THE LABORATORY APPROACH: A VEHICLE FOR FACILITATING AMERICAN INDIAN EDUCATION

The Research and Guidance Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin, Madison is a center for advanced study and development of procedures for education and guidance of promising students as they progress through high school and college and into adult citizenship. The Laboratory was founded in 1957 on the tenet that the problem of identifying and providing for such students is basically an obligation of the schools. The Laboratory attempts to stimulate and assist high school faculties to develop effective local practices which meet this obligation. At the same time it carries on research on methods of discovery and development of youth of superior promise in any field. The Laboratory is a research-through-service organization which attempts to demonstrate what a joint attack by a university, public schools, and parents can accomplish in the conservation and development of human resources. (Rothney & Sanborn, 1966)