A curriculum guide was prepared for the teaching of standard spoken English in the Los Angeles junior high schools. This guide focuses specifically on the language handicaps of Mexican-American students. The lessons were designed for use with accompanying tapes and filmstrips. (See also UD 007702 for parallel program to help Negro students). (NH)

The course in computational linguistics described in this paper was given at The American University during the spring semester of 1969. The purpose of the course was "to convey to students with no previous experience an appreciation of the growing art of computational linguistics which encompasses every use to which computers can be put in…

This unit for grade 12 is concerned with both the methods and purposes of the historical study of phonology, morphology, and syntax in the English language. The introduction to the unit illustrates language change in Old, Middle, and Modern English versions of "The Prodigal Son" and examines the causes of current language changes as…

This guide is designed to provide seventh-grade social studies teachers with materials needed to present instruction in reading skills and to teach those facts, concepts, and attitudes which are the aim of social studies education. Entries on the subject of New York State government and local government are arranged by topic, and material within…

The syllabus for Education 672, an introductory course on adult education at Ohio State University, opens by listing the five basic courses and describing course objectives (knowledge, skill in thinking, and development of interests and social attitudes). Subsequent sections explain the use of term papers and field visits and outline textbook and…

This is one of two teacher's guides for a three-year integrated biology, chemistry, and physics course being prepared by the Portland Project Committee. This committee reviewed and selected material developed by the national course improvement groups--Physical Science Study Committee, Chemical Bond Approach, Chemical Education Materials Study,…

This curriculum guide for teachers was developed for preschool education in the Child Observation and Parent-Preschool Child Classes conducted through the Parent Education Program, Division of Adult Education of Los Angeles City Schools. The classes for which this curriculum guide is intended are attended by parents and their children, ages two to…

A preliminary set of content objectives for a 4-year Russian program for Wisconsin secondary schools is delin"ated in this curriculum guide. Trends in the high school study of Russian are discussed briefly, and the skills and concepts necessary for communication are spelled out. Major attention is given to the skill and content tables which chart…

Organized so that each teacher may use some latitude in planning teaching approaches, the guide describes the sequential curriculum used with educable mentally retarded children in a residential setting. Arithmetic, language arts, science, and social studies are outlined separately for preprimary, primary, and intermediate levels. Vocational units…

This report describes all aspects of a radiation health technology program at a lower-division college level. Such a program must include certain basic courses, plus supplementary ones to meet the needs of local employers. To implement and sustain a curriculum, the college must (1) determine the need for it, (2) establish its objectives, (3)…

This guide is designed to provide seventh-grade social studies teachers with materials needed to present instruction in reading skills and to teach those facts, concepts, and attitudes which are the aim of social studies education. Entries on the subject of early New York history are arranged by topic, and material within each topic is arranged…

The National University Extension Association was planning to conduct nine regional training institutes of four weeks each during August, 1966, for 1,060 teacher trainers in adult basic education programs. The institutes were to be operated under Title II B of the Economic Opportunity Act. In this first progress report, information is provided on…

This report describes an Education for Parenthood demonstration program developed by the Salvation Army for teenagers living at a Salvation Army children's home in Philadelphia. Weekly sessions, held over a 6-month period, emphasized self-esteem, knowledge about children, and career development in the child care field. Firsthand experience in a…

A study was done (1) to delineate the parameters of economic education and consumer education and develop a tool (model) which can be used to assess the focus and content of the two fields at the kindergarten through twelfth grade (K-12) levels and (2) to assess the model by comparison with the content of teacher and student resources used in…

Designed to meet the needs of the community of Warren, Ohio, for competent office clerks, this course of study is presented as a sample that illustrates a format based on the instructional systems development (ISD) process. As a course of study for preparing students for entry-level employment as clerk-typists, file clerks, billing clerks, payroll…