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Charters, Wallace Werrett; Cowan, Esther Marshall; Betx, Annette – Silver, Burdett and Company, 1929
The third book in this English textbook series aims to determine minimum essentials in language and grammar, to provide methods for making correct form habitual, and to arrange the material so that it may be used in connection with the language work of the pupils outside the language recitation. Exercises, drills, games, and tests are employed.…
Descriptors: Textbooks, English Instruction, Teaching Methods, Language Usage
Charters, Wallace Werrett; Cowan, Esther Marshall; Betx, Annette – Silver, Burdett and Company, 1929
This English textbook aims to determine minimum essentials in language and grammar, to provide methods for making correct form habitual, and to arrange the material so that it may be used in connection with the language work of the pupils outside the language recitation. Exercises, drills, games, and tests are employed. Objective measures of…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Textbooks, Grammar, Teaching Methods
Charters, Wallace Werrett; Cowan, Esther Marshall; Betx, Annette – Silver, Burdett and Company, 1929
The second book in this English textbook series aims to determine minimum essentials in language and grammar, to provide methods for making correct form habitual, and to arrange the material so that it may be used in connection with the language work of the pupils outside the language recitation. Exercises, drills, games, and tests are employed.…
Descriptors: Textbooks, English Instruction, Language Skills, Grammar
Oberholtzer, Sara Louisa – United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1915
The value of school savings banks is widely recognized. School saving develops the child's individuality and self-responsibility, causing them to consider the earning value of money, and to understand it as a comfort factor and a power for good. The following topics relating to school savings banks are discussed in this bulletin: (1)…
Descriptors: Banking, Child Development, Money Management, Foreign Countries

Allen, Rodney F.; Hammons-Bryner, Sue – Social Studies, 1990
Advocates using broadsides, a form of public announcements in the colonial era, as an example of easily obtainable historical source materials. Examines how studying broadsides promotes skills associated with historical inquiry. Outlines a six-step model for teaching with broadsides. Provides three sample lessons for classroom use of broadsides.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, History Instruction, Instructional Materials, Learning Activities
Gugle, Marie – Gregg Publishing Company, 1920
This textbook aims to (1) train the pupil in that part of arithmetic used in everyday business which he can understand; (2) develop his skill in rapid calculation by short cuts and time tests; (3) show the necessity for checking, and develop the habit of checking; (4) develop the habit of thrift by planning budgets, keeping accounts, and becoming…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Mathematics Instruction, Arithmetic, Timed Tests

Petrini, Glenda C.; Fleming, Dan B. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1990
Presents a study addressing the confusion over social studies skills. Documents the historical background leading to this confusion by reviewing the professional and research literature from the early 1900s to the 1980s. Stresses the problem of imprecise terminology, pointing out that the citizenship, inquiry, study, and thinking skills movements…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational History

Cruickshank, Donald R. – Simulation and Games, 1988
Describes the use of simulations in teacher education from 1960 to 1979, which was audiovisually based, and from 1980 to the present, which is computer based. Examples of several simulation strategies are presented and evaluated, and factors that will shape future developments are discussed. (67 references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education, Instructional Materials
Chapman, Anne W. – 1992
Focusing on the development of the United States Army's National Training Center (NTC) from conceptualization and initial implementation in 1981 to the end of the first phase of development in 1984, this monograph provides a documented historical analysis of how and why the landmark event in army training was launched and examines attendant policy…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Federal Government, Military Personnel, Military Training
McKnight, Philip C. – 1979
Microteaching and the technical skills approach to teacher training began at Stanford University in 1963 as part of a preservice training program. The main skills that emerged from the program and were focused on from 1963-68 were response repertoire, creating student involvement, questioning skills, increasing student participation, and…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, History, Microteaching, Questioning Techniques
Turnbull, William W. – 1979
Reflections on past and future uses of intelligence tests are presented. Three current approaches to intelligence tests are described: (1) neural efficiency, which relates the speed or quality of functioning of the neural system to test results; (2) information processing--cognitive micro-processes used in solving test items; and (3)…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1958
The study reported here was begun in 1955 by a group of five staff members in the Elementary Schools Section, U. S. Office of Education. The purpose was to find out and report: (1) what research says about children a 9,10, and 11; (2) what educators say about today's children in grades 4, 5, and 6, and (3) some good educational practices for…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Grade 4, Research Utilization, Grade 5