The summer program for junior high and intermediate school pupils in 1969, supported by the State Urban Education Aid Program in New York, offered a six-week remediation and enrichment program for public and non-public school pupils. The program included an Academy in the Creative Arts, an Institute in Mathematics and Science, a school for the…

Teachers and administrators are constantly called upon to examine and evaluate the procedures and practices they use to teach reading. The purpose of this study was to develop base-line data on the practices and procedures currently being used in New Jersey schools. The information was collected through questionnaires constructed from a list of…

This illustrated reader is one of a series designed for use in the Alaska State-Operated Schools' bilingual education program. This parallel English-Upper Kuskokwim Athabascan reader is a collection of short stories for intermediate-level reading that were gathered in the village of Nikolai. The stories are illustrated with black-and-white…

This illustrated reader is one in a series designed for use in the Alaska State State-Operated Schools' bilingual education program. This parallel English-Inupiat reader is a collection of short stories for intermediate-level reading that were gathered in the village of Shishmaref. The stories are illustrated with black-and-white drawings. The…

Effective methods and techniques for teaching reading in the content subjects are discussed. Two ways of providing for individual differences according to the materials used are described. (1) If a common textbook is used, it is suggested that the children be separated into three ability groups and the class period be sectioned to allow for…

Readings in this book have been selected to show how creativity and imagination can be the central focus in a literature and language arts curriculum for the elementary grades. Selections are divided into four parts, each with a different emphasis. Part 1 contains three articles which trace the development of imaginative literature and stress the…

This report includes abstracts and evaluations of various ESEA Title I programs in the Los Angeles City Schools during 1969-70. In the five years since spring 1966, ESEA funds and programs have produced great variability in density of services, pupil-teacher ratios, curriculum materials, etc. In 1969-70, under new state guidelines, the following…

An examination is made of proposals for early reading in terms of the best time for beginning instruction and the effects upon children. In any discussion regarding early reading one must distinguish between prereading activities and formal reading instruction and must determine whether formal instruction is intended for all children or for those…

This document reports an investigation of the developmental changes in the use of certain syntactic structures by white, monolingual, middle class five- and seven-year-olds, and of the differences between the syntax of young children and that used in beginning reading textbooks. Approximately half of the publication presents the methods and…

The collection of papers bearing on language and poverty comprising this book includes: "Some Preliminaries and Prospects" (F. Williams); "Teaching Reading in an Urban Negro School System" (J. Baratz); "A Sociolinguistic Approach to Socialization" (B. Bernstein); "Some Philosophical Influences Underlying Preschool Intervention for Disadvantaged…

A collection of papers delivered during the Fifteenth Annual International Reading Association Convention is presented which represents a variety of views on diagnosis and/or on the manner in which diagnostic information is interpreted. The papers have been arranged into three sections. The first deals with the importance of diagnosis, presents…

Focusing on the teaching of reading, this study investigated the educational preparation, teaching practices, and personal attitudes of English teachers in public high schools throughout the United States. Questionnaires were mailed to 2004 randomly selected secondary school members of the National Council of Teachers of English. Results from a…

Work continued on the revision of strands for the Drill-and-Practice Mathematics Program. Use of the system at schools in California, Kentucky, Mississippi, Washington, D.C., and at Tennessee A. and I. University was reviewed. Data analysis of all problems presented to California students was performed to determine possible areas for improvement.…

The collection of readings on the slow learner contains articles on understanding the educable adolescent, the interdisciplinary approach, organizing experience units for the educable mentally handicapped, operant conditioning techniques to establish motivation, and curriculum ideas. Included are discussions of developmental schedules of…

Many students in today's expanding college enrollments have deficiencies in such areas as reading. Many schools have already made reading and study skills programs part of their curriculum to help these underachieving students. But, one problem has been to find reading teachers who understand and can meet the emotional as well as the instructional…