Discusses the sequencing of writing assignments based on students' natural development. Cites the work of Piaget and Moffett. (FL)

H.R. 366, the Vocational and Technical Education for the Future Act, strengthens and improves the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act by enhancing local accountability, introducing model sequences of courses that incorporate both secondary and postsecondary elements in a non-duplicative progression of courses, and merging the…

Suggests a proper sequencing of learning activities in science teaching with the textbook used after child's completion of inquiry and acquisition of big ideas.'' (CC)

Discusses the use of questions in the categories of 1) author's use of words, 2) author's use of figurative language, 3) character traits, 4) tone, 5) theme, and 6) development of theme, that can lead students to an appreciation and enjoyment of literature. (MM)

Article examines the problem of individualizing the instructional sequence so that the learning of a second-language vocabulary occurs at a maximum rate. (Author)

Purpose of this study was to determine whether instructional sequencing would affect learning from a logical structure when certain artifacts, which may have operated in previous studies, were removed. (Authors)

Kindergarten children who were taught in a structured, sequential program achieved significantly more than kindergarten children taught the regular curriculum. (WY)

Describes the steps in developing an instructional audiovisual presentation: (1) the conceptualization stage (identify goals and instructional objectives); (2) the planning stage (define skills and instructional sequence); and (3) the development stage (take slides, write story line, evaluate field test data, and revise). (LC)

Teaching implications for the instruction of mentally retarded persons in the skill of overarm throwing are provided. A sequence is described that allows instructors to observe both body part actions (components) and whole body patterns (profiles), which makes it amenable to the task analysis approach. (JN)

Addresses the need for a balance between skills- oriented and content-oriented approaches to teaching social studies. Suggests a program in which an updated skills sequence could be interposed over an identified scope of prime content. (Author/KC)

Reviews the advantages of teaching reading through a mastery reading program and examines the role of the mastery teacher. (JM)