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George Washington Univ., Washington, DC. Inst. for Educational Leadership. – 1977
A four-part radio broadcast transcript on learning from life is presented as an educational option to traditional classroom teaching. Part I discusses cities as schools for life through presentation of question-answer interviews with urban characters such as a dating service employee, founder of a man-woman institute, a community health worker and…
Descriptors: Communications, Cultural Differences, Educational Innovation, Educational Media
Dequin, Henry Conrad – 1972
To determine whether student achievement could be improved by matching cognitive style to instructional mode, a study was undertaken with 184 high school sophomores and juniors. Students were tested for reading and listening ability and preference and assigned to instruction based on reading and audio presentations. Ability was also tested.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Aural Learning, Cognitive Processes
Naiman, Neil – 1974
This paper reports on a study undertaken to investigate the relationship between elicited imitation data and comprehension data, as measured by a picture-identification task and a second language (L2) to first language (L1) translation task, and between elicited imitation data and production data, as measured by a spontaneous production task and…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension
Altfest, Myra, Ed. – 1975
The teachers' handbook on vocational education for students with special needs contains seven chapters, each one covering a basic area of concern to teachers of such students. Chapter 1 deals with identifying disadvantaged and handicapped students on the basis of easily recognizable characteristics. Chapter 2 covers assessing the needs of the…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Community Resources, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
McLaughlin, Milbrey Wallin – 1975
In the last decade, the Office of Education has granted several billions of dollars to local educational agencies (LEAs) in an attempt to stimulate, and sometimes force, educational improvements. This paper was presented at a symposium considering experiences accumulated in a recent national study of federal change programs as they have (or have…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Change Agents, Change Strategies
Plumley, Deborah L.; Dunn, James A. – 1974
One of three guides for teachers developed by the AIR Career Education Curriculum Development Project, the manual is designed to assist primary grade teachers in introducing career education into their classrooms. Part 1 presents the philosophy of career education and an overview of how it fits into the total curricular program for grades K-9. The…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Charts, Class Activities
Allen, J.P.B., Ed.; Corder, S. Pit, Ed. – 1975
This volume is a collection of articles on various aspects of applied linguistics as it relates to language teaching. Chapter 1, by S. Pit Corder, entitled "Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching," gives a short, general survey of applied linguistics in language teaching. Chapters 2-5 give an account of the main concepts in what is now called…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Child Language, Cognitive Development, Grammar
Fresno City Unified School District, CA. – 1968
This report lists the major conclusions of 28 publications prepared by PROJECT DESIGN, funded under ESEA Title III, to assess the dimensions of educational needs in Fresno, California. Following the presentation of conclusions by source, specific conclusions are arranged and listed by topic in the following categories: (1) objectives, planning,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Communication Problems, Community Involvement, Counseling Services
Weinreich, Uriel – 1964
A preface by Andre Martinet and a brief discussion of the author's approach to research introduce this descriptive study of bilingualism. Various aspects of interference--lexical, grammatical, and phonic are examined. Major emphasis is focused on the role and influence of socio-cultural setting and psychological factors inherent in bilingualism.…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Bilingualism, Contrastive Linguistics, Cultural Pluralism
Henry, George H. – The English Journal, 1965
Opting for curriculum design in the teaching of English which is based on recent psychological theory and current thought in logic, the author contrasts the more traditional chronological presentation with "process and structure" techniques. The weaknesses inherent in the idea of a curriculum patterned on the notion of having to "cover ground" in…
Descriptors: Colleges, Concept Formation, Creative Thinking, Curriculum Development
Eastmond, Jefferson N. – 1971
Project BASICS attempts to answer questions about which of the best reading and mathematics strategies will produce mastery learning for what types of students in terms of their individual characteristics and needs. It focuses on the discovery and implementation of alternative strategies for mastery learning with an innovative school setting. The…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Needs, Educational Planning, Educational Strategies
Eastmond, Jefferson N. – 1971
Project BASICS attempts to answer questions about which of the best reading and mathematics strategies will produce mastery learning for what types of students in terms of their individual characteristics and needs. It focuses on the discovery and implementation of alternative strategies for mastery learning with an innovative school setting. The…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Needs, Educational Planning, Educational Strategies
Levinsky, Frieda – 1971
This study reviews current research seeking to determine the relative importance of methodology upon success in language learning programs. Six language classes, instructed for a full academic year according to either the principles of the audiolingual or cognitive code language learning theory, were the focus of an experiment to statistically…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Audiolingual Methods, Cognitive Processes, Educational Experiments
Fink, Albert H. – 1971
The need for more precise analysis of the complex educational and psychological processes which exist in special classes for the emotionally handicapped, is emphasized. A psycho-educational model, involving teacher-pupil interaction, is developed, and a procedure (the Interaction Analysis System) is formulated for observing and recording behavior.…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques
Lash, Neil A. – 1973
To determine the effect of two verbal formats (aural and visual) on learning time and performance when the instructional objective was principle learning, a standardized reading test was administered to 115 male vocational students in Grades 10-12, and 15 high reading ability students and 15 low reading ability students were randomly assigned to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Variance, Auditory Stimuli, Doctoral Dissertations
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