The booklet describes approaches to teaching a large group of severely developmentally disabled students. The book begins with a review of the circle time format intended to foster motivation through a sense of playfulness, novel items, and opportunities for student participation and response. A theme approach to planning is advocated, and…

A unit designed to provide more exposure to geography in the foreign language classroom has as its objective to make geography more real to the students, and it assumes little fore-knowledge of the target country. The activities outlined are to be used for five to twenty minutes in daily classes over an extended period of time, about four weeks,…

This textbook is the second volume in a series on reading, written and oral composition, listening, and manuscript development. The authors provide language experiences as a problem to be worked out. Each lesson may very properly be studied somewhat after the following general manner, subject to such modifications as the nature of the lesson or…

This guide provides the teacher of multiethnic students with information and teaching resources on the Armenian people. The guide (printed in both English and Armenian) outlines Armenian ethnology, history, language, and religion and then discusses the history of their immigration to the United States. In addition, Armenian life in America is…

A project is described which identifies essential social studies skills and presents information to high school classroom teachers on how to inculcate skills in students. Four major categories of skills are discussed--locating information, evaluating information, using time and place concepts, and analyzing social problems. Specific project goals…

One of a series of instructional packets to aid schools in reducing sex stereotyping, this guide for teachers (junior high and above) is designed to encourage students to think through how textbooks and educational materials send out hidden messages that attempt to shape their perceptions of acceptable roles for men and women. It was developed to…

One of a series of instructional packets to aid schools in reducing sex stereotyping, this guide for teachers (junior high and above) is designed to make students aware of the role interest tests can play in the process of choosing an occupation to prepare for. Focus is on interpreting test results in such a way that past societal expectations are…

THIS IS AN ANNOTATED LIST OF SOUND FILMS, VIDEOTAPES, AND KINESCOPES CONCERNED WITH LESSON PLANNING AND CLASS OBSERVATIONS. THE FILMS AND KINESCOPES ARE LOANED FREE. VIDEOTAPES ARE DUBBED IN FOR A NOMINAL FEE. (MF)

Assembled here are ninth grade English lesson plans designed to teach basic skills in English and to promote awareness of the importance of sex equity to students' personal and vocational aspirations. These one day lessons address: (1) the role of textbooks in sex stereotyping; (2) the changing roles of males and females; (3) the use of male and…

Part of the PREP Program (Preparatory Reading Program for Visually Handicapped Children), the document presents 10 units, each consisting of a picture story in large print, and emphasizing concept development rather than braille skills. Designed for use in conjunction with the program's other two components, the 10 units are aimed at visually…

Designed as additional materials for study by Air Force academic instructor resident trainees, these chapters review retention, transfer of learning, and other elements and principles of learning; steps in preparing effective instructional materials, together with criteria for self-appraisal; the setting of desired learning outcomes, selection of…

Following a discussion of the value of intuitive thought processes, this paper calls for elementary and secondary teachers to encourage intuitive thinking in addition to analytic thinking. It points out that the demand for precise, analytic answers to teacher-posed questions fosters student dependency; cites statements by Jerome Bruner about the…

In this book, the authors set forth a humanistic approach to teaching and learning which focuses on the prime values of love, trust, cooperation, and tolerance. If the school is to prepare students for life, the authors maintain that teaching human values is tantamount to teaching survival skills. This book presents practical ways to create such…

This is a manual of lesson plans developed for the junior high level as part of a comprehensive career education program called Career Achievement Skills Training (CAST) developed by the Pontiac Public School Personnel, Pontiac, Michigan. These lessons include two components: (1) student procedure sheets-behavioral and sequential steps leading to…

An analysis system was developed to facilitate the comprehensive analysis of over 800 hand-written mathematics, communications, and social studies lesson transcripts. The coding scheme facilitates the reduction of qualitative data into categorical data. The heart of the analysis system is the Dominant Instructional Event (DIE) which facilitates…