The present study tested four research hypotheses dealing with sentence-combining (SC) practice as a component of the language arts curriculum. It examined the progress of 100 seventh graders over a period of three months. No formal instruction in grammar was included. Four classes, controlled for ability, sex, and teacher effect, followed a…

The purpose of this document is to provide a continuous, integrated, and sequential list of basic language arts skills for grades 1-12. The skills are listed for each grade in appropriate categories (such as reading skills, written communication, oral communications, and language skills), with the expected level of competency (mastery, competency,…

Contained in this series of reports are the procedures, research data, and background information pertaining to the Needs Assessment Phase as conducted by the English Program Planning Committee from September 1972 to the present. The series presents all aspects of the Intermediate English Evaluation Project, which is an overall evaluation of…

Conventional English education and language arts departments on the college level have failed to answer the need for elementary and secondary teachers competent in both educational methods and linguistic theory. An interdisciplinary "educational linguist" could bridge the schism between areas, avoid duplication of services, serve as a more…

A great variety of books are available for children which can be used to develop literary appreciation and literacy skills while aiding them in sharpening their awareness and realizing their human potential. These books can be found in many categories, some of which are easy-to-read books, historical and modern fiction which mirrors reality,…

In this paper, a community college English instructor reviews the pertinent literature and presents his own thoughts on the roles of literature, grammar, linguistics, and semantics in teaching freshman composition and on the most common methodologies used. He also offers some general conclusions regarding composition as a subject in the…

Chapter 1 contains a general description of the Israeli school system, with a history of education in Israel and a summary of the education situation in Palestine; a discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of the school system's division into general, religious, and labor trends; a detailed account of the organizational framework; an…

This special issue of the "Indiana English Journal" is devoted to such articles on literature in the classroom as "The Boys of Summer" by Saul Bachner, "Sexual Stereotypes and Persuasive Techniques in Children's Literature" by Marilyn Faulconer and Thomas Tortoriello, and teaching "Silas Marner Again" by…

This guide was developed to help teachers instruct children in the language arts and develop children's language skills. Section 1 presents such topics as motor skills, listening skills, visual skills, vocabulary development, comprehension, oral expression, and written expression. Each topic is divided into three parts: skill sequence, teaching…

This ungraded curriculum guide was designed specifically for slow learners in basic, secondary level English classes. The content, built on the rationale that the slow learner can learn to spell and use standard English in speaking and writing, consists of twenty-three objectives for each of which several activities and techniques are listed. A…

In order to meet the needs of the students in a small rural school (Corbett High School in Oregon), 3 projects have been instituted which are geared to individual student interest, vocational choice, and ability. The first project, a non-graded language arts program, was developed by existing staff. Students in grades 9 through 12 are grouped by…

The study was designed to determine whether (1) creativity training using behavior modification techniques would produce significant gains in test scores of experimental over control subjects; (2) conditioned skills would generalize to a different problem operation--for which training was not given; and (3) training in fluency and flexibility…

This study attempted (1) to identify the auding levels of achievement of first grade children, (2) to compare the auding achievement of children in the first grade who had 1 year of pre-primary instruction with children in the first grade as their first year of systematic schooling, and (3) to explore the extent of the relationships between the…

When applying for federal funding of an academic project, the writing of the proposal is important and should include a description of the institution and its population, a statement of the problem to be alleviated, an outline of the proposed attack on the problem, a specific catalog of each necessary item, and an itemized statement of the…

Developed for a high school quinmester unit on comparative biography, this guide provides the teacher with strategies to aid students in examining biography from "Plutarch's Lives" and Cellini's "Autobiography" to Nabokoc's "Speak, Memory." Special emphasis is placed on comparison of biographies of the same person and…