In its second year, Project COM-TECH's (Bilingual Computer- and Technology-Oriented Program) primary goal was to provide two high schools with bilingual individualized instruction, through enrichment, to limited English proficient (LEP) students (222 Spanish-speaking and 96 Haitian Creole/French-speaking) of varying native language proficiency and…

In its third funding year, Jamaica High School's Computer-Assisted Bilingual/Bicultural Multi-Skills Project used computerized and non-computerized instruction to help 132 native speakers of Haitian Creole/French and Spanish develop English language, native language, and content-area skills. The goal was to help these students participate…

Project TEACH (Technological Enrichment and Achievement for Cambodians and Hispanics), administered by Theodore Roosevelt High School's foreign languages and bilingual education department, was designed to provide newly arrived students with bilingual instruction in computer technology and business. In its third year, the program served 275…

In 1986-87, its fourth year of funding under Title VII, Project BLAST (Bilingual Language Arts Survival Training) served 185 Spanish-speaking ninth- through twelfth-grade students with limited English proficiency at Walton High School in the Bronx. The program provided supplementary services to the school's bilingual education program by…

A guide for teachers, counselors, and administrators of Manitoba high school programs enrolling limited-English-proficient (LEP) students is designed to provide background information and resources for helping these students develop English language skills for success in school and beyond while receiving a sound basic education in a full range of…

This module reviews the essential steps in basic mathematics as they are used in food service education. Special needs students using the module should be able to complete five applications of basic mathematics in food service with 90 percent accuracy. Designed for individualized instruction, the module consists of a teacher guide, a student…

This guide is intended to provide resources for teachers of disadvantaged persons in the health careers field. Entries in the guide are the result of a year-long nationwide search for services and materials prepared especially for disadvantaged students. Instructional resources are listed in the following areas: basic mathematics and reading…

Based on a graduate course, this manual was written to help instructors (professional or volunteer) understand and teach beginning adult learners and other adults with learning problems. The manual is organized into seven sections. The first two sections provide background information on the development of the manual and suggest ways that it can…

The Bilingual Resources for Development of Gainful Employment skills (Project BRIDGES) was a federally-funded program in its second year of a 3-year funding cycle. Project BRIDGES aimed at developing the academic and vocational skills of limited-English-proficient (LEP) students who had failed two or more classes and were at risk of dropping out.…

The Cortland College Skills Center at the State University of New York, Cortland, helps students learn how they learn best, providing assistance in reading, writing, researching, listening, speaking, vocabulary, study skills, math, and standardized test preparation. Services are offered for learning disabled (LD) and handicapped students, and the…

The four 1984 numbers of the journal contain articles on the following topics: reading and visual imagery; script preparation for accelerative learning and teaching; guided relaxation and baroque music's effects on student test performance; imagery in the creative process; suggestopedia in English as a second language (ESL) instruction;…

A total of 122 state and 147 school district curriculum guides were obtained and analyzed for their coverage of specific subject areas in elementary and secondary schools. The dates of the guides ranged from 1961 to 1978. Analysis is provided of the state and district guides across all subject areas as well as within each subject area. The subject…

Techniques designed to improve basic competencies of minority students attending selected, historically black colleges are reviewed. The efforts to improve instruction in targeted subject areas have been implemented with the assistance of the Southern Regional Education Board. Attention is directed to: modification of curricula and instructional…

Intended for Iowa special education teachers, the document contains a model senior high school special education course of study which emphasizes survival skills and the affective needs of students. Following an introductory section, on the course of study's rationale, are four color coded sections each addressing a specific population/educational…

The four 1982 numbers of the Journal of the Society for Accelerative Learning and Teaching (SALT) include articles on: a comparison of the Tomatis Method and Suggestopedia; the CLC system of accelerated learning; Suggestopedia in the English-as-a-second-language classroom; experiments with SALT techniques; accelerative learning techniques for…