ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS FOR GIFTED SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN VARIOUS AREAS OF THE CURRICULUM ARE DESCRIBED. THE PROGRAMS ARE GEARED TO (1) MEET THE SPECIAL NEED OF EXCEPTIONALLY TALENTED CHILDREN, (2) PROVIDE ENRICHMENT FOR ALL CHILDREN, (3) DEVELOP THE SKILLS OF THINKING, ORGANIZATION, DISCRIMINATING JUDGMENT, AND CREATIVE WRITING, AND (4) DEVELOP…

LITERARY TRANSLATION IN THE CLASSROOM CAN PROVOKE DISCUSSION WITH GREAT PEDAGOGICAL VALUE EVEN THOUGH A DEFINITIVE TRANSLATION IS NOT THE GOAL. A VERSE FROM HORACE AND ONE FROM DU BELLAY ILLUSTRATE THE POSSIBLE CHOICES OF VOCABULARY AND PHRASING WHICH EVEN TWO RELATIVELY STRAIGHTFORWARD LINES PRESENT. AN ALERT TEACHER CAN BRING OUT SUBTLETIES OF…

IDEAS INCLUDED ARE THE PRODUCT OF AN INTENSIVE WORKSHOP HELD TO STUDY THE PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATION OF EXCEPTIONALLY TALENTED CHILDREN. WITH THE EXPECTATION OF IMPROVING EXPRESSION AND STUDY SKILLS, THE PROGRAM OF LANGUAGE ARTS IS INITIATED ON A BROAD LEVEL OF BASICS AND SUPPLEMENTS INCLUDING LANGUAGE EXPRESSION, COMMITTEE WORK, CREATIVE WRITING,…

The cloze test has been used to measure reading comprehension, but it is equally appropriate for use as a teaching tool to improve comprehension skills. Teachers may adapt passages to specific students, purposes, content areas, vocabulary or concepts, as long as the words in the passage are part of the child's spoken vocabulary. The pattern of…

At the Edna A. Hill Preschool Laboratories at the University of Kansas, children between the ages of two and five are being taught two kinds of precise skills, some to prepare them for the academic world and others to enable them to care for themselves more independently. Behavior analysis and application of reinforcement principles make earlier…

Speed reading is an issue of how fast a person can comprehend rather than how fast he can read. Research and experience have shown that speed reading can be taught and that the need for the skill is tremendous. The first challenge of the 70's is to enlighten school administrators and parents to the important need of teaching speed reading skills.…

With imagination, basic computation skills and a "mini-computer", kids find word answers to digital problems and design their own. (Editor)

Brief individual conferences between teacher and student during the course of writing a composition helps the student to clarify his or her thinking on the topic, thus improving writing skills and developing enthusiasm and pleasure in written communication. (JD)

Discusses the advantages of teaching spelling through use of an active writing program where emphasis is on fluency of expression other than spelling achievement. (GO)

The system of least prompts, an instructional strategy used with moderately and severely handicapped students, is described. A literature review analyzes the populations for which the procedure has been used, the type of skills that have been taught, the results obtained, and describes specific system parameters used by each author. (Author/VW)

Teachers may use classroom cooking projects to encourage students to read. While developing basic reading skills, students also learn to follow directions and to cooperate in a group project. Three sample recipes are given. The article outlines steps to successfully complete a classroom cooking project. (JL)

Examines developmental differences of modeling and verbal rehearsal on children's performance of a sequential motor task. Results indicate that for facilitating motor skill acquisition in elementary school children verbal rehearsal strategies may be needed to supplement a visual model to help them selectively attend to relevant task components and…

Describes various class activities that teachers can use to help students develop good interpersonal skills. (CH)

Comparing requires individuals to examine and then identify how two or more things are similar and different. Procedures that teachers can use to help students learn to process information comparatively are provided. Emphasis is given to the appropriate language and vocabulary for expressing differences and similarities. (RM)

Develops a model of the stages of student rhetorical development and relates it to public speaking instruction. Suggests teaching strategies designed to lead students to each successive level of the model. (MS)