A course is presented which is designed for development of vocabulary and comprehension, on the assumption that the student is functioning at a minimum of grade four level in reading, has skills required to unlock language codes associated with phonetic structures, and is at a point in reading skill development where concentration can be placed on…

THE PROBLEM OF THIS RESEARCH WAS TO INVESTIGATE THE RELATIONS THAT MIGHT EXIST BETWEEN TEACHER KNOWLEDGE OF AND PRACTICES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF READING COMPREHENSION. PRELIMINARY TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIFIC RESEARCH QUESTIONS WERE A SERIES OF GENERAL QUESTIONS GROUPED UNDER THESE MAIN CATEGORIES--(1) TEACHER KNOWLEDGE OF COMPREHENSION THEORY,…

Presents a reply to and an analysis of a study which examined the use of logograph research to determine children's cognitive integration ability. The study in question had been based on the present author's previous research. (BD)

Suggests that teachers develop techniques to teach students strategies used by good comprehenders: paraphrasing passages, sifting out meaningful word clusters, searching for supportive examples, and making deductions. (MKM)

Four kinds of understanding of mathematics are suggested: instrumental, relational, intuitive, and formal. Each type of understanding is described and illustrated. (MN)

Preschool children were required to act out a series of two-event sequences conjoined by either "before" or "after." Performance was markedly superior for meaningfully ordered sequences than for arbitrarily ordered sequences. It is suggested that the meanings of "before" and "after" must be acquired in situations which provide contextual support.…

Research supported in part by a grant from the U.S. Office of Education. (DD)

Presents a music curriculum which provides a music program for preschool through high school students that emphasizes comprehensive musicianship in all learning experiences. (Author/RK)