Word: spaces
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...school systems have arranged with Harvard a joint project called the "School and University Program for Research and Development." The main objectives of this program, better known as "SUPRAD," are to improve the quality of education, to promote greater efficiency in the use of time and space in the schools, and to find a means of attracting and holding highlyqualified persons in both teaching and administrative positions...
...Immediate reinforcement of learning" in another common phrase in education today, and it is the principle behind the spelling machines being used at the Franklin School in Lexington. the teacher pronounces a spelling word, and the student writes a reply to it in a space provided in a small rectangular box. Then, by shifting a lever, he exposes the correct answer. He can thus compare his answer promptly with the correct one, and the immediate reinforcement that takes place is reputed to be extremely valuable in the learning process. The spelling machine also has the virtue of allowing children...
...second principal objective of SUPRAD, that of promoting greater efficiency in the use of time and space in the schools, is the goal of the "Newton Plan." It is thought that the whole classroom set-up of a school may be made much more flexible, thus permitting both lectures to large groups of students and small-group seminars...
...sandwiching in" two new floors and a mezzanine and utilizing waste space in the basement, the Architects Collaborative have in effect doubled the space in Boylston, Joseph Aspasquella, construction superintendent, explained...
...University of Massachusetts has embarked upon an impressive expansion program designed to provide facilities for 10,000 students by 1963. At present, 4,852 undergraduates attend UMass along with a smattering of graduate students. The present freshman class of 1,758 would have been larger had additional dormitory space been ready; next year the freshman class may reach...