This paper suggests some principles and practices of vocational and technical education for the public education system. Five conclusions emerge from the paper: (1) Vocational and technical education are essential parts of the modern curriculum for public education; (2) public education is responsible for the vocational education of high school…

An empirical study investigated whether personality characteristics have a bearing on an individual's success with particular modes of instruction, in this case, computer-assisted instruction (CAI) and the programed text (PT). The study was developed in an attempt to establish useful criteria on which to base a rationale for choosing suitable…

This manual presents lesson plans for a second year course in spoken English for Navahos, based upon one hour of instruction five days a week. It contains a review of troublesome sounds, conversational dialogues, and work with the grammatical structure of spoken English. Actual conversational situations are used to teach the speaking patterns…

This manual presents lesson plans for a first year course in spoken English for Navahos, based on one hour of instruction five days a week. A sample lesson is presented for illustration. The instruction outlined for each week is so structured as to provide a maximum number of exposures to a given sound. In view of this, it is suggested that the…

Despite similarities between Hindi and Urdu and mutual intelligibility, at least on the spoken level, slight grammatical differences between the two languages do exist. The treatment of gender provides an example of such differences. Explanation of the actual differences in gender usage can be based on a synchronic, linguistic level as well as on…

This content analysis schedule for the Pomona Bilingual Leadership Program of Pomona, California, presents information on the history, funding, and scope of the project. Included are sociolinguistic process variables such as the native and dominant languages of students and their interaction. Information is provided on staff selection and the…

This content analysis schedule for Adaptations of Bilingual Education of Orange, California, presents information on the history, funding, and scope of the project. Included are sociolinguistic process variables such as the native and dominant languages of students and their interaction. Information is provided on staff selection and the…

This Quinmester Course is designed to help students apply the principles of effective study in a variety of testing situations. Emphasis is on developing such skills as planning wise use of allotted time, adapting reading rate to various types of test items, identifying types of analogous relationships and word attack skills, including recognition…

Audiovisual aids currently in use in the Quincy, Mass., public schools are evaluated in terms of how well they meet performance objectives for a particular course. The materials range from nursery to senior high school level in the curriculum areas of art, music, social studies, communications, science, mathematics, health and physical education,…

The effectiveness of employing educationally advanced inmates as one-to-one basic education tutors for inmate students was evaluated. In conjunction with this evaluation, an experimental study of the most efficient material presentation and testing techniques using this manpower resource was conducted. Three different modes of presenting…

Provided in this guide are examples of specific methods and techniques to implement the training methodologies described in Part I of the Guidelines (see SO 002 456). Each of the five sections correspond to objectives presented in Part I. A) Planning and Preparing for a Program includes materials for collecting and organizing content; staff…

In their development of curriculum for the humanizing of learning, Research for Better Schools, Inc., has required the reorganization, reordering, and creation of instrumentation for evaluation in the higher-order cognitive skills, the affective skills, and the interpersonal skills. As part of their design, a critical organization and review of…

A reassessment of schools and education in general from the standpoint of the orthopsychiatrist, this volume attempts to answer a wide variety of questions such as: What does society expect from its educational institutions? What exactly is the educational experience and do we really mean to provide it for children? How can the schools best deal…

This conference report contains a keynote address by Dr. Howard Altman, entitled "Individualizing Foreign Language Instruction: Theoretical and Practical Considerations," and five reports of the conference group sessions. Reports include: (1) "Techniques for Implementing Individualized Instruction," (2) "Performance Objectives," (3) "Developing…

It is not possible to outline a "system" of education which could be applied to all children with language handicaps. Each child with a language deviation will provide his own model and his own system of educational needs based upon the extent to which he is atypical in his language development. The disadvantaged child lacks the language facility…