aimswebPlus® is an assessment, data management, and reporting system that provides national and local performance and growth norms for the screening and progress monitoring of math and reading skills for all students in kindergarten through 8th grade. aimswebPlus uses two types of measures: (1) "curriculum-based measures" (CBMs)--brief,…

The feasibility of organizing an individualized instructional program can be determined by examining five characteristics of the content area: the clarity of instructional objectives, availability of feedback mechanisms for students and teachers, suitability of learning the subject alone, the need for sequencing, and student-pacing of instruction.…

Develops an inservice program relating to reading guidance, listing steps to follow in organization, and presents outlines of two workshop programs in which knowledge of reading ability, interest, and bibliotherapy are suggested as valuable components of reading guidance programs. Bibliography. (MD)

The model described here attempts to provide professional staff members with a framework for meeting locally identified affective goals or needs. Suggestions are made concerning how to develop classroom activities, accompanying teaching strategies, and criteria for satisfactory completion of each activity. Faculty members develop plans by working…

This paper focuses on performance-based teacher education in speech communication as an alternative to the traditional method of preparing speech teachers. Following an introductory argument stating the case for performance-based teacher education in speech communication, contents include: "Competency Based Teacher Training: A Perspective on a Set…

To be actively involved in their own writing requires that students make decisions. In order to build a new approach for our Technical/Professional Writing classes, we assessed our individual teaching practices and past experiences, studied current scholarship on teaching writing, and conducted research on technical writing in our local community.…

This paper reports on the use of reflexive practice activities designed to enhance learning for first year law students at James Cook University, Australia. The paper considers various aspects of student learning and explores connections between reflexive practice and concepts such as deep learning, understanding, motivation and engagement, and…

Part 11 of a series of 13 instructor's manuals for the competency based training of curriculum consultants for exceptional children focuses on instructional training. Three competencies considered are: (1) that a curriculum consultant should be capable of designing and organizing instructional activities aimed at the development of specific skills…

A study was conducted to determine the extent of implementation of the Bay Area Writing Program (BAWP) and how the extent varied for different components of the program or for the elementary versus secondary level. The role of staff development in helping teachers use the program--which emphasizes prewriting, writing, and rewriting phases--was…

The 13 articles in this information packet are intended to assist individuals involved in developing plans to improve student thinking within a school or a school district. The topics discussed include (1) the need to improve student thinking, (2) obstacles that stand in the way of teaching thinking skills, (3) practical approaches to improving…

To justify the inclusion of speech as a separate subject field at the high school level, specific criteria are presented which can be used by accrediting associations, by speech professors and students in teacher preparation programs, and by teachers in the planning and evaluating of classroom programs in speech. Criteria include (1) 20 general…

This paper is one of a group that describes the research methodology for an evaluation of individually guided education (IGE) in American elementary schools. The paper covers the first phase activities from solicitation of participants (April 1977) through preparation of final data tapes for the structural equations analysis (September 1978).…

Topics discussed include the following: the world-wide prevalence of bilingual education, the need for bilingual education in the U.S., a definition of bilingual education, the official status of bilingual education in the U.S., the target audience of bilingual education in the U.S., definitions of terms commonly used in bilingual education, the…

Information and recommendations concerning foreign language in the elementary school (FLES) center about a set of criteria for examining proposals and programs made in 1954. Included among the criteria are the importance of goals and their cooperative development, provision for the mental health of teachers and children, sound teaching-learning…

This report on the 1968-69 FLES programs of the Seattle and Highline, Washington, school districts, was prepared by the Washington Foreign Language Program. The program evaluations, a joint effort of the project director and three public school and university teachers, focus on the form and substance of the existing FLES programs. Questionnaires…