IN LIGHT OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS DISCUSSED, THE FOLLOWING SUGGESTIONS ARE MADE FOR THE SET-UP OF A MATHEMATICS PROGRAM FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN. IN PRE-SCHOOL, CHILDREN SHOULD BE SUBJECTED TO PERCEPTUAL TRAINING AND CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT RELATIVE TO SPACE, NUMBER, TIME AND RELATED CONCEPTUAL DOMAINS, SINCE THESE LATER BECOME THE…

THE PROGRAM OF INSTRUCTION IN ENGLISH CONSISTS OF A NUMBER OF VERTICAL STRANDS RUNNING FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE 12 AND BEYOND. THE READING STRAND IS PREPARED ON THE SEQUENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF SKILLS. FIVE UNITS--WORK ATTACK SKILLS, VOCABULARY, ACQUISITION SKILLS, COMPREHENSION SKILLS, AND CRITICAL AND INTERPRETIVE READING--ARE DEVELOPED AND…

THIS VOLUME IS AN APPENDIX TO ED 003 346. SAMPLE COPIES OF THE TESTS AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS USED IN THE STUDIES ARE INCLUDED. DESCRIPTIONS INCLUDE EXPERIMENTS ON DISCOVERY VERSUS EXPOSITORY SEQUENCING IN A PROGRAMED UNIT ON SUMMING NUMBER SERIES. THESE MATERIALS ARE PRESENTED TO PROVIDE CONCERNED PERSONS WITH A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE…

Two instructional variables, sequence and mode, were operationally defined; two methods of sequencing, deductive and inductive, were used, and two modes, concrete and pictorial. Experimental lesson sequences for instruction in the rules and concepts of multiplication were developed for each combination of levels of the variables. The lesson…

This study compared two learning structures for an introductory course in tests and measurements in terms of their relative effects on attitudes and achievement. The first structure represented a functionally arranged instructional sequence (FAIS). The second represented a psychologically arranged instructional sequence (PAIS). The instructional…

So that the non-English speaking students could grasp the simple rudiments of English composition with any degree of accuracy, the Oscar Rose Junior College developed a two-semester program involving a sequential, syntactical, linguistic, multimedia approach to composition. The four media utilized are talk-tapes, visual-aid cards…

To establish its position concerning the differences between general, prevocational, and vocational education, the Division of Vocational Education for New Mexico defined each area and applied these definitions to agriculture, distributive education, health occupations, home economics, office education, and trade and industrial education programs…

The Michigan-Ohio Regional Educational Laboratory uses one of its own research projects as a model to outline recommended procedures in the planning of research efforts. The model used is an inservice teacher education program where three distinct phases operate in an overlapping manner as the program progresses. In the first phase, the problem is…

This document presents the results of a project in the Warren, Michigan Consolidated Schools to develop a system-wide career education program beginning at the kindergarten level and extending through adult and continuing education. It is based on a systematic, sequential approach where the phases (self and career awarness, exploration,…

Written to help teachers improve health practices of their students, this guide provides a sequential unit approach to health education in grades K through 12. Primary grades 1-6 have suggested units in personal health, nutrition, community health, first aid and safety, consumer health, and mental health. Secondary grades 7-12 consider in…

An experiment was designed to compare the value of the Skinner Teaching Machine with more traditional teaching methods and to compare various means of presenting material via the teaching machine. Material from the United States Navy Basic Electricity course was programed into three series of items: one completion, one multiple choice, and one…

The water jug task model was extended to four variations of the Missionaries--Cannibals river-crossing problem. Different cover stories resulted in large differences in number of illegal moves, but no difference in number of legal moves to solution. The three-stage process model explains both legal and illegal moves. (Author/GDC)

Proposes a teaching viewpoint on comprehension which removes some of the abstraction; the final product is a teaching sequence for comprehension skills that is parallel in form to the teaching sequences commonly used for word recognition. (JM)

Reviews literature relating to conversational analysis, identifying two major approaches which exhibit chronological and methodological differentiations and focusing from a perspective of sequencing. (CB)

Presents five lessons to help secondary level art students see the subjects they draw as they actually appear. The lessons involve portraits, void/solid drawings, surface textures, detailed drawings, and figure drawings. (RM)