Operating on the assumption that good middle schools differ significantly from other schools and that the differences should be identifiable by a disinterested observer, the author of this document visited 39 schools and attended 3 conferences to learn at first hand the characteristics of good middle schools and to identify the practices that made…

The purpose of this competency-based education program is to help interested school districts implement, manage, and evaluate a comprehensive program at the high school level. The final report discusses the definition and collection of selective practices that have potential for further use; targeted development activities, including planning and…

This issue of a journal devoted to teaching English as a second language, with emphasis on Israeli public schools, contains the following articles: (1) "The Analysis of Pupils' Errors," (2) "Subject/Predicate Word Order in English," (3) "Some Lesson Plans for Grade 4," (4) "Re-Thinking English in Grade 5,"…

The document provides information on an integrated therapy model for severely handicapped students in the public schools, and describes the development of a curriculum for teaching nonverbal communication skills. It is explained that the integrated therapy model allows for greater involvement in the home and classroom by the occupational and…

The purpose of this Child Development Associate (CDA) training module is to give the CDA intern experience in constructing card files of lessons, activities and environmental conditions (classroom equipment and arrangements of equipment). At the highest level of proficiency, upon completing this module, it is intended that the CDA intern will be…

Two hundred and twenty-five inservice experts (administrators, counselors, teachers, and curriculum specialists) from 15 school districts were surveyed, and their opinions used in planning an improved mathematics education teacher preparation program at a Texas university. Results of the survey indicate that although most of the parties felt…

Produced by the participants at a summer curriculum development workshop, this booklet has a threefold purpose: to help educators in analyzing both the process and product of student writing to find ways of improving that writing, to provide activities for generating more and better student writing and for encouraging students to revise and edit…

In response to increasing student enrollments, expanding knowledge, and other pressures, some colleges and universities are spending their own funds to establish educational development programs that will improve the quality of instruction. A study of ongoing programs was conducted to analyze new educational techniques, determine how they affect…

The conference report of the Global Studies Workshop held in Amherst, Massachusetts, May 16-17, 1975 is presented. The workshop provided a meeting place for educators from both the secondary and college levels to share concerns, ideas, and techniques in the teaching of global studies. Two key questions were addressed throughout the workshop…

In this document the teaching of economics in British schools is investigated by the Royal Economic Society in Collaboration with the Association of University Teachers of Economics and the Economics Association in Great Britain. The following five major questions are considered in this review of the teaching of economics at the university and…

This paper presents some of the major findings of the Texas Teacher Effectiveness Study, an investigation of the teacher characteristics that correlate with ability to produce student learning gain. In addition to general information about the study and its findings, specific attention is drawn to contrasts between optimal behavior in low SES and…

This geography instructional manual aids teachers in the preparation of teaching geography courses for both elementary and secondary grades. The authors believe that geography has an important part to play in the process of education, with an emphasis on the ideas as well as the facts in the field of geography. The first part of the book examines…

Designing and Implementing Programs for the Little School Component is a program funded under Elementary Secondary Education Act Title III and designed to develop, implement, and disseminate a program of individualized instruction at the Howard D. Woodson Senior High School. This program is a third year continuation of the program initiated in…

The computer-centered, interdisciplinary learning environment called Soloworks at the University of Pittsburgh is described and placed in the perspective of continuing curriclulm change. The organization of the hardware into computer lab, dynamics lab, synthesis lab, modeling/simulation lab and logical design lab is explained. Teaching/learning…

The purpose of the project was to develop video tapes to be used as minilessons in the instruction of child day care center personnel. The tapes are of experienced and qualified teachers working with small children in 22 licensed day care centers in the Louisville area. Five curriculum units form the framework for organization of the taped…