The document is intended to provide teachers and parents of preschool or kindergarten aurally handicapped children with a resource of materials and books which can be used to provide and supplement experiences for the child. Play and other manipulative materials are analyzed in chart form according to the skill(s) which they develop. Included are…

This pamphlet summarizes the interim report of the Head Start Planned Variation Study although information from other sources is included. During the pilot phase (1969-1970) eight distinct approaches to preschool education were analyzed with regard to the nature and extent of implementation of early education models and program effects. The first…

This curriculum guide presents a 3-week science unit focusing on changes which occur in living things as a result of weather changes. This unit, the third in a series, is intended to review and extend the understandings, concepts, and skills which a child has developed previously. The major content objectives are to develop the child's awareness…

Presented in this work are case studies drawn from developing countries, principally Madagascar and Niger. They are examples of radical alternatives designed to serve a population not served by conventional schools and to convey instruction quite different from what is usually given in schools. In brief, the programs are more production-oriented…

A training program was held in November 1970 for selected Delaware supervisors, administrators, department chairmen, and State Department of Public Instruction personnel to instruct them in the skills needed to write performance objectives. Participants were expected to develop and field test sequences of their choice and to serve as resource…

A study was made to assess the effectiveness of an adult education program that would demonstrate the relationship between enhanced educational skills and promotions and salary increases for entry-level employees. (For related document, see AC 014 025.) (Author)

A booklet is presented for parents of blind children. This booklet lists various toys that are useful for the child in his development and cognitive growth. Three kits of toys are presented. Each of these kits was developed for children of approximate age groups. Kit #1 is for the very young blind infants and contains toys that usually interest…

In the study, one of each of pairs of average and high ability eighth-grade classes was designated, by random means, as the experimental class. Students in the experimental classes viewed projected 2 x 2 colored slides which represented sequences of the same laboratory activities as those performed by the manipulative group. All other…

Reported at the National Science Teachers Association in April, 1972, in New York City, this investigation was designed to test the importance of pupil manipulation of science materials in the attainment of science process skills for kindergarten and third grade students. It has focused on a specific kind of learning task: acquisition of science…

This guide for the teaching of English at the Eighth Level centers around the improvement of reading while continuing to acquire knowledge in the subject area. The material in the guide is presented under the following topic headings: Rationale and Minimum Floors for Reading; Eighth Level: Point of View; Behavioral Objectives; Check List of Skills…

This booklet was prepared in response to a demand from Air Force Officers returning to academic study after being out of school for several years. Its main purpose is to help returning veterans learn how to study. The guide is divided into three sections: (1) the "Reconnaissance-Read-Recall" (RRR) system of study, (2) concepts in "How We Learn,"…

A course in introduction to music emphasizing modes and forms is presented. A laboratory approach in which pupils are to develop skill in playing keyboard instruments, sing, listen to, read and compose music with emphasis on identification of elementary concepts of mode and form is used. Course objectives include: (1) The student will select the…

This study compared the attitudes toward competition in the 4-H Club program in Carroll County, Ohio, as seen by 4-H members, their parents, and 4-H advisors. A random sampling was used to compare the attitudes among the three respondent groups (211 of 278 4-H Club members responded to the questionnaire, 181 of 587 parents, and 32 of 35 advisors).…

A PILOT PROJECT FOR TEACHING OBSERVATIONAL SKILLS WAS CONDUCTED, USING FOUR PLANS OF OBSERVATION--DIRECT CLASSROOM OBSERVATION ("DO") ONLY, VIDEOTAPE TELEVIEWING ("TV") ONLY, "DO" FOLLOWED BY "TV," AND "TV" FOLLOWED BY "DO." COLLEGE STUDENTS ENROLLED IN A TEACHER EDUCATION COURSE WERE…

Each of the 31 curriculum modules in this packet for agricultural resources instruction contains a brief description of the module content, a list of the major division or units, the overall objective, objectives by units, content outline and suggested teaching methods, student application activities, and evaluation procedures. A list of resource…