Analyzes first grade children's perception of written word boundaries after a year of reading instruction, concluding that children have little idea what words are after their first year of instruction. (RB)

Tests syllabication rules on social studies tests and basals and compares findings with other research. (TO)

Recommendations include: (1) Students need guidance in note-taking and study habits; (2) Lectures should be improved to make note-taking easier; and (3) Handouts are essential to provide students with terms, references, and a clear outline of the lecture. (Author/PG)

In an effort to obtain an accurate account of the evaluation processes used by learning assistance programs, a questionnaire was distributed to 231 institutions in the United States requesting information of the following types: type of program, population served, funding sources, evaluation rationale and methodology, information gained and…

This handbook is designed to help parents help their children learn to read and to deal successfully with school tasks. It contains suggested activities and games, many of which can be made at home. Suggestions are also given for how to make reading an easy, pleasant task instead of a difficult tiring one. Suggestions are offered for children of…

Proposes a study of the various ways in which words and groups of words can be matched with single non-coded pictures as an aid to foreign language instruction, particularly French. (AM)

Presents guidelines for teaching high school and college students how to write essay tests in English. (RB)

Perception, problem solving, and memory provide the focus of an applied learning techniques/study skills course offered at Marist College (Poughkeepsie, New York). The unit on perception provides a discussion of the dynamics of verbal and nonverbal communication and suggests specific strategies to improve these functions. The student learns when,…

A recent study of neologisms has restated the prominent position of the lexicon from a linguistic point of view. From the perspective of language teachers, it is evident that an adequate vocabulary plays a crucial role in the ability to communicate in a foreign language. The fact that the lexicon is a major component of a language has caused the…

This study describes immediate and delayed text recall characteristics of good and poor readers at grades five, eight, eleven, and college. Two science and social study passages were selected from texts used at each grade. Immediately after reading and recalling each of the passages, one of four study conditions was administered: no study, think,…

A study was undertaken to identify the strategies good and poor readers at the university level use when reading a text assignment. Forty-four study strategies were identified based on answers to a questionnaire concerning how they studied that was given to one hundred university freshmen enrolled in an elective reading and study skills class.…

A study of technology students' understanding and learning in mechanics is reported, which was carried out at the Swedish Chalmers University of Technology, in the School of Mechanical Engineering. Data were collected on one group of students' progress through the required courses, and include regular examinations, interviews, a learning session,…

This guide presents the "minimum teaching essentials" published by the New York City Board of Education, for science education in grades 9-12. Covered are: biology, physics, earth science, and chemistry. Work study skills for all subjects are given with content areas, performance objectives, and suggested classroom activities. (APM)

Noting that many reading-study techniques used by students to improve their comprehension and test scores fail because the students who need such assistance often lack the self-discipline to use them, this paper introduces S4R, a teacher-controlled reading-study method. After briefly describing each of the five components of the program,…

Graduation requirements in the Delphian School are presented for primary, elementary, middle, and secondary levels. The Delphian curriculum is based on eight dynamics (fundamental urges or drives that motivate conduct); requirements are not stated in terms of time in the course room or grades or required courses, but rather in terms of abilities.…