A broad educational background is necessary to meet ever changing occupational fields, and career education is an approach incorporating career information within regular school curriculum. For the elementary level, career awareness is the main thrust in this program to integrate students and community. The format for grade five, performance…

Student control of learning is interpreted as student self-teaching, and a plan to give students teacher training is outlined. The first step of the plan is self-management in which the students are given a strategy for curriculum decision making and have the reponsibility for applying that strategy. Two interactive computer programs are included…

This environmental education resource activity kit provides an open-ended structure for fifth- and sixth-grade pupils to pursue the study of environmental topics and problems. The design of the kit concentrates on nine types of learning activities (called encounter activities) to enable pupils to learn about the natural resources, the biophysical…

This study was conducted in an attempt to analyze selected aspects of the social milieu surrounding elementary school children. The relationship between the two techniques (one semi-projective, one verbal) used in measuring this social environment was also of interest. Fourth and fifth grade students' affective reactions to the following stimuli…

While counseling individual children is viewed by many as the most important function of an elementary counselor, little research has been done on the outcome of this counseling. This study was designed, to determine whether counseling affects student behavior in terms of: (1) academic performance, (2) peer relationships, and (3) personal…

This research tests the implicit assumption that cognitive development is independent of ethnic background. The testing instrument used was a newly designed spatial reasoning test intended to reflect the sequence of acquisition of skills requisite to map reading and drawing. A sample of 270 black, Chinese, and white subjects (90 each at the 5th,…

The purpose of this study was to compare the development of self-concept and achievement in reading of students in the first, third, and fifth year of attendance in graded and nongraded schools. The population of this study was composed of 338 selected students from six elementary schools in Kokomo, Indiana, and the experimental group was composed…

The Anchor Test Study provides a method for translating a pupil's score on any one of eight widely used standardized reading tests for Grades 4, 5, and 6 to a corresponding score of any of the other seven tests, as well as furnishing new nationally representative norms for each of the eight tests. In addition, the Study presents new estimates of…

The Anchor Test Study provides a method for translating a pupil's score on any one of eight widely used standardized reading tests for Grades 4, 5, and 6 to a corresponding score of any of the other seven tests, as well as furnishing new nationally representative norms for each of the eight tests. In addition, the Study presents new estimates of…

An evaluation assessed the simulation game called "Operation Moonvigil". The program consisted of eight daily five minute telecasts followed by 30 minutes of classroom activities based on information communicated during the telecast. Teachers, pupils, and non-participant observers provided data through questionnaires, diaries, and…

GRADES OR AGES: K-6. SUBJECT MATTER: Mathematics. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: There are three chapters: 1) Scope and Sequence--the spiral approach to learning, using the scope and sequence, scope and sequence charts, and glossary for teachers; 2) objectives in Mathematics--behavioral objectives for elementary mathematics and evaluation…

This study used poems written by fifth graders to determine any differences in the quality of children's writing which might have been induced by the "broad exposure" approach to teaching poetry, the "analytical" approach, or the "non-exposure" approach. A story-writing pretest was given to 93 fifth grade children who were then randomly assigned…

GRADES OR AGES: Grades 5-12. SUBJECT MATTER: Smoking. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide has three major parts--1) an outline of basic facts; 2) resource guide on smoking and its relationship to health and disease, with sample lesson plans and vocabulary; and 3) appendix, including questionnaires, selected key facts on smoking, a…

In November, 1971, the 106 Years 4 and 5 pupils of Area C at MacCorkindale School were assigned to two groups--2/3 stayed in the open area and the remainder were moved into a self-contained room within the Area where they could have more structure and direction. This study includes a comparison of Area C pupils with a control group and an…

Sentence patterns are often crucial to the degree of understanding a child derives from the printed page, and if he is to fully understand what he reads, he must be able to analyze the written language patterns in which the information is conveyed. This study analyzed selected passages from three grade 4 basal reader series to determine which…