Intended for use with kindergarten through grade four students, this guide provides a number of ways for using newspapers in the classroom. The guide is designed to help teachers and students with ways of starting newspaper activities; with reading, writing, speaking, listening, and thinking opportunities; and with possibilities for making…

This police guide reports on police responses to spouse abuse and wife beating calls based on research collected from visits to 17 police departments, interviews with police managers, a survey of 130 police officers, and interviews with social service professionals. The first chapter explains the purposes of the report, i.e., to: (1) provide…

This manual was developed to aid local school districts in complying with the requirement of California's Pupil Proficiency Law that districts provide extra help to students not making adequate progress towards basic skill mastery. Guidelines for the development of instructional packages keyed to the school districts proficiency tests, various…

Activities and games that have been used successfully in elementary classrooms are contained in this booklet intended for use by educators who wish to develop simple and inexpensive individualized reading materials. The activities emphasize the improvement of a variety of skills, including knowledge of antonyms, categorizing, compound words, main…

Designed for use by local schools in developing language arts programs, this guide presents a sequence of skill development for each of four areas of interest: listening, speaking, writing, and reading. The first part of the guide relates the principles of building a language arts program, discusses the development of communication skills, and…

An inservice teacher education learning module is described which focuses on skill building in organizing independent learning in intermediate level classrooms. Content of the minicourse emphasizes acquiring information and practicing skills of helping pupils understand independent work, solve problems, and accept delayed teacher response, and of…

The teacher program described here focuses on the basic principles of interpersonal communication and emphasizes skill development in face to face communication, nonverbal communication, and in giving and receiving feedback. The inservice topics addressed by the product include the use of techniques such as paraphrasing, describing behavior,…

The development of a self-instruction package on making notes from reading which was designed for new students at Newcastle Polytechnic in the United Kingdom is described. Notemaking skills involve recognition of topics and topic sentences in a written text, picking out key content words in the text, recognition of key relationships and…

Observation and interviews of the children in two third grade classrooms--one in which children write frequently and learn punctuation skills in context, and one in which children learn punctuation in isolation--suggest that punctuation skills are learned more effectively in context. In interviews the "writers" could explain an average of 8.66…

The learning module described here provides systematic training for secondary school teachers and students in discussion skills. The content focuses on techniques to facilitate reflective, open inquiry into controversial issues. Methods of setting up and running workshops in group discussion are described. Information is provided on the purposes…

Two methods for enhancing the job interviewing skills of rehabilitation clients were studied: the MDC Quest Series (a slide-tape program produced by the Materials Development Center at the University of Wisconsin-Stout) and group role playing. Forty clients were assigned in a 2 x 2 (presence or absence of role play by presence or absence of Quest)…

During the week of July 11, 1977, the Illinois Office of Education (IOE) hosted a consulting/linkage skills awareness workshop in Springfield, Illinois. The workshop was part of a reorganization process that began in 1975 when IOE planners determined to separate the regulatory functions from the service functions of the agency. As a result, the…

Problems related to elementary school students' ability to read social studies materials are discussed. Emphasis is placed on the task that confronts the student while reading social studies and on the teacher's role in helping students improve their reading skills. Vocabulary is identified as the major factor contributing to reading difficulties.…

Students from thirteen middle school science classes participated in this study to determine their formal reasoning ability and locus of control. Students were observed through a sequence of lessons for their classroom behavior. Results indicated that achievement was related to high formal reasoning ability, attention to instruction, and internal…

Career education demonstration programs were set up in schools in a three county consortium effort in Florida. Activities were based on an operational model incorporating eight elements--career, economic, and educational awareness; subject area skills; self awareness; decision making; attitudes and appreciation; and employability skills. The…