THIS ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY COVERS CLASSROOM MATERIALS IN THE FIELD OF ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE PUBLISHED BETWEEN THE YEARS 1953 AND 1963. COMPREHENSIVE IN SCOPE, IT ALSO INCLUDES A FEW EARLIER "CLASSICS" IN THE FIELD. THE COMPANION VOLUME IS "PART 2, BACKGROUND MATERIALS, METHODOLOGY." THE ANNOTATIONS ARE DESCRIPTIVE RATHER THAN EVALUATIVE,…

A QUALITATIVE AND CLINICAL ANALYSIS OF COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING WAS DETERMINED BY ADMINISTRATION OF THE STANDFORD-BINET INTELLIGENCE SCALE AND THE WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE FOR CHILDREN TO A SAMPLE OF 65 NORMAL CHILDREN. EXAMINATIONS AND OBSERVATIONS WERE MADE FOR EACH CHILD DURING HIS INFANCY, PRESCHOOL, LATENCY, AND PREPUBERTY PERIODS. ANALYSIS…

AN ALTERNATE, SECOND-YEAR ELECTIVE ART COURSE IN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL FOLLOWS A PREREQUISITE 10TH GRADE COURSE, FUNDAMENTALS OF ART. GENERAL AIMS ARE--TO STIMULATE THE STUDENT'S SENSITIVITY TO AND APPRECIATION OF ART, TO INCREASE ENJOYMENT OF CREATIVE EXPRESSION, TO TEACH THE FUNDAMENTALS AND TECHNIQUES HELPFUL IN SOLVING ART PROBLEMS, TO OFFER A…

THE LIBRARY SKILLS TEST IS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS. PART I REQUIRES A KNOWLEDGE OF (1) DIFFERENT TYPES OF BOOKS, SUCH AS PRIMARY BOOKS, REFERENCE BOOKS, NONFICTION, FICTION, AND BIOGRAPHY, (2) THE DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM, (3) THE THREE MAIN TYPES OF CATALOGING CARDS BY AUTHOR, SUBJECT, AND TITLE, AND (4) THE USE OF REFERENCE BOOKS. PART II OF THE TEST…

A STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO COMPARE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TWO KINDS OF CONFIRMATION IN PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION--RESPONSE CONFIRMATION AND EXAMINATION FEEDBACK. EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS OF HIGH, MEDIUM, AND LOW STUDENT MOTIVATION AND HIGH AND LOW ERROR-RATE WERE UTILIZED. RESPONSE CONFIRMATION REFERS TO THE CONVENTIONAL METHOD OF CONFIRMING EACH ONE OF…

THE QUALITY OF ART PRODUCTS OF STUDENTS WERE MEASURED TO COMPARE (1) THE EFFECT OF AN ART PROGRAM PRESCRIBED TO A TEACHER VERSUS AN ART PROGRAM SELF-DEVELOPED BY A TEACHER AND (2) THE EFFECT OF TWO METHODS OF TEACHING, ONE SPONTANEOUS AND THE OTHER DIVERGENT. SPONTANEOUS ART STRATEGY WAS DEFINED AS BEGINNING WITH A BIG ORGANIC STATEMENT DEVOID OF…

This guide is intended for the use of the interviewers who determine the oral proficiency ratings of candidates for the Foreign Service. The following materials have been collected: (1) "The Measurement of Speaking and Reading Proficiency in a Foreign Language," (2) "Definitions of Absolute Ratings," (3) "Factors in…

Data presented relate to the attitudes of elementary/secondary school teachers and students concerning standardized testing. Additional data provide a comparison of the attitudes of these groups with those predicted or expected of them by members of the National Council on Measurement in Education. The data are based on previous surveys, and…

The definition, administration, and implementation of a program based on the Gifted and Talented Screening Scale (GTSS) are presented. It is explained that the GTSS is a series of 25 single sentence questions for use by teachers in screening for gifted and talented (G/T) students. The administration of the scale is detailed as well as the research…

The paper presents information on curricular material of the Macomb (Illinois) 0-3 Regional Project for rural handicapped and high risk infants and toddlers as it is cross referenced with items in the project's test battery. The cross referencing technique is said to help determine whether the activities a child experiences relate to the test…

Part of the 1968 conference of the Military Testing Association, this open panel meeting discussed the testing of Project 100,000 personnel (disadvantaged young men previously not acceptable for military service, who are now being recruited or induced under new standards adopted in 1966). Papers were presented on problems of recruit training,…

This extension of an earlier study investigated the hypothesis that occupational choices follow orderly or lawful patterns and can be predicted from initial choices. By applying Holland's scheme of classification to students' successive occupational choices, the authors learned that the classification provides a practical definition of…

The three major project objectives were as follows: (1) development of procedures for determining the optimum number of subgroups (and hence, moderated scoring keys) required for maximizing the predictive effectiveness of an inventory; (2) development of a single scale for reporting the scores obtained from a set of moderated keys; and, (3)…

Computer assisted test construction (CATC) is a new testing technique that seems to provide ease and flexibility for faculty members and students. The purpose of this paper was to verify that student test scores are not adversely affected by implementation of CATC. Two sections of a basic course in cataloging were tested for one semester. One…

This volume presents results and implications of two studies focusing on methods of selecting foremen and reasons for selection to supervisory posts. The studies were designed to determine what obstacles prevent the upgrading of disadvantaged personnel and whether the disadvantaged could achieve supervisory positions if objective upgrading systems…