This report describes one of a series of pilot studies that were conducted to evaluate the instructional effectiveness of the Harcourt Math Program. Harcourt School Publishers (HSP) contracted with the Educational Research Institute of America (ERIA) to conduct a series of independent pilot studies to evaluate the effectiveness of the Harcourt…

This book provides a resource for mathematics teachers to understanding the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics' (NCTM) standards and implementing these standards in their teaching. Five standards are overviewed: (1) number and operation; (2) algebra; (3) geometry; (4) measurement; and (5) data analysis and probability. Lesson plans are…

A study was conducted in order to determine the specific classroom qualities and characteristics that promote and motivate students to develop attitudes and behaviors conducive to civic participation. One classroom is a bi-lingual sixth grade, located in an older neighborhood school in a coastal southern California city and the other is a…

Dramatizations as a response activity during literature study provide a vehicle for students to use language, both verbal and nonverbal, in an educational context. A study focused on a group of five students who chose to use story dramatizations as one way to create their interpretations of the book, "The Slave Dancer" (Fox, 1973). The…

The fundamental idea of "Oral English" Books I and II is "appeal to the ear." In many books on oral English, both the eye and the ear are appealed to at the same time. In this book the first appeal is to the ear alone. Contents include 24 fifth-grade lessons; 23 sixth-grade lessons; 30 seventh-grade lessons; and 40 eighth-grade…

Examines a program in which college students visited and taught creative dramatics to elementary school students. (RB)

Tests a feedback system designed to improve the originality of the writing of elementary school children. (RB)

Differential incentive values of verbal stimuli were tested under conditions of high and low reinforcement. Results indicated the 40 fifth grade boys acquired responses faster when high preference items were used. (ST)

The core discipline of the evaluated fifth grade course which is applicable to secondary grades is anthropology; however, because man is the subject, the scope of the curriculum is interdisciplinary. The learning process is emphasized with methodology based on comparison and contrast. (SM)

Previously tested 5th and 6th graders in the two-year follow-up sample continued to respond associatively on the Children's Associative Responding Test, indicating stability in response patterns. Test-retest reliability of the number of errors was high. (Author/WY)

The variable opportunities for the use and development of language" was the best predictor of verbal ability for the pooled sample, with it accounting for 51 percent of the variance. (Author/MB)

Females cheated in response to consistently unfavorable self-perceptions, while males were influenced by immediate situational factors. (Authors)

Results of a questionnaire survey of 1137 fourth, fifth and sixth grade students comparing the attitudes of students in team teaching and those in self-contained classes. Questions measure attitudes of students' social-self, interest in school, school achievement, teachers, and responsibility. (Author/AJ)

Supports the position that children learn superordinate elements later than subordinate ones. (WY)