Pedagogical grammar is the presentation of grammatical information for teaching purposes. Two important distinctions are relevant here: reference books versus teaching grammars programmed into a course, and generalized versus specialized grammars, (depending on the extent to which they have been designed to meet specific teaching/learning…

The goal of this study was to assess the relationship between amount of instructional time and student achievement. Two questions were addressed: (a) Do students who have more time allocated to a particular subject area also learn more in that area? and (b) Do students who spend more "engaged time" in a particular subject area learn more in that…

One of a series of 11 arts and humanities career exploration resource guides for grade 7-12 teachers, counselors, and students, this program planning guide suggests several curriculum models for out-of-school programs to augment traditional school courses. Chapter 1 introduces the guide and suggests its uses for administrators, teachers, and…

The papers in this volume emerge from the experience of Fordham University and the Angelo Patri Intermediate School through their mutual efforts to establish an open-space school in a highly complex, low-income neighborhood of inner-city New York. The papers prepare the reader to understand the process involved in developing programs under…

This manual is designed to aid school guidance counselors in creating and implementing a public relations (PR) program to educate those both inside and outside the school system about the purposes, operations, and unique characteristics of guidance and counseling. The manual contains six sections, plus a bibliography of public relations…

Written for planners and practitioners in employability skills development programs, this handbook provides information and resources for designing and implementing competency-based instruction. Chapter 1 provides an introduction to basic terms and concepts that make up a competency-based system. It describes four skills required for one to be…

As part of the National Institute of Education's Teaching and Instruction Program, the Research on Instruction Team has developed a program focusing on research on Instructionally Effective Schools. Such a school is defined as having a high mean level of student achievement and no educationally significant differences between different racial,…

Guidelines for teachers of English to speakers of other languages (ESOL) who wish to undertake an ESOL materials development project are presented. Three areas that affect all such projects are discussed: (1) writing for a local or a wider audience, (2) writing as a team effort, and (3) writing as a decision-making process. In creating for a local…

This volume, the first in a series of seven reporting the design, methodology and findings of the 4-year National Day Care Home Study (NDCHS), the first national study of family day care, provides a synopsis of the study's findings. Volume One consists of 10 chapters. Chapter I provides background information and an overview of the NDCHS. Design…

This volume, second in a series of seven reporting the design, methodology, and findings of the 4-year National Day Care Home Study (NDCHS), provides a detailed description of the analysis conducted on data gathered through in-depth interviews with the 793 caregivers who participated in the NDCHS. Chapter I, the introduction, discusses the social…

This report provides for Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) prime sponsors who are responsible for labor market information, a set of guidelines to follow for developing an agency-wide plan for the operational use of labor market information. The body of the report outlines step-by-step procedures for creating such a plan. A brief…

Fifty-eight studies relating to the "knowledge gap" hypothesis (a theory that correlates public knowledge to educational level and mass media exposure) are examined in this report. In the opening sections, the theory is defined, and the early information diffusion studies and public opinion polls that led to its formulation in 1970 are…

The fourth in a five module series provides teacher educators and preservice teachers with information to facilitate successful social, emotional, and academic functioning of handicapped minority students in the regular classroom environment. An initial section contains guidelines for a presession and describes the organizational structure of the…

Two case studies, one conducted in the Luristan region of Iran in 1974, the other in the Caspian region in 1978, outline a methodology for assessing the problems and potentials of indigenous building methods. They illustrate how the methods can be used and developed to meet present shelter needs and how the problems that exist can be overcome…

Observations of the Swedish program for training headteachers were made during a three-week visit in 1980. About 600 school leaders a year have been trained in the compulsory program since 1976. The National Board of Education, the central administrative board under the Ministry of Education, is responsible for the school leader education program…