A SUPPLEMENT TO THE PRESENT COURSE IN U.S. HISTORY AT THE 5TH GRADE LEVEL IS PRESENTED. REASONS FOR WRITING THIS GUIDE INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING--(1) THE CONTRIBUTION AND HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN NEGRO ARE NOT COVERED ADEQUATELY IN TEXTBOOKS AND OTHER INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, (2) THIS ERROR OF OMISSION IS SOMETIMES AGGRAVATED BY ERRORS OF OMISSION…

STUDIES INVESTIGATING THE LEVEL OF ACHIEVEMENT OF INTELLECTUALLY GIFTED UNDERACHIEVING PUPILS IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WERE MADE BETWEEN TWO GROUPS OF UNDERACHIEVERS. ONE GROUP WAS PLACED IN A CLASS OF HIGH ACHIEVERS (HOMOGENEOUS) WHILE THE OTHER GROUP WAS PLACED IN A HETEROGENEOUS CLASS. IT WAS HYPOTHESIZED THAT UNDERACHIEVERS IN THE HOMOGENEOUS…

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS RELATED TO CREATIVE PRODUCTION WERE STUDIED TO OBTAIN KNOWLEDGE OF THE LEARNING CHARACTERISTICS AND EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE OF CHILDREN FROM VARIOUS SOCIOECONOMIC LEVELS. CHILDREN FROM THE FIFTH GRADE WERE SELECTED AS SUBJECTS - 359 NEGRO AND 244 WHITE CHILDREN. FURTHER DIVISION INCLUDED FOUR SOCIOECONOMIC LEVELS. A VARIETY…

Word identification latencies and word prediction accuracy were compared for groups of skilled and less skilled fifth grade readers in three experiments. In each experiment, discourse context reduced identification latencies for less skilled as well as skilled readers. This was true both when context was heard and when it was read. The general…

Research on the structures and processes involved in simple mental arithmetic is reviewed. Results suggest that mental arithmetic is a memory retrieval phenomenon, which develops with the experiences of elementary school and can be understood in general as retrieval from organized network representations. Simple mental addition with basic facts…

In a sample of more than 400 fifth grade students, the reading comprehension levels of children living with both parents and children living with only one parent were compared. Data were collected on the demographic variables of race, student sex, family organization (two parents/one parent), parent educational level, family occupational prestige,…

Designed as a flexible resource, this material may be used independently or in conjunction with existing safety, health, consumer education, economics, or social studies units. To facilitate the incorporation of product safety information into the curriculum, the suggested activities section lists major concepts to be developed and indicates…

This curriculum bulletin is one of a planned series of bulletins designed to meet the needs of teachers and supervisors who are working to improve the achievement level of mathematics. The material has been planned to help teachers meet the diverse mathematical needs of the children in fifth-grade classes. In addition to the emphasis that is…

Curriculum materials and methods for studying science at varying rates of progress were demonstrated to selected upper elementary teachers, supervisors, and principals throughout Virginia. Analyzed were the relationships between student performance and related classroom and learner variables. Teachers used programed materials in inservice training…

Opportunities for creative thinking or training in the utilization of mental processes other than assimilation, storage, and recall can be provided by television instruction when encouraged by teaching strategy. This syllabus presents a model for teaching productive-divergent thinking with 54 one-half hour telecasts on the theme of "You and…

The behavior, attitudes, and social class of 48 Negro mothers and 48 Negro fathers were related to the development of their fifth grade boys' flexible thinking, defined as the ability to consider alternative means to a given end. The parents were interviewed at home and asked to teach their sons four tasks. Linear relationships were found linking…

This study documents the kinds of planning that teachers engage in before a lesson begins and identifies differences in planning procedures between teachers. The subjects were 40 second- and fifth-grade teachers in California including 20 teachers with high average pupil gain scores and 20 teachers with low average pupil gain scores. The teachers…

By surveying 529 fifth grade students in eleven Minneapolis schools and 260 senior citizens in nine senior citizens' clubs, this study attempted to answer three questions: (1) How do children feel about senior citizens? (2) How do older people feel about children? and (3) Do they have accurate perceptions of each other? This group of senior…

A language program was developed which was based on three areas of psycholinguistic abilities associated with auditory processes. The major aim of this study was to test the effect of this specially devised program on reading competence. Another aim was to test the effect of the program on reading attitude and spelling competence. Fifth grade…

The field test report on the "Worker's World" instructional unit for grade 5 is one of a series of reports on the Arizona developed Career Education Curriculum Units. Presented is specific information as to the success of the units in terms of the learner's cognitive, affective, and psychomotor behavior according to expressed performance…