FIFTH GRADE WORK SHOULD CONTINUE THE SEQUENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF MATHEMATICAL UNDERSTANDINGS AND COMPUTATIONAL SKILLS. THE PROBLEMS APPROACH SHOULD BE USED SO CHILDREN MAY DISCOVER MATHEMATICAL TRUTHS AND ARRIVE AT GENERALIZATIONS. THE NUMBER SYSTEM UNIT SHOULD EMPHASIZE THE ABILITY TO READ AND WRITE NUMERALS TO SIX PLACES AND THE ABILITY TO READ…

THE EXPERIMENT DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT INVESTIGATED THE EFFECTS UPON CRITERION PERFORMANCE OF THE LEARNER'S TEST-ANXIETY LEVEL AND THE PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF FEEDBACK IN PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION. FOUR EXPERIMENTAL HYPOTHESES WERE TESTED DURING THE PROJECT. THE PROCEDURE EMPLOYED IDENTIFIED EXTREME GROUPS ON A MEASURE OF TEST ANXIETY, AND THEN…

AN EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEM WAS DEVELOPED FOR RECORDING EYE-MOVEMENT DATA. RAW DATA WERE IN THE FORM OF MOTION PICTURES TAKEN OF THE MONITOR OF A CLOSED LOOP TELEVISION SYSTEM. A TELEVISION CAMERA WAS MOUNTED ON THE SUBJECTS' FIELD OF VIEW. THE EYE MARKER APPEARED AS A SMALL SPOT OF LIGHT AND INDICATED THE POINT IN THE VISUAL FIELD AT WHICH THE SUBJECT…

Studies on distributive sentences by Weaver and by Hobbs are reviewed, with procedures and findings summarized. Data from Hobbs were reanalyzed to answer the question, to what extent did individual students tend to use the same solution method for all four types of open sentences? A one-way ANOVA indicated that there appeared to be no differential…

The effects of a strong librarian-centered reading guidance program on the reading habits and skills of elementary school pupils were studied. Seventy-nine fifth graders in a rural Florida school were divided into three matched groups according to eye-movement photography scores. Experimental group A received a library reading guidance program and…

The study examined the effects of ethnicity, family income, adult education level, and unemployment rates on school achievement. Data were obtained from 85 public school districts in New Mexico which enrolled primarily Spanish-surnamed pupils. The composite achievement scores from the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS) for grades 5 and 8…

The purpose of this study was to statistically evaluate the influence of student placement at reading level by means of an informal reading inventory in one kind of elementary science materials. The materials were used in 21 fifth grade classrooms in four Oregon school districts. The classes were divided into three treatment groups which were…

This status study provides evidence supporting the feasibility of teaching certain probability concepts to fifth and sixth grade students. The study employed an interview technique to analyze the status of three basic concepts of probability--sample space, probability of an event, choosing the most likely of two events. The effects of visual aids…

To determine whether spelling consciousness and spelling achievement would be increased if students located and corrected words they had misspelled in their creative writing, 225 fifth-grade pupils wrote twice a week for 6 weeks, assuming responsibility for correcting their own errors. They were divided into three groups: the "margin" group, whose…

Presented is the scope and sequence of mathematics for Grades 4 and 5. It is based on the program which is introduced in prekindergarten through Grade 3 and is designed to extend and strengthen the computational skills and mathematical understanding of children. The units described are organized around four main themes--sets, number, and…

Fifty-eight fifth and sixth grade students, identified as underachievers in language arts and arithmetic, received special instruction in a learning laboratory setting over a period of three years. The laboratory was a room equipped with designated learning centers and the lab team consisted of a teacher, an aide, and a part-time psychologist. The…

The viability of visual imagery as a prose-learning process was evaluated in two experiments with elementary school children in this study. In experiment one, two concrete ten-sentence passages were constructed. The attributes of two subclasses were contrasted in each passage (two kinds of monkeys in one passage, and two kinds of cars in the…

GRADES OR AGES: K-12. SUBJECT MATTER: Literature. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide starts with an overview of literature topics for grades 4-12, followed by suggested activities, a list of supplementary books for elementary grades, and a table listing specific skills. The remainder of the guide deals with ten cardinal concerns and…

A unit on adding and subtracting fractions based on the formal definition from rational numbers was developed and compared to use of an unspecified method. Eighty-one fifth-grade students were randomly assigned to two classes for arithmetic instruction. After completion of the unit, an immediate and a delayed posttest were given; an analysis of…

GRADES OR AGES: Grades 4 and 5. SUBJECT MATTER: Urban politics and neighborhood planning. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: This teacher's manual is designed to accompany a workbook (SP 007 387) developed for New York public school students. Following introductory material this manual is divided into three sections: curriculum materials for…