THE GUIDE IS AN ATTEMPT TO HELP BEGINNING TEACHERS OF THE SEVERELY MENTALLY RETARDED. THE UNDERLYING PHILOSOPHY IS THAT SPECIAL EDUCATION SHOULD BE ORGANIZED TO EDUCATE THE EXCEPTIONAL CHILD TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF HIS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITIES WHILE INVOLVING THE HOME, SCHOOL, AND COMMUNITY SIMULTANEOUSLY. IT IS NOTED THAT THE SPECIAL EDUCATION…

THE COLLECTION OF MATERIALS PROVIDES ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES FOR THE FOURTH GRADE STUDENT. THE TEACHER'S SECTION INCLUDES--SUGGESTIONS FOR USING THE PUPIL MATERIALS, CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MORE ABLE LEARNER, A CHECK LIST FOR IDENTIFYING THE MORE ABLE LEARNER, AND AN ACTIVITIES CHART SHOWING THE OVERLAPPING USE OF VARIOUS ACTIVITIES TO AID IN THE…

THE USE OF PICTORIAL SYMBOLS IN THE COMMUNICATIVE PROCESS WAS EXAMINED TO ENHANCE ASSOCIATED TEACHING AND LEARNING CONCEPTS. THE ANALYSIS WAS APPROACHED BY PROVIDING EMPIRICAL DATA ON CONCEPT FORMATION, SEMIOTICS, AND THE COMPARATIVE-DEVELOPMENTAL APPROACH. ACTIVITIES INCLUDED--(1) EXAMINATION OF THE RESEARCH IN THE PICTORIAL AND MEDIA REALMS, (2)…

TO IMPROVE THE ACADEMIC COMPETENCE OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS TEACHERS, A MOBILE LABORATORY WAS DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE INSERVICE EDUCATION. CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT PRECEDED THE LABORATORY DEVELOPMENT. THE MOBILE LABORATORY WAS PROVIDED WITH EQUIPMENT, APPARATUS, AND DISPLAYS. SCHOOLS WERE SELECTED AND DESIGNATED AS AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP AND A…

No culture in the world's history has been so consumed with controlling the future's course, and conversely, so unconcerned with discovering meaning from the past. The provocative challenge of a future which will bring fulfillment to the American educational system is compelling. The future for school library media programs must amount to…

International transfer, defined as the process of diffusing a product or idea across national boundaries, has become an increasingly significant source of educational innovation in recent years. In order to analyze the outcomes of an international transfer project, three dimensions should be considered. The first, the amount of change in the…

Designed to provide a framework for systematically collecting data and information about media programs at the building and district levels, this workbook is intended for use as part of a formative evaluation process to accomplish the following goals: (1) assisting the local school district in organizing descriptive data for the purpose of…

Grade level, developer, distributor, cost, and a brief description are given for approximately 150 R&D based, validated, teacher inservice products. Materials are included from the areas of teacher assessment of student growth, bilingual education, career education, classroom management, early childhood education, English language arts,…

Selected from the National Instructional Materials Information System (NIMIS)--a computer based on-line interactive retrieval system on special education materials--the bibliography covers 36 kits, auditory visual materials, activity books, and resource guides for teaching severely or profoundly mentally handicapped students. A variety of…

THIS IS A LISTING OF MATERIALS FOR K-12 AVAILABLE FOR TEACHERS AND PLANNERS, INCLUDING FILM LOOPS, TAPE RECORDINGS, FILMSTRIPS, SLIDES, TRANSPARENCIES, RECORDS, STUDY AND ART PRINTS, MODELS AND REALIA, SCULPTURE AND KITS. AN OVERALL SUBJECT INDEX IS FOLLOWED BY SEPARATE SUBJECT LISTS FOR EACH TYPE OF MATERIAL. A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF EACH…

IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE EMPLOYEE TRAINING-EVALUATION METHOD, TEACHING MACHINES AND PERFORMANCE AIDS MUST BE PHYSICALLY AND OPERATIONALLY INTEGRATED INTO THE SYSTEM, THUS RETURNING TRAINING TO THE ACTUAL JOB ENVIRONMENT. GIVEN THESE CONDITIONS, TRAINING CAN BE MEASURED, CALIBRATED, AND CONTROLLED WITH RESPECT TO ACTUAL JOB PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND…

APPROXIMATELY 125 REFERENCES TO SPEED READING APPEARING DURING THE PAST 40 YEARS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY. THEY ARE GROUPED INTO THE CATEGORIES OF TACHISTOSCOPIC AND CONTROLLED PACING, PAPERBACK SCANNING, RETENTION OF GAINS, FLEXIBILITY, PERCEPTION, PROCESSING INFORMATION, SEX DIFFERENCES, AND MEASUREMENT. MORE THAN 35 JOURNALS…

A project designed (1) to determine the incidence of vocalism during silent reading in intermediate-grade children classified as either reading retardates or achievers and (2) to determine the desirability of this vocalism as an adjunct to the reading process was described. The major conclusions reached were that implicit speech is a natural…

This Newsletter concerns the National Center for School and College Television's Conference on television in science education. The Conference was conducted to assess television materials being offered in science in an effort to stimulate the development of increasingly effective television materials for the nation's schools. Part 1 is a status…

The paper addresses the recommendations of the First Caribbean Conference in Mental Retardation held in Jamaica (1970) which have not been implemented in most territories. Focus is placed on adaptation of existing curricula in teacher education to include course work and practica opportunities in special education. Attention is also given to the…