This bibliography of adult and teenage reading materials was prepared primarily for use by literacy volunteers in member organizations of Literacy Volunteers of America, Inc. Literacy volunteers are trained to use in their tutoring materials that fill immediate needs of the students in their everyday living. Under each reading level reading…

Observations of Chinese mothers and children at Rhodes Avenue (Toronto) English classes and nursery confirm the hypothesis that a high level of parental warmth-support and control tends to become, by Canadian standards, overprotectiveness, and tends to result in a submissive, dependent, over-socialized child. Dependency upon the mother for…

This study examined the characteristics of declared education majors and compared them to students who majored in other fields. Specific comparisons were made between the two groups: (1) biographical characteristics (age and sex) and academic abilities (grade point average and English competency); (2) psychological characteristics; (3) university…

This study identifies the problems and needs of recent immigrants to Hawaii, identifies those factors that hinder the effective delivery of Federally funded health, educational, and social services to immigrants, and recommends ways in which government agencies can meet immigrant needs in Hawaii. The study is based on a 1978 survey in which…

The District 19 (Brooklyn, New York) Bilingual/Bicultural Elementary Program operated on the K-6 level in eight schools during the 1978-1979 school year. The broad goals of the program were to expand the number, scope, skills, services, and student-teacher interactions of the district's bilingual staff and to develop and administer a competent…

Objectives and program descriptions are presented for the Scottsdale Adult Learning Center (Arizona) which in 1979-80 conducted a number of practicums for adult educators on individualized techniques, Adult Basic Education (ABE), High School Equivalency (GED), and English as a Second Language (ESL). First described is a paid internship program for…

The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of an instructional program in reading and language development in the content areas of science, social studies, and mathematics in grade two. An experimental group received formally prepared lessons in reading for twenty minutes per day for five weeks each, in science, social studies,…

Results of a workshop to review language arts, social studies, and counseling curriculum materials for sex bias are reported. The workshop, held in Lansing, Michigan in June 1979, consisted of 37 teachers who analyzed content and illustrations for sex discrimination. Evaluations are arranged alphabetically by the publisher of the textbook within…

THIS STUDY INVESTIGATED THE EFFECT OF CERTAIN ORAL-AURAL-VISUAL (OAV) STIMULI PROCEDURES ON DEVELOPMENT OF ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITTEN COMPOSITION (AND OTHER ENGLISH SKILLS) OF NINTH-GRADE STUDENTS IN BURRIS LABORATORY SCHOOL, BALL STATE UNIVERSITY. THE STUDY WAS BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE PROFICIENT WRITER SAYS AND HEARS AT A SUB-VOCAL LEVEL…

THIS REPORT FOLLOWS TWO PREPARED IN PREVIOUS YEARS BY COORDINATORS FOR PROJECT ENGLISH AND TRACES THE CONCERNS OF THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION ENGLISH PROGRAM TO JANUARY 1966. AN INTRODUCTION DISCUSSES THE GENERAL OUTLINE OF ENGLISH CURRICULUM STUDIES NOW IN PROGRESS AND RECOUNTS THE SIGNIFICANT LEGISLATION WHICH SUPPORTS THESE PROJECTS, SIMILAR…

THIS VOLUME IS DIVIDED INTO FIVE MAJOR SECTIONS. IN THE FIRST SECTION, HAWKINS STATES THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS WHICH CAN ONLY BE LEARNED BY DISCOVERY. GLASER IMPLIES THAT WHEN AN OBJECT IS DESCRIBED IN BEHAVIORAL TERMS, THE BEHAVIOR IS TEACHABLE. IN THE SECOND SECTION, WITTROCK REVIEWS THE LITERATURE OF RESEARCH. CRONBACH PRESENTS A CRITICAL…

THIS DESCRIPTION OF THE EXPERIENCES OF SUCCESSFUL UPWARD BOUND PROJECTS FOR DISADVANTAGED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IS COMPILED FROM THE REPORTS OF THE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WHO CONDUCTED THESE PROJECTS. MOST OF THE INSTITUTIONS COMMENT ON THEIR LANGUAGE ARTS, MATHEMATICS AND MONEY MANAGEMENT, AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS PROJECTS, AND A FEW DESCRIBE…

THE NATIONAL INDIAN POLICY HAS RANGED FROM PREPARING THE INDIAN FOR ASSIMILATION INTO THE GENERAL POPULATION TO PREPARATION FOR LIVING IN HIS OWN GROUP. INDIAN EDUCATION, WHICH HAS BEEN CONTROLLED BY THIS POLICY, MAY BE DIVIDED INTO FOUR GENERAL PERIODS--(1) UNTIL 1870 THE POLICY WAS THE EXCLUSION OF INDIANS FROM NATIONAL LIFE, (2) THE POLICY WAS…

FOUR PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS COLLABORATED IN 1958 TO ASSESS, CLARIFY, AND DEFINE THE TEACHING OF THE SUBJECT OF ENGLISH FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADUATE SCHOOL. THEY PROPOSED 35 BASIC ISSUES IN THE FORM OF QUESTIONS TO BE RESOLVED BY THE ENGLISH TEACHING PROFESSION. TWENTY-ONE OF THE ISSUES REQUESTED AN EXAMINATION OF THE NATURE OF ENGLISH,…

ORGANIZED AROUND ANTHROPOLOGICAL CONCEPTS AND CONCERNS, THIS MANUAL IS DESIGNED FOR VARIOUS CATEGORIES OF AMERICANS WORKING TO INTRODUCE NEW IDEAS AND TECHNIQUES TO CULTURES OTHER THAN THEIR OWN. THE FIRST TWO CHAPTERS PROVIDE AN INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL PROBLEMS IN GENERAL AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE CONCEPT OF CULTURE, INCLUDING THE EFFECTS OF…