THIS EFFORT WAS AN INVESTIGATION OF THE PROCESSES WHICH OCCUR WHEN CHILDREN ARE SET TO FORM CONCEPTS AND, ALTERNATELY, THOSE WHICH OCCUR WHEN CHILDREN ARE EXPOSED TO MATERIAL AND NO DELIBERATE EFFORT IS MADE TOWARD CONCEPT FORMATION. THE EXPERIMENTAL PLAN WAS AN INDEPENDENT GROUP DESIGN IN WHICH THE MAJOR VARIABLES WERE INTENTIONALITY OF SET…

OVER A 3-YEAR PERIOD, THIS STUDY INVESTIGATED MANY FACETS OF THE ACHIEVEMENT, BEHAVIOR, AND INTERESTS OF GROUPS OF STUDENTS WHO BEGAN THE EXTRACURRICULAR STUDY OF THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE IN THE FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADES. IN ADDITION, SEVERAL CONTROL GROUPS WERE STUDIED TO ALLOW COMPARISONS OF THE EFFECTS OF THIS LANGUAGE PROGRAM. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT,…

This is part two of a two-part SMSG elementary school text for fifth-grade students. The content is aimed at the development of some of the fundamental concepts of mathematics such as number, numeration, the operations of arithmetic, and intuitive geometry. Chapter topics include addition and subtraction of rational numbers, measurement of angles,…

THE INCREASED USE OF PROGRAMED MATERIALS CREATE A NEED TO ESTABLISH PROCEDURES FOR DETERMINING THE READING DIFFICULTY OF THE MATERIALS BEFORE EXTENSIVE FIELD TESTING BEGINS. AN EXPERIMENT WAS CARRIED OUT WITH 189 FOURTH GRADE, 271 FIFTH GRADE, AND 140 SIXTH GRADE STUDENTS. THE POPULATION OF MATERIALS FOR THIS STUDY CONSISTED OF NINE FOURTH GRADE…

Two versions of a simulation game, Parent-Child, were taught to ten white and ten black inner-city males. The twenty subjects played a total of 198 rounds of the game, and the following conclusions were made with respect to the use of the Parent-Child game as a research site. (1) Inner-city fifth and sixth grade males can be taught to play…

Analyzed were two instructional sequences in mathematics. One was based on a hierarchy of mathematical tasks assumed necessary for selected quantitative science behaviors. The other was based on an instructional sequenc e in mathematics not directly related to the science behaviors. Two science exercises were developed having three quantitative…

Six tests were constructed, four on a pictorial level and two on a symbolic level, to measure the performance of fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade children, in three different ability groups, on problems concerning ratios or fractions. Two variables were of interest in the four tests on a pictorial level: (a) "equal" ratio situations vs.…

Curriculum materials for use in the vocational guidance of students in grades five, six, and seven are presented. These materials are based on several vocational development theories. The goal is the utilization of learning activities in the classroom to show students the processes through which career decisions may be made. (NS)

This report provides descriptive statistical information from Phase III-B of the Beginning Teacher Evaluation Study. Within the sample of second and fifth grade classrooms in public schools in California, approximately six students were identified as target students to be studied during the school year. These students were observed approximately…

This document provides the teacher's guide for grade five for the Conceptually Oriented Program in Elementary Science (COPES) science curriculum project. The guide includes an introduction to COPES, instructions for using the guide, instructions for assessment of student's grade 4 mastery of science concepts, and five science units. Each unit…

As an introduction to "Cover to Cover," a 32-program educational television series designed to encourage fifth and sixth graders to read for pleasure, this text provides a variety of background materials for each book featured in the series. Each unit focuses on one book and includes a sampling of reviews and a synopsis of the plot, and additional…

The Beginning Teacher Evaluation Study (BTES), Phase II, was a research project on effective teaching behavior--what teachers do that significantly affects what and how pupils learn. The purposes of Phase II were to (1) develop an assessment system for measuring teacher and pupil behaviors and other factors which could influence each of them and…

This curriculum guide, one of a series designed for use in kindergarten and the elementary grades, has been compiled with the recognition that the basic ingredients of a language arts program--composition, speaking, listening, literature, and problem solving--are interrelated and constantly complement one another and that this entire process is…

A study of the extent to which relationships exist between pupils' verbal associative learning ability and seven indices of pupil ability to verbalize utilized 32 third-grade and 34 fifth-grade pupils randomly selected from six Las Cruces schools. Raw data were collected from transcribed language samples, the Verbal Paired-Associate Test, the…

Computerized spelling drills were used to study conditions of massed and distributed practice with each of 29 fifth-grade subjects participating in both conditions. In the distributed practice, two sets of three words each were presented once every other day over a period of 6 days. The drill on six other sets of words was massed so that all…