The purpose of this checklist is to direct the attention of teachers, administrators, and supervisors to the essential features of reading programs. Questions are provided to direct attention to numerous features related to the following aspects of reading programs: (1) program authorship; (2) program philosophy; (3) readability of materials; (4)…

INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS WERE DEVELOPED FOR STUDENT GROUPS WITH VARYING PATTERNS FOR TEMPERAMENTAL READINESS AND ORIENTATION IN LEARNING TO HELP THE ELEMENTARY OR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER ESTABLISH MORE MANAGEABLE AND PRODUCTIVE CLASSES, SATISFY HIS DESIRE TO HELP CERTAIN STUDENTS, AND HELP HIMSELF AT THE SAME TIME. THESE INNOVATIVE TEACHING METHODS…

TO INVESTIGATE (1) THE TYPES OF SPEECH-COMMUNICATION INSTRUCTION USED IN BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY, (2) THE CRITERIA BY WHICH BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY SELECT STAFF FOR THEIR SPEECH-COMMUNICATION PROGRAMS, AND (3) THE AVAILABILITY OF CORPORATE JOBS FOR SPEECH TRAINED PERSONNEL, QUESTIONNAIRES WERE MAILED TO PERSONNEL DIRECTORS OF THE 100 LARGEST…

THIS REPORT ON THE HARLEM ASSOCIATED COMMUNITY TEAMS, INC. (ACT) AFTER-SCHOOLS PROGRAM FOR INSCHOOL YOUTH DESCRIBES THE PROJECT'S REMEDIAL, TUTORIAL, AND STUDY PROGRAMS. OTHER PROGRAMS HAD ACADEMIC AND CULTURAL ENRICHMENT FEATURES, AND SOME CONCENTRATED ON INTERGROUP RELATIONS, NEGRO HERITAGE, GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING, AND PARENT EDUCATION. YOUTH…

THE REMEDIAL READING PROGRAM OF THE EVANSVILLE-VANDERBURGH SCHOOL CORPORATION IS CONCERNED WITH INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS WHOSE READING LEVEL INDICATES A DISCREPANCY BETWEEN PERFORMANCE AND CAPACITY FOR LEARNING. THE GUIDE WAS DESIGNED FOR USE IN GRADES 2 THROUGH 8 AND IS DIVIDED INTO THREE AREAS-- (I) DIAGNOSIS, INCLUDING SELECTED INTELLIGENCE TESTS,…

BY 1964 THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION (ILO) TECHNICAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF PRODUCTIVITY AND MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT INVOLVED ABOUT 130 EXPERT POSTS IN ABOUT 30 COUNTRIES. THE ILO SENDS CHIEFS OF PROJECTS TO WORK WITH LOCAL DIRECTORS OF CENTERS IN EACH COUNTRY TO INTRODUCE GOOD MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND ENSURE THEIR…

THIS INSTITUTE, SPONSORED BY THE UNITED COMMUNITY SERVICES OF METROPOLITAN BOSTON, THE MASSACHUSETTS COMMISSION ON AGING, AND THE BOSTON UNIVERSITY COUNCIL OF GERONTOLOGY, FOCUSED ON RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING OF TRAINERS WHO COULD BE AVAILABLE TO AGENCIES AND INSTITUTIONS FOR TRAINING PERSONNEL WORKING WITH THE AGING. ONE CONFERENCE PAPER DISCUSSED…

THREE SEPARATE STUDIES WERE MADE RELATING TO THE AREA OF RACIAL ATTITUDES AND PERCEPTION. SEVERAL ASSUMPTIONS UNDERLIE THE STUDY--(1) THE CAUCASIAN POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES HARBORS A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF RACIAL PREJUDICE TOWARD NEGROES, (2) URBAN TEACHING STAFFS WHICH ARE DRAWN CHIEFLY FROM CAUCASIAN, MIDDLE-CLASS COMMUNITIES SHARE THE…

INTEGRATION IN THE ST. LOUIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS WAS SMOOTH AND ALMOST WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE ST. LOUIS COMMUNITY ITSELF HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING A PROCESS OF DEMOCRATIZATION OVER A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT DECISION. EXAMPLES SHOW INTEGRATION OF CHURCHES, DESEGREGATION OF THE ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY, AND DESEGREGATION OF HOTELS AND…

A 1-YEAR DEMONSTRATION PROJECT STUDIED A NEIGHBORHOOD-BASED SYSTEM IN WHICH VOLUNTEER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNSELORS HELPED UNEMPLOYED AND UNDEREMPLOYED YOUNG MEN THROUGH A JOB TRAINING PROGRAM AND INTO EMPLOYMENT. A MID-WAY REPORT CONCENTRATED ON RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING. THIS FINAL REPORT CONCENTRATES ON THE ROLE OF THE VOLUNTEER AND ON THE DEVELOPMENT…

Based on the experiences of several community colleges, this report examines successful and unsuccessful strategies utilized in the formation of lay advisory committees for the humanities. The report first presents brief descriptions of successful committee organization efforts at five institutions: Clark College (Vancouver, WA), Brevard Community…

The purpose of this study was to identify the working memory capacity (M-space) for a group of 139 children (4 to 8 years of age) enrolled at Sandy Bay Infant School in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Four M-space tests -- The Counting Span Test (Case and Kurland, 1978), Mr. Cucui Test (DeAvila and Havassy, 1974), the Digit Placement Test (Case,…

The objectives of this workshop module are to increase teachers' awareness of the sex role stereotyping that exists in language and instructional materials and to provide instructors with strategies for increasing student awareness of sex bias and for countering the effects of stereotyping in their classroom materials. Workshop handouts for use in…

Intended to aid teachers, librarians, and others in the selection of Spanish-language books for children in grades K-12, the annotated guide includes books by Hispanic authors which highlight the lifestyle, folklore, heroes, history, fiction, poetry, theatre, and classical literature of Hispanic cultures. Most books included in the guide have been…

The purpose of this part of the multimethod Head Start bilingual/bicultural curriculum evaluation (Juarez and Associates 1978), is to familiarize curriculum model developers with test and item analysis procedures used to select and recommend tests for evaluating curriculum models. Considerations and procedures (such as screening, and comparing and…