The purpose of this study was to construct and evaluate lessons designed to teach a given number of words and the multiple meanings associated with each word. Methodologies employed in the presentation of the lessons were also evaluated. Four treatment groups were established: group 1 used the author-constructed lessons in a team learning…

GRADES OR AGES: Grades 4-12. SUBJECT MATTER: Drug education. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide consists of a series of color-coded units, one for each grade, followed by several appendixes. Units are either in column or list form. The guide is xeroxed and looseleaf-bound with a soft cover. OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES: The curriculum…

GRADES OR AGES: Grades 5, 6, 7 and 9. SUBJECT MATTER: Family living and sex education. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide has four chapters, one for each grade: 1) "Discovering Yourself," 2) "Growing up in Relationships with Others," 3) "Adolescent Development," and 4) "Understanding Maturity." Each chapter begins with an…

The development and implementation of a behavior modification plan based on token learning schemes is described for use in teaching basic computational skills to low ability, poorly motivated fifth graders. The token system with its reward schedule is outlined; reinforcing activities such as team games, quizzes, and drills are discussed. A brief…

Part of the Oregon Elementary English Project, this unit focuses on variation in language. Consisting of fourteen individual lessons, the unit begins with a series of lessons whose purpose is to develop students' ability to recognize ways in which objects belonging to the same set may differ. These lessons serve as preparation for observing the…

Two curriculum strategies were implemented and assessed in an effort to increase the bidialectal proficiency of fifth grade speakers of nonstandard Negro dialect. It was hypothesized that (1) children exposed to the curriculum strategies will show increased proficiency in their use of standard English; (2) children thus exposed will maintain…

In this investigation of potential sources of individual differences in free-recall learning and retention by children, learning ability is defined in terms of performance on a free-recall test with the upper and lower thirds of the distribution typically being defined as fast and slow learners. Variables concerned with short-term memory,…

"A Newspaper in My Classroom" project was conducted by a Grade 5 teacher with her class for four months. During the project, the newspaper supplemented the regular textbooks for language arts. Exposure to the project did not result in perceptible differences in performance on a semantic differential containing seven concepts or on the…

During the 1971-1972 school year, 808 pupils enrolled in fourth and fifth grade regular classes in 24 schools participated in the Talking Typewriter Program. The design of the program placed two classes at the instructional site every six weeks. After completion of the six-week phase of the program, these classes returned to their home schools and…

The effects of an intergrade tutoring experience on the self-concepts of 93 fifth-grade students who tutored 31 first-grade students in the attainment of sight words are described. The study tested and analyzed the hypothesis that there will be no significant difference in the posttest semantic differential mean scores among groups on the concept…

This experiment was conducted to examine word presentation routines to determine their effectiveness in spelling drills. The design included segmentation or focal unit (letter, chunk, whole word), audio (audio, no audio), and word type (List 1--pronounceable chunks, List 2--pronounced in running speech). Subjects were 48 students in Grades 3, 4,…

The Beginning Teacher Evaluation Study, Phase II, was a research project on effective teaching behavior--what teachers do that significantly affects what and how pupils learn. The purposes of Phase II were to (1) develop an assessment system for measuring teacher and student behaviors and other factors which could influence each of them and their…

The study determined whether a residential outdoor education program in Rockford, Illinois provided a long lasting effect on those students who as 5th graders participated in a week long experience in 1963 or 1966. The hypotheses developed were: outdoor educational experiences provide a long lasting effect on those who have had the experience;…

Fifth graders read lessons dealing with a geometry rule. Half received preinstruction on the concepts related in the rule in either a logical or random order. Learning was measured on a rule attainment test. Only subjects receiving preinstruction on the concepts prior to rule instruction performed better than a control group. (Author/RD)

Anglo fifth graders, compared to Mexican-Americans and Blacks, perceived more friction and less cohesiveness in language arts classes; other ethnic differences in perceptions of classroom climate were also noted. (Editor)