The Education Express, a state-of-the-art mobile classroom, brings computer training to rural training sites in Schuyler, Chemung, and Tioga Counties--the Southern Tier of New York. Clients include nurses, other workers, senior citizens, and GED students, who lack access to such trainings because of financial, time, or distance constraints.…

Examines efforts of Wytheville Community College (WCC) (Virginia) to meet the educational needs of communities in its rural Appalachian service region. Discusses the leadership and vision of college president William Snyder. Describes a mobile unit that delivers technological education to rural high schools on behalf of WCC's Manufacturing…

The preschool education program that the Appalachia Educational Laboratory is currently testing and developing takes on four dimensions: a daily television program designed for home viewing; a home visitation program during which the parent has weekly personal contact with someone from the project; a mobile classroom which visits the children's…

The strategy for attaining the objectives of the Appalachia Preschool Education Program was the development of a child-centered, home-oriented program to be delivered by means of television broadcasts, home visitation, mobile classrooms, and other media. It involved building a curriculum based on behavioral objectives and preparing materials and…

Preschool children (ages 3, 4, and 5) participating in the Appalachia Preschool Educational Program were studied to determine if mathematical concepts could be effectively taught through a preschool program accessible to rural children. The 34-week program consisted of 3 elements: (1) a daily half-hour television broadcast, (2) weekly home…

A second field test of a computer-based, mobile, in-service teacher education program in modern mathematics for elementary school teachers is reported here. Evaluations of the students' achievement and of their attitudes towards mathematics and computer-assisted instruction, as well as an analysis of the relationships among achievement, attitudes,…

A collection of articles and materials related to the purposes, operation, and effectiveness of an experimental program in preschool education based on the cooperative participation of a wide variety of individuals and groups in rural areas. (JS)

Describes an experimental educational alternative in Brazil which uses mobile units in an attempt to bring vocational skills and continuing education to rural families. (TA)

There is a great need for adult basic education in Appalachia Mississippi. The Itawamba Junior College (IJC) Vocational and Technical Adult Education Department is presently meeting the needs of a small majority of the adults who need additional education. In an agreement with Town and Country Mobile Homes manufacturers, the Mississippi State…

The purpose of this proposal was to evaluate two approaches to preschool education using a mobile laboratory as a classroom for rural 4-year-olds. The research data also provide an independent evaluation of the Peabody language development program. Three groups of eight 4-year-old children (N=24) attending the Readimobile Preschool program were…

This report on the use of mobile facilities in preschool instruction programs is divided into four parts. Part I describes the three major mobile preschool instruction programs. The Appalachia Preschool Program and Southeastern Education Laboratory's Readimobile Program are being field tested as possible strategies for the delivery of…

Cooperation between the Appalachia Educational Laboratory, International Business Machines, and the Computer Assisted Instruction Laboratory of the Pennsylvania State University led to an attempt to provide inservice education in modern mathematics for elementary school teachers throughout Appalachia and other areas which are geographically…

The Clinch-Powell Educational Cooperative Early Education project was designed to provide preschool experience for 3-, 4-, and 5-year-old children in rural Appalachia who would otherwise not have been able to attend a preschool program. In addition, the program was designed: (1) to provide children with the opportunity to socialize with other…