This annotated bibliography cites newspaper articles, government publications, and journal articles dealing with education in Pakistan. Items listed were published between January and March 1980. Topics covered include the following: educational administration, organization and financing; childhood education; curriculum; educational goals,…

This study examines the hypothesis that the French used by a large number of Franco-Ontarians represents a linguistic system (or several systems) that differs from Standard French. In addition, a review of previous research leads to the inverse hypothesis, that Ontarian French represents a body of different systems or sub-systems that are more or…

This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 14 titles deal with the following topics: observable behaviors and verbal responses elicited by a specific listening task; the relationship between oral spelling, auditory sequencing, and vocal rhythm; the effect of listening…

Several studies have begun to investigate the claim that children can make most phonological discriminations when they begin to speak. This paper investigates how well children aged 2;3 to 2;11 can discriminate between pairs of minimally different real words, and it shows that the results are affected by how well the children know the words. It is…

This competency-based preservice home economics teacher education module on technological, sociological, ecological, and environmental factors related to food is the first in a set of five modules on consumer education related to foods and nutrition. (This set is part of a larger series of sixty-seven modules on the Management Approach to Teaching…

This competency-based preservice home economics teacher education module on sociological, psychological, and economic factors affecting clothing selection is the second in a set of four modules on consumer education related to textiles and clothing. (This set is part of a larger series of sixty-seven modules on the Management Approach to Teaching…

Fifteen units on office duplication practices are presented in this teacher's guide. The unit topics include the following: consumer mathematics, stock record control, paper characteristics and classification, immovable carriage typewriter, using the manual typewriter, written communications, clerical recordkeeping, petty cash, supplementary…

New Canadian minority students, ages 6-16 were the subjects of this study on evaluation practices, educational policies, and placement procedures. The term denotes immigrants of West Indian, East Indian, or Portuguese origin, or other non-Anglo-Saxon background. Structured interviews were conducted with 34 Ontario boards of education and with 245…

Designed as supplemental material to on-going instruction in the vocational program, this teacher's manual to the Upholstery series is intended to accompany three dictionary booklets (available as CE 024 422, CE 024 423, and CE 024 424) for use by handicapped students to help them master the core vocabulary taught in the trade. Information…

DEAF MEN WHOSE HANDICAPS WERE BEYOND THE SCOPE OF AVAILABLE STATE SERVICES WERE ENROLLED IN A PROGRAM TO DEVELOP READINESS FOR VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION. THE 33 TRAINEES WERE GIVEN INSTRUCTION IN COMMUNICATION, READING, SOCIAL STUDIES, ARITHMETIC, SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT, OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING, DRIVER EDUCATION, AND PREEMPLOYMENT TRAINING. TRADITIONAL…

A TEACHER TRAINING MANUAL DEVELOPED IN THREE ADULT BASIC EDUCATION WORKSHOPS SPONSORED BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL ADULT EDUCATION (NAPSAE) OUTLINES A SCHEME APPLICABLE BOTH TO TRAINEES AND TO THEIR DISADVANTAGED CLIENTELE. TEACHER TRAINING METHODS INCLUDE ROLE PLAYING, TALKS BY EXPERTS, DEMONSTRATIONS AND EXHIBITIONS, FIELD…

IN RESEARCH ON JUNIOR NCO LEADERSHIP PREPARATION FOR ADVANCED BASIC ARMY TRAINEES, A LARGE SCALE EXPERIMENT CONTRASTED THREE LEADERSHIP TRAINING TREATMENTS AND TWO CONTROL TREATMENTS. THESE WERE SYSTEMATICALLY APPLIED TO EACH OF FIVE COMPANIES IN A SINGLE BATTLE GROUP AT AN ARMY TRAINING CENTER IN 1961. THE STUDY INVOLVED MORE THAN 400 TRAINEE…

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A NONGRADED HIGH SCHOOL WAS COMPARED WITH THAT OF A TRADITIONALLY GRADED HIGH SCHOOL IN THE SAME CITY BY ADMINISTERING TESTS AND RELATED EVALUATION METHODS TO A RANDOMLY SELECTED SAMPLE GROUP OF 141 TENTH-YEAR STUDENTS AT EACH OF THE SCHOOLS. SIX STUDENT GROUPS FOR EACH SCHOOL (DISTINGUISHED BY SEX AND ABILITY LEVEL) WERE USED…

THE FINAL REPORT OF THE MENTAL HEALTH PROJECT FOR THE DEAF IS PRESENTED. FOLLOWING AN EXPLANATION OF THE PROJECT AND ITS PROCEDURES AND AN HISTORICAL REVIEW OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ARE REPORTS (BY INDIVIDUAL AUTHORS) OF THE RESEARCH PROGRAM WITHIN THE NEW YORK STATE DEAF POPULATION, THE REPORTS CONSIDER (1) METHODOLOGICAL…

This resource book is one of three documents developed in a community college project to meet the career and vocational needs of disadvantaged handicapped youth (mainly the learning disabled, the educable mentally handicapped, and the emotionally handicapped) by assisting them to gain and retain full-time, non-subsidized employment. The resource…