Developed by experienced migrant education teachers incorporating Sight and Sound Program concepts, this volume presents predrafted individual short-term Plan/Records for secondary level chemistry, biology, and physics, plus step-by-step directions for their use by Oregon resource teachers, classroom teachers, and aides. The approach assumes that…

Based on a survey of displaced homemaker service providers, this handbook provides techniques that can be used to promote positive thinking skills among displaced homemakers/persons in transition. The materials are designed to help women in transition to build their self-image and confidence after experiencing the impact of displacement. Exercises…

Intended to help bilingual office duplication practices instructors to better communicate to the student with limited English speaking ability the more technical aspects of information presented in class, this supplement consists of a series of transparency masters with Spanish sub-titles for key words. It consists of 15 units. Presented first are…

The document shows how teachers can use mathematics problems to teach fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students about critical global issues. The problems are arranged according to development topics. For each problem, the solution, reference source, and mathematical skills to be strengthened are given; global issues related to each problem are also…

This instructor's guide accompanies the student booklet/unit on choosing an occupation in the Employability Skills Series. (The student booklet is available separately as CE 031 155.) It first discusses the Employability Skills Series. A section administering the unit details purpose of the unit and major concepts to be developed, lists student…

Spanish, English, and American Indian languages in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico and bilingualism and language contact in the region are addressed in a collection of articles. Approaches to research in the languages of this region are discussed in articles by Valdes, Lope Blanch, and Brandt. Cultural and sociolinguistic…

Suggesting that outdoor activities can be positive learning experiences, lesson plans and activities were designed to demonstrate that the outdoors is an interdisciplinary classroom, to be used on virtually any school site, and to teach subject matter taught as part of the standard curriculum. Seventeen interdisciplinary ideas with correlated…

These proceedings on language testing include the following papers: (1) "The Style Test," by H. Bonheim; (2) "Testing between the Cultures: A Case Study of ESP Testing in Non-idealized Situations," by R. Brunt; (3) "Graded Objectives and Tests in British Schools," by M. Buckby; (4) "The Spanish Attributive Construction SER/ESTAR + Adjective: Real…

The Women's Management Development Project (WMDP)--initiated at Goucher College in 1977 to provide job reentry opportunities at the professional or management level to college-educated women in the Baltimore, Maryland, area--is described. The program involves a 6-month course of cognitive and experiential training, combined with individual and…

One hundred and twenty-four learning activities designed to give Child Development Associate (CDA) trainees many opportunities to practice and demonstrate knowledge of child development and related skills are provided in this training module. Section One of the module consists of 21 general learning activities that enable the trainee to develop…

Designed to assist bilingual teachers in providing a coordinated program of studies for students in the Connecticut Migratory Children's Program and others whose native language is Spanish, this bilingual-bicultural mathematics curriculum guide for third grade is one of a series for preschool through fifth grade. The overall focus is on Puerto…

Written for, by, and about adult students, this issue includes a series of articles dealing with building self-confidence. Following a discussion of the importance of self-confidence, suggestions are provided for increasing one's self-esteem. Presented next are the stories of how various individuals and a Vietnamese refugee family are building and…

The document describes social studies and history courses offered in the junior high and senior high schools of Henry County, Tennessee. The syllabi were developed as part of a Teacher's Corps Demonstration Project. The overall objectives of the syllabi are to inform students and parents of the minimum competencies expected in social studies and…

This resource booklet has been prepared to help secondary school teachers in instructing secondary school students with special needs. An historical perspective of Bill 82, which requires that Ontario, Canada school boards provide programs and services to meet the needs of exceptional students, is presented in the first section along with…

A part of the adult basic education (ABE) teaching/learning management system called CUBE (Continuity and Unity in Basic Education), this manual consists of a series of tests and guides for use in teaching English and vocabulary skills to ABE students. Among the tests provided in the manual are the Mott 1600 and Mott 1900 pretests and posttests,…