Thirty educators, with potential to assume a leadership role within his school or district and for whom the study of the non-graded approach would be of value, were selected for the Institute. One hundred children were also selected for "Operation Step Up" - a summer program in the Hampton Institute Nongraded Laboratory School. The…

This pilot teaching unit is one of a series developed for use in elementary school science programs. This unit is designed to help children discover specific concepts which relate to sound, such as volume, pitch, and echo. The student activities employ important scientific processes, such as observation, communication, inference, classification,…

This pilot teaching unit is one of a series developed for use in elementary school science programs. This unit is designed to promote children's natural curiosity and to help those who show a reluctance to work with animals to overcome some of their fears. The student activities employ important scientific processes, such as observation,…

This publication contains most of the lectures given at the Second Symposium on Applied Linguistics. The theme of the symposium was "The Task of Linguistics with Relation to the Problems of Canadian Bilingualism." Two opening speeches comprise the first section of the proceedings. Documents in the section on general linguistics and its…

This paper reviews teaching approaches and general resource materials for low achievers in both elementary and secondary mathematics classes. A survey of reported characteristics of low achievers is divided into two classes: (1) social and emotional problems, and (2) learning difficulties. Characteristics related to class 1 problems include: high…

This first semester laboratory manual provides activities for junior high school students which reinforce construction concepts presented in the textbook (VT 014 241) and the accompanying teacher's guide (VT 014 244). Each of the 73 activities includes a stated objective and procedures for carrying out the activity with drawings, charts, and…

This second semester laboratory manual provides activities for junior high school students which reinforce construction concepts presented in the textbook (VT 014 241) and the accompanying teacher's guide (VT 014 244). Each of the 81 activities includes a stated objective and procedures for carrying out the activity with drawings, charts, and…

Learning activities which would supplement those found in the curriculum resource handbook, "Learning Laboratories for Unemployed, Out-of-School Youth," which are useful for the health teacher are presented. Activities suggested concern: (1) Community drug survey, (2) Physician resource on drug use, (3) Physical and psychological harm, (4)…

The study of goal-directed learning through the design of components in the environment is reported. Particular emphasis is given to the way the child uses informational resources to attain an educational goal, i.e., the question of how children seek and use available information. The data gathering procedures ranged from the development and use…

A total of five articles concerning adult basic education are presented. These are: "Recruitment Strategies for Adult Basic Education," by Ron Howard; "Native to the Hills," by Myrtle Reul; "The Learning Laboratory--A Valid System for Adult Basic Education," by Joe Carter; "Reading Instruction for Illiterate Adults," by John George; and "Teaching…

This is a series of four units introducing the concepts of solids, faces of solids, points, lines, and planes. Emphasis is placed on the discovery approach with a maximum of manipulation and experimentation on the part of the children. Each unit has suggested activities that include games, individual projects, worksheets, and discussion questions.…

This instructional unit uses an intuitive approach in introducing the concept of congruent transformations. Extensive use is made of worksheets and manipulative methods. In the latter stages, the SSS, ASA, and SAS theorems are presented. The unit concludes with geometric proofs requiring the use of the fact that corresponding parts of congruent…

Elementary school (kindergarten through sixth grade) deaf children were exposed to varied thinking activities based on J. Piaget's principle of action rooted intelligence to determine if thinking might be successfully encouraged in the classroom through activities which were not highly dependent on verbal performance. Each class of approximately…

This "position statement" concerns the relevance and utility of laboratory training techniques in facilitating group problem-solving participation. Neither the sensitivity nor T-group experiences should be assumed a priori to be applicable to problem-solving activity. The article compares the various group experiences on five major…

The introductory core activities in this trial unit, prepared for students in grades seven through nine of Australian schools, use indicators derived from flower pigments to provide a more convenient measure of acidity than taste. Students are offered choices among seven options after completion of the core: "How Acidic is That?";…