This investigation was designed to assess the effects of parent influences on the question-asking skills of their children. A total of 43 randomly selected, first grade, Mexican-American children were chosen as subjects and divided equally into a control and an experimental group. In each group the children were further subdivided into two groups…

The book contains samples of the curriculum materials produced by the High School Geography Project (HSGP) and the Sociological Resources for the Social Studies Project (SRSS) to be used in training preservice and inservice secondary teachers in inquiry methods of instruction. The authors believe that learning occurs through active involvement.…

An analysis of factors contributing to socio-civic deterioration suggests a framework for emphasis in social studies instruction that teachers may use to take a positive step toward the improvement and maintenance of civilized society. These factors include social rigidity rather than change; overreach and overexpansion leading to exhaustion of…

This is one of several individualized learning packets to help students clarify the concept of values. The stated behavioral objectives are that students will: 1) relate their actions to their values; 2) predict the outcome of a survey; 3) conduct, compare, and draw conclusions from a survey; 4) identify some of their values; 5) compare American…

The overall objective of the curriculum development project is to develop a general high school level interdisciplinary course on environment studies. This potential five to ten month course is outlined as follows: ecology, water pollution, air pollution, noise pollution, population, socioeconomic implications, and resource management. The general…

There are two parts to this curriculum development project. Project A is briefly described here as the development resource book, at an adult level, to serve as a primary source of information for teachers concerning the views and feelings of Indians and Metis peoples in modern society. A teacher's guide, curriculum unit and multimedia kit will be…

This elementary curriculum handbook's basic premise is that the responsibility for curriculum determination is fundamentally the responsibility of the local school district. The contents are intended to assist local district personnel working on the social studies curriculum of the elementary school with suggestions, guidelines, resources, and…

Three five-hour kits of self-contained materials: Using Simulation to Involve Students, Using Media to Stimulate Inquiry, and Using Evaluation to Improve Instruction, were field tested in sixty-four pre-service and in-service training programs. The kits were based on successful teaching strategies in the High School Geography Project course,…

The goal of this booklet is to identify and present essential concepts and generalizations within the structure of knowledge of the social studies. The basic rationale rests upon the following assumptions: 1) the development of concepts and generalizations should be given primary emphasis over retention of facts in teaching the social sciences; 2)…

Two main points are stressed in this essay: (1) Reading literature aloud to students is not only educationally sound, but for many youngsters, necessary; and (2) In order to help his students become critical listeners of the literature that is read to them, a teacher must build bridges between the youngsters' experience and that in the literature.…

In order to acquaint students with other environments and to develop an awareness of their own community, the study of a small community in Canada was undertaken by this project development team. The Alpha students studied Chilliwack the first year (ED 066 352) and this second report covers their study of Powell River. The aim of the developers is…

Presented is the experimental edition of Unit I: Exploring My Environment, which consists of 29 life science curriculum activities intended for the 13-to-15-year-old educable mentally retarded child. The curriculum guide is being used in the final field test prior to revision. Stressed throughout the program are ecological themes, inquiry skills,…

Presented is the experimental edition of Unit II: Me as a Habitat, which consists of 19 life science curriculum activities intended for the 13-to-15-year-old educable mentally retarded child. The curriculum guide is being used in the final field test prior to revision. Stressed throughout the program are ecological themes, inquiry skills, problem…

Presented is the experimental edition of Unit III: Energy Relationships in My Environment, which consists of 25 life science curriculum activities intended for the 13-to-15-year-old educable mentally retarded child. The curriculum guide is being used in the final field test prior to revision. Stressed throughout the program are ecological themes,…

Presented is the experimental edition of Unit IV: Transfer and Cycling of Materials in My Environment, which consists of 29 life science curriculum activities intended for the 13-to-15-year-old educable mentally retarded child. The curriculum guide is being used in the final field test prior to revision. Stressed throughout the program are…