'DOCUMENT RESUME , ,ED 117 878 95 EC 081 113 AUTHOR jPfau, Gleiln S. TITLE 'Project LIFE, 1963-1975. Final Report. INSTITZTION National Foundation for the Improvement of Education, - S-PiaNIRC-J,r---=-13tg==o-f- -Um-oat-ion- foi the Handicapped -CDH-EM/OE), washing'or, D C- PUBDATE Nov-75 NOTE , 182p.; For related information; see.ED 073.609, 085 9.84, and 098 764 ..- EDRS PRICE MF-$0.83 HC-$10.0.3 Plus Postage DESCRIPTORS *Aurally Handicapped; Elementary Seconder Education; Exceptional Child Research; *Filmstrips; Infwmation Dissemination; Instructional Materials; *InstrUctional Media; *Language Programs; *Programed. Instruction IDENTIEILRS Final Reports; Project LIFE ABSTRACT Presen d is the final report on Project Life (Language Improvement o Facilitate Education), a 12-year (1963-75) project which developed filmstrips and supplementary materials for teach±ng,language to deaf children. General-overview and historical review sections include information on proj ' goals and objectives, administration agencies and associated ind viduals, and funding. Discussed is the rationale underlying the(e.'"hree instructional content areas: perceptual training, perceptual thinking, and language Feeding. The next three sections focus on a historical tracing of hardware development, marketing/dissemination, and evaluation of Project LIFE materials. Summariied in a final chapter on 1971 systems development accomplishments are the contents of a picture dictionary, 12 biography filmstrips,. and 104 programed filmstrips on topics such as plants, health, and the universe. Appendixes include lists of project:LIFE field test centers, consultants, publications, research and evaluation studies, research and evaluation forms, and marketing and consultant.critique information. 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T HE PERSON OR ',TING IT ppwrs oF VIEW OROPINIONS .... _._ STAT-ra DO NOT-NECESSARley REPRE- . - stirross.c.,,t.,4AT 04'.. -..ST-r 'IF o0 EDUCATION POSITION OR POLICY 0 0 0 0 0 0 FINAL REPORT O 0 '= 0-o 0 ^0 PROJECT LIFE (1963-1975) 0 0 Bar 0 -0- 0 O 0 0 0 of o 0 Conducted Under 0 CONTRACT NO. OEC-0-73-0608' 0 0 Bureau of Education for the Handfcapped, O 0 U.S. Office of Educatitin o 0 Department of Health; Education, and-Welfare 0 Washington, D.C. 20202 o .0 Submitted by _0. o The National Foundation O t 0 for the Improvement of Education 0 0 'Washington, D.C. 20036 0 O tit 0 O .14 o 0 o 0 p' o 1.!NOVEMBER 1975 O r 0 O 0 O O 2 0- -AA4.14.4AAAAAAAAAAA4AAAAAAAAAA44AAAAAAAICI , : ;I 1 -3 FINAL REPORT for - Foie 1c.4 FE, : /Li _ Office of EducatiOn sCract No. OEC-0-73-06.08 Perioccovered June 18, 1963 drough-August 31, 1975 -Submitted To Elwood L. Bland Project Officer and Chief Learning Resources Branch Division of Media:Services Bureau of Education for the. Handicapped U.S. Office of Education Department of Health, Education and Welfare 4/ Washington, D;C: 20202 Submitted By James W. Becker Executive Director National Foundation for the Improvement of Education 1201 Sixteenth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 Author of Final Report Gleim S. Pfau, Director oject LIFE Ke dall Green r Calla det College Washingt.,D.C. X0002 November. I A. 3 V 40. Contents Forward I iii Project LIFE Chronology I. General Overview 1 (.4411414II.Historical Review 11 III. Instructional Product Development 24 IV. Historical Tracing of Hardware Development 37 V. Marketing/Dissemination 44 VI. Evaluation of Project LIFE Materials 53 VII. Systems Development Accomplishments: FY 1975 VIII. Appendices 1",--4 Appendix Ai Listing* Project LIFE Field. Test Centers .88 Appendix B: Listing of Project LIFE Consultants .93 Appendix C: Listing of Project LIFE Publications 104 . Appgndix D: Listing of Research & EvalUation Studies 114 Appendix E: Listing of Research & Evaluation Forms 135 Appendix F: Marketing & Consultant- Critique Information/ 160 4 4 REW_ORD;;--- PROJLC I LIFE EVOLVED FROM A FLANNING PROJECT TO DEVELOP BETTER METHODS AND FACILITIES FOR TEACHING LANGUAGE TO DEAF CHILDREN. IT HAD A 12 YEAR HISTORY (1963-1975)AS FUNDED BY THE BUREAU OF EDUCATIONFOR THE _HANDICAPPED; .U.S. OFFICE OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEW. HOWEVER, IT HAD A HISTORY OF RESEARCH AND PLANNING THAT DATED BACK INTO THE 1920's. IT WAS ADMINISTERED FOR THE FIRST NINE YEARS (1963- 1972) BY THE NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATIOW,.AND FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS 8972-1975) BY THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF EDUCATION, WASHINGTbN, D.C. THE GENERAL PURPOSE OF THE ENDEAVOR WAS TO SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE LANGUAGE- LEARNING RATEOF PRELINGUAL ,DEAF CHILDREN, AND TO UPGRADE THE LANGUAGE SKILLS OF THE POSTLINGUAL DEAF AND THE SEVERELY SHARD 05 HEARING.. THE ' OVERALL PLAN OPROJECT LIFE WAS.TO CAPITALIZE ON EXJSTING RESEARCH, CONDUCT ADDITIONAL RESEARCH WHERE .NECESSARY, DESIGN AND DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE LANGUAGE INSTRUCTIONAL SSIVM, FIELD TEST THESYSTEM UNTIL PREDETERMINED CRItERIA WERE ATTAINED, AND SUBSEQUENTLY DETERMINE AN APPROPRIATE MEANS FOR MARKETING THE SYSTEM, BOTH; NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY. THE SYSTEM--BASED ON THE PRINCIPLES OF PRO,GRAMMED INSTRUCTION-WAS DESIGNED AND DEVELOPED. IT WAS COMPRISED OF MORE THAN 500 CORE FILMSTRIPS, AND INCLUDED A VARIETY OF SUPPOjit COMPONENTS SUCH AS STORYBOOKS, SINGLE-CONCEPT PICTIONARIES, WORKBOOKS, INSTRUCTION MANUALS, AI4D OTHER RELATED SOFTWARE. THE MARKETER, THE GENERAL KECTRIC COMPANY, PROMOTED AND DISSEMINATED THE PROJECT LIFE IN $TRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND,, SIMULTANEOUSLY, PRODUtED AND MARKETED COMPATIBLE HARDWARE. DURING THE FOUR YEARS THAT THE PROJECT LIFE PROGRAM WAS MARKETED, THERE WERE MORE THAN $1,500,000 WORTH 05-SALES, APPROXIMATELY TWO-THIRDS -st OF WHICH WERE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS. MORE THAN FIFTY . PE- R£-ENT ALL PRO-GR.:WS-F-0R THE DE-AFINTHE-U,S,PURC--HAS-E-D- _THE-SYSTENLIN ADDITION,k1UNDREDS OF INSIII_UTIONS FOR THE ,DYSLEXIC, --4*:11Re z-C--UL-1-U114±111-1/-E .DISABLED, NON-ENGL SH SPEAKING, AND NON-HANDICAPPED.) STUDENTS ACQUIRED THE PROGRAM. FURTHER; THE SYSTEM WAS SUCCESSFULLY EMPLOYED IN A VARIETY. OF PROGRAMS FOR ILLITERATE AND BRAIN-DAMAGED ADULTS. THE PROJECT LIFE, PROGRAM IS CONSIDERED BY MANY TO BEAN EXEMPLARY MODEL OF THE ACCMPLISHWNT,O THAT CAN RESULT WHEN GIVEN A WELL - FOUNDED IDEA, LONG -TERM COMMITMENT OF FEDERAL RESOURCES, EXCELLENT AD/v1INISTRATION, DEDICATED PERSONNEL, AND COOPERATION OF .THE GOVERNMENTAL, PRIVATE AND COMMERCIAL SECTORS OF SOCIETY. - ;This Document Printed By: Print Shop Gallaudet College Kendall Green Washington, D.C..20002 .Yy/zedei 0)4 f/o.nieA -iv- i, II . 111/ OGY 925- 1929:Basic Research in Language and Reading With Deaf StiulgrIts, Columbia .University 1929 - 1948:Iirbjec Conceptualization,and Ge.ne.ol Planning A. Mic igan Department of Special Edu'cation B. Miigan State School for the Deaf C. Council for Exceptional Children z - .1948 - 19625 \,ecific Planning and Goal/Objective Formulation A.\ National Education Association B. V.S. Office of Education C. Council for Exceptional Children .2 1963: Formal Project Inception h A.' Sponsor - -U.S. Office of Education B. Administrator -- National Education Association C. Beginning Date-rJune 1E0,1963 D. Project Headquarters --NEA, Wahington, 1964 1968:Creation and Maintenance of ProgrammingCenter(to Design and Developmentally. Test Instructional Media oh POpulations of Deaf Students" A. kochester-SC'hool for the Deaf (Rochester, N.Y.) , B.POhici State University (Columbus) 0 C. Our Lady of the lake College (San Antonio, Texas) 1967: Creation of a Comprehensive National Field test Nelwork A. 1967-69:*10 Centers B. 1969-71: 102 Center"). .,C. ,1971-i75:. 52 Centers 0 viv 7v- It 4 . Consolidation of All Research and , . , '1968: Development Actiyities into f a Single Lication 0 .° . , ) .,-- A. Location--National Education Association, , asu---W----hittar-at-i,. ., . B. Beginning Date'=September 1, 1968 - MI ram Through an ExperimOntal Marketing Arrangement . A. Awarded to the General, Electric Company Aftera Competitive Bidding Process 13. Beginning Date- -April 16, 1971 O. Termination Date-- August 31, 1973 1972: Change in *Administration Agency .A. New AdministratorThe- National Foundation ..for the :Improvement of Education (aSeparate Non-Piofit Tax Exempt . Corporation Created by the National Education Asso'cialion), Washington, D.C.. B.fietinning Date--September1,1972 2 \, t 1972: F-ormationNpf New Corporation . A. NamePNect LIFE, Inc. B. Date of IncorporationWr-vember 1, 1972 C. Purposeof \CorporationTo InsuretheContinued Development, Validation, and Disseminatin of the Project LIFE Instructional Programas a Means of nefiting Deaf and Hearing Impaired Individuals Subsequent to the Termination of Government Funding for Project LIFE Systems Development 1973: Int,eptionPf "Commercial Phase"