This document is a report on the Conference on Needed Research in Mathematics Education held on the campus of the University of Georgia. A major objective of the conference was an examination of the progress of research in mathematics education as well as the development of guidelines for further research. Toward this end, the Conference was…

Discussed adult education programs, the development of adult, continuing and lifelong education, and the abilities of older adults to develop their intelligence through participation in learning programs. (RK)

After a brief reminder of the essentials of the Structure-of-Intellect model, this paper points out what this model can tell us about the nature of learning, the imbalances in education and intelligence testing, about procedures for fostering intellectual growth, and about other incidental educational problems. (Author)

Article focused on the involvement of parents in the classroom and how their attitudes affected the effectiveness of the educational program. (RK)

Article considered reasons why projects are attempting to involve parents in child development. (Author/RK)

This discussion proposed to describe components of training and roles parents can assume in a language development program and to describe a model program in which parents assumed a major role in their language-handicapped child's rehabilitation. (Author/RK)

Article focused upon the shared knowledge and perspective about child development and the needs of children necessary to build a partnership between school and home. (Author/RK)

This article's theme was that programs dealing with parent involvement, while they may be based on sound theoretical grounds in child development, are actualized as symbolic gestures rather than producing educational "profits". (Author/RK)

Article reviewed recent literature on parental attitudes and behavior related to the culture of poverty and education, and suggested ways that programs could be analyzed and developed so parents could be meaningfully involved in selecting and interacting with the educational program of their choice. (Author/RK)

Described the development of a program of tutoring services which utilized young mothers who offered their time and energies as volunteers in the public schools in El Paso. (RK)

Article outlined a program that involved an orientation meeting held to help parents understand their child's problems, to assuage their anxiety, and to help them understand the role of the Frostig Center. (Author/RK)

Article described a series of models for concept teaching, using both deductive and inductive procedures, and because such procedures inevitably use language, even when making use of concrete objects or props, article started with a discussion of the relationship of language and concepts. (Author/RK)

Recognizing that behavior is a result of the integration of affective and cognitive factors, drug education must focus on the motivations of students. Article focused on the responsibility for development of drug abuse programs that must be shared by schools as well as students and teachers. (Author/RK)

Article focused on a program that attempted to show parents how to change the context of their environment, provide stimulation and to respond to their child with authority thereby developing the learning process. (Author/RK)

Authors believed that sharper definitions of open education can keep the current movement authentic to its early consensus ideals while avoiding dogma, orthodoxy, discipleships: charisma, and latter-day carpetbagging. (Author/RK)