The Performance Indicators in Education program is designed to develop methods of measuring the performance in reading and arithmetic achievement at the elementary school level of the schools of New York State. From data on file at the State Education Department, a set of profiles was developed for each of 628 school districts indicating how the…

This document is an evaluation instrument for the Competency-Based Teacher Education Pilot Project; it was developed by teachers, parents, administrators and college faculty of the cooperating systems and institutions. The instrument itself is divided into three sections: Teacher-Pupil Relations, the Teaching of Reading, and the Teaching of…

The papers in this collection present a description of, and the results of, research in Work Unit REALISTIC. In addition to the first paper which is an overview, the three papers are: "Psychometric Determination of Relationships Among Literacy Skills and Job Proficiency,""Reading Ability, Readability, and Readership: Identifying…

As part of continuing research aimed at identifying optimal methods for training Navy personnel who have achieved marginal scores on military selection tests, flash card instruction methods were adapted for application to a comprehensive range of basic mathematical operations involved in a previously developed course in fundamental mathematics.…

An outdoor education program for migrant children was compared with a typical school program during the summer of 1969. The Wide Range Achievement Test was administered to both groups to obtain a pretest and posttest measure of reading and arithmetic. Visual-motor development was measured by the Bender-Gestalt scored by the Koppitz Developmental…

Described is "Project SOSO" designed to help elementary teachers improve methods for teaching arithmetic to low achievers in the sixth grade. The project developed methods and primarily free and/or inexpensive materials for teaching whole numbers, fractions, number theory, geometry, and probability. Preliminary results indicate that low achievers'…

A descriptive study of the relationships among teacher attitude, student attitude, and student achievement in arithmetic is reported. Data were obtained from 679 students of 32 teachers selected for their positive or negative preferences for teaching mathematics. The students were tested for attitudes the following year. Findings indicated: (1)…

This booklet contains some 80 problems in mathematics suitable for computer solution. The problems range from very simple to complex. Problems have been included from most mathematic disciplines, including number theory, analytical geometry, probability and statistics, trigonometry, equations, and sequence and limits. For the most part these…

The teacher's guide for the remedial text-workbook "Understanding Math" discusses instruction of the deaf student. An answer key for workbooks 1 and 2, a section with masters for transparencies to be used for games and activities and for teaching fractions, and two patterns for making geometric solids are included in the guide. For workbooks 1 and…

The purpose of this study was to determine if significant differences in first grade achievement appeared among pupils who participated in an eight-week Summer Head Start Program and qualified pupils who did not participate. Both groups were divided into three subgroups according to scores on the Draw-A-Man Test. Each subgroup (high, middle, and…

This is the fourth volume of a series produced by the New York State Education Department. Originally developed by four local school districts, the mathematics objectives and sample items included were not intended to be official or comprehensive but rather to be used as an aid to teachers in constructing curricula and in making classroom goals…

This study compared the relative effectiveness of the new University of Illinois Committee on School Mathematics (UICSM) "Stretchers and Shrinkers" and "Motion Geometry", mathematics materials with traditional mathematics materials in improving arithmetic ability of underachievers. Data on arithmetic computation, concepts, and…

The effects of the combined use of a nonsimulation game and student teams in mathematics on student achievement were investigated. Ninety-six seventh grade students in two low- and two average-ability mathematics classes participated in the study. One low- and one average-ability class played the nonsimulation game Equations twice a week for nine…

This textbook is the first in the arithmetic series developed by the Ministry of Education in Saigon and used in all public schools in Vietnam. The three books in this series have been reprinted in their entirety from the original editions for use in elementary schools in the United States which have Vietnamese students. The Grade 1 text contains…

This textbook is the second in the arithmetic series developed by the Ministry of Education in Saigon and used in all public schools in Vietnam. The books in this series have been reprinted in their entirety from the original editions for use in elementary schools in the United States which have Vietnamese students. The Grade 2 text is divided…