This book presents simple activities for teaching language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, art, and music through movement. It is geared for the classroom teacher (K-6) who has little or no experience in movement education. The movement experiences are designed to be presented to children through specific problems--correlated to…

The articles in this document present ways in which teachers can teach effectively in classrooms made up of a more diverse population (in terms of ability) than has been the case in the recent past, when more supplemental services were available outside the classroom. Topics of interest are working with smaller units in the teaching of reading,…

A study was undertaken to determine if attitudes toward various regional dialects could be improved by teaching about the range of American English. The subjects were 47 sixth grade students. The experimental group of 21 subjects studied lessons on regional dialects for 55 minutes each day, while the control group of 26 subjects studied…

An Elementary and Secondary Education Title I program for the 1976-77 school year was conducted in public and parochial schools in Medford, Massachusetts. The program provided reading and language arts instruction, physical education, speech therapy, and counseling. Children in grades K-6 who scored below the fortieth percentile on school…

When children begin formal schooling, their fundamental communication skills, speaking and listening, are well developed but limited in scope and range; it becomes the teacher's task to assist the children in achieving communicative competence. A developmental project called "Developing Communicative Competence in Children" identifies four…

The study prepared reading tests in the children's first language, Spanish, that initially considered their comprehension of the language and subsequently evaluated their skill in drawing inferences or pertinent information from the material read. Two reading comprehension tests (Forms A and B) were constructed, using two different excerpts from…

The public controversy which developed between 1896 and 1920 in the Canadian prairie provinces over the question of immigration is examined in this paper. It is shown that although many of the social, political, religious and cultural characteristics which have differentiated the prairies have been a result of ethnic diversity, the predominantly…

The first segment of a long-term educational assessment plan, for which this three-part report was compiled, called for a study that would survey the status of English language arts programs in the province of British Columbia and serve as a pilot for future assessment programs. This portion of the study presents results from the third phase of…

The report details the results of a research and development program on communication aids for the education of the non-vocal severely handicapped. Much of the information in the report was prepared so that it could stand alone, and is in the form of individual papers, reports, and a sourcebook. The documents are divided into three sections: (1)…

This booklet presents a variety of environmentally oriented activities that may be used on school sites, many interdisciplinary in nature. The activities are cross referenced according to two separate index systems: (1) by discipline area, and (2) by topic. Discipline areas include Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Art, Home…

This booklet contains abstracts describing successful educational programs initiated and implemented by school systems. Each abstract follows a similar format offering concise information, a description of the project, the target audience, financial requirements, materials used, services available, an evaluation of the program, and the name and…

The nine modules presented in this paper are designed to guide students in a one-semester Shakespeare Course through the reading of three Shakespearean tragedies ("Hamlet,""Othello," and "Macbeth"), three comedies ("Midsummer Night's Dream,""Merchant of Venice," and "The Tempest"), and…

Focusing on writing as a complex process, this packet was prepared to assist teachers in planning daily writing activities which combine thinking processes, mechanical skills, and composition skills. Following an introduction which contains suggestions for ways teachers can help students to write, the first section of the publication provides…

This survey attempts to document British support for English Studies in Europe. "English Studies" is interpreted as covering English language, British literature in English, and appropriate background studies. The first part consists of short descriptions of the activities of the principal organizations active in this field: Association…

This evaluation report is a description of a project organized to meet the special needs of youngsters who exhibit a wide diversity of deficits that included mental retardation, brain damage, emotional disturbance, learning disability, and deafness. The purpose of the project was to improve the reading and language skills of eligible pupils. Three…