: Interim Report, Georgia, Frances L. Milhizer

Appalachian Adult Basic Education Demonstration Center Archives

1973 interim report on Interrelating Libraries and Adult Basic Education Services for Disadvantaged Adults from Clarkesville Georgia submitted by Frances L. Milhizer.

Improving Skill In Applying Mathematical Ideas: A Preliminary Report On The Instructional Gaming Program At Pelham Middle School In Detroit, Layman E. Allen, Joan Ross

Other Publications

Performance of 237 students in ten 8th-grade mathematics classes Was assessed to measure their ability to solve'problems which involve only computation and problems which involve both computation and recognition of the relevance of a particular mathematical idea which is indispensable to-the solution of the problem. Pretests and post-tests focused upon 21 mathematical ideas which are presented in the present.series of IMP (Instructional Math Play) Kits, 16-page pamphlet simulations of a computer programmed to play EQUATIONS like a good teacher rather than like a good player.

Results show that the combination of playing EQUATIONS over two-year period and then working intensively …

The Effect Of Instructional Gaming Upon Absenteeism: The First Step, Layman E. Allen, Dana B. Martin

Other Publications

In assessing'an experimental instructional gaming program in seventh- and eighth-grade mathematics at Pelham Middle School, Detroit, MI, absenteeism was taken as the most pervasive and pragmatic measure of student attitudes toward the learning environmentof the mathematics classroom. The experimental learning environment contained three major elements in addition to regular mathematics instruction: EQUATIONS, a problem-generating type of game; a twice-a-week tournament arranged to award reinforcements frequently and equally among the participants as well as to individualize the learning experience foreach student; and the organization of classes into teams designed to elicit cooperation. Experimental and control classes were taught by the same …

Rules And Freedom: Games As A Mechanism For Ego Development In Children And Adolescents, Layman E. Allen

Book Chapters

A NEW PHASE of Part I begins with this chapter by Layman Allen. The chief difference between the earlier and the later chapters lies in an emphasis first on play, then later on games. Allen summarized the proceedings of a "Rules and Freedom" conference that had been set up by Dr. Eli Bower with the intention of bringing together professional people having a wide variety of backgrounds. In many cases practitioners in one field did not know about the interest in and uses by practitioners in another. In a situation conducive to free exchange of orientations and objectives, the assembled …