Suggestions for improving undergraduate language texts focus on four areas of concern. The author recommends that: (1) texts carefully delimit and objectively specify their scope, (2) writing be personalized, (3) materials be contextually exciting and challenging, and (4) objectives be "goal-oriented." (RL)

This bulletin lists educational materials for the Spanish speaking. Several hundred documents are listed in three main sections: (1) organizations, programs, laws, and news related to the Spanish speaking; (2) a list of books selected; and (3) a list of publishers and distributors with their addresses. Several bibliographies are included. Entries…

Discussion of techniques for teaching vocabulary in language programs centers on five major areas: (1) "knowing" the word, (2) selection of vocabulary, (3) grading vocabulary for presentation, (4) teaching methods, and (5) vocabulary expansion in advanced levels. Theory of vocabulary instruction is largely supported by writings of Nelson Brooks,…

Information concerning Project English, which is being carried out at 14 universities and 1 State Department of Education through the support of the Office of Education, is provided in summary format. Project English is concerned with the development of English curriculum for Grades K through 12 and with the development of curriculum for…

This pamphlet reviews the current educational status of the classics in the curriculum in England and suggests teaching methods for all levels of instruction. Four major sections focus on: (1) program articulation, (2) the Latin course below the sixth form, (3) the teaching of Latin and Greek: program requirements, and (4) sixth-form work. The…

Investigated construct of career maturity in United States and Israel by assessing attitudes about career decision making among U.S. and Israeli ninth and twelfth grade students on the Career Maturity Inventory (CMI). Indicated differences across cultures in career maturity and sex differences on some individual subscales of the CMI. Showed grade…

Investigated the grade/grade levels at which alienation from science occurs. Alienation is defined in terms of declining science subject preference and attitude scores of students (including Blacks and females) in cross sectional samples of adjacent grade levels. Data show that the greatest decline occurred between 6th and 7th grades. (JN)

Educators from around the state, with the help of The Vermont Institutes, developed Science Grade Expectations as a means to identify the content knowledge and skills expected of all students for local assessment required under Act 68. This work was accomplished using the "Vermont's Framework of Standards and Learning Opportunities,"…

This study conducted in the Netherlands examines the role of student-generated learning issues in a problem-based curriculum. The first questions was in which way students make use of the learning issues generated (as strict guidelines or as global guidelines) and does this differ between years of training? The second questions was what the…

In the recently released National Household Education Survey 2001 homeschooled families were surveyed again both in terms of their demographic characteristics and the reasons for homeschooling. Using this new data source, two research questions that have not been studied before with a nationally representative data set are investigated: 1. Do…

This study, using Truax's Scale for the Measurement of Accurate Empathy and an adapted version of Warman's Counseling Appropriateness Check-List, investigated the influence of empathy on student perception of counselor role. In addition, the influence of grade level and sex was explored. (Author)

Report of a primary school principal's decision to use the Clark and Guba classification scheme to enlist the co-operation and collaboration of teachers in changing the existing graded" organization of pupils. (Author/JH)

Summarizes findings of a middle schools study. The middle school movement keeps growing, but schools do not always follow the accepted model and philosophy. (Author)

The rationale behind the traditional grade organization pattern of pre-primary, primary, secondary, and tertiary is discussed, as is the trend to extend compulsory schooling later into the teenage years. The impact of these divisions and of compulsory schooling itself on equal educational opportunity is considered. (SJL)