A basic overview of Research and Development (R and D) Centers programs, and the various larger institutions of which they are a part, is given. The administrative and program structure of the Johns Hopkins R and D Center follows, with an organizational chart, staff list, and a program and project register included. A descriptive overview of the…

In an effort to isolate the emergence and causes of social class differences in intellectual performance, this longitudinal study was undertaken as a follow-up on a cross-sectional study that yielded no social class differences on the Cattell Infant Intelligence Scale for 12-, 18-, and 24-month-old black children. In the present study, 89 children…

A report on the Adult Basic Education teacher-training institute held at Mississippi State University, July 21-August 8, 1969, contains edited presentations of several of the instructional consultants, the contents of the final reports of the four work-study groups, and the results of an extensive evaluation of the institute. Areas covered were:…

As a Title III project of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the Clarksville-Montgomery County Schools (specifically St. Bethlehem School) developed this resource guide for outdoor education in grades 1-6. The concept stated by L. B. Sharp--"That which can best be taught in the out-of-doors should be taught there"--provided the focus for…

Greatest emphasis should be placed on the developmental and preventive aspects of the reading program, and the talents, skills, and responsibilities of the reading specialist should be redirected. At present too much time is spent by reading specialists in remediation work. To combat this and to work toward a total language arts program the author…

Supplementary programs of group counseling-guidance and of educational skills instruction, including language arts and mathematics, were implemented at the Penta-County Vocational School, an area vocational school near Toledo, Ohio. The subjects included approximately 300 high school juniors divided into 30 groups for participation in both phases…

A two week survey was conducted to: (1) investigate the state of developmental book activity in Laos, (2) determine the priority of Laos's book needs, (3) develop program recommendations to meet the needs and (4) formulate regional recommendations. Recommendations on materials and methods needed are: (1) continuation of textbook distribution on a…

Failure of commercial materials to meet the particular needs of the Navajo child resulted in development of this curriculum guide for non-English-speaking children. Teaching objectives and behavioral student objectives are presented for 5 areas of language arts (oral English, listening skills, cognitive processes, writing readiness, and formal…

Concern is expressed here with college reading programs and with improvements needed to enable them to keep pace with the effects of rapid progress in the communications field on reading habits. Reading, especially critical reading, will be more necessary than ever in interpreting and evaluating all the ideas being gained or received from the…

Determination of the effectiveness of visual perceptual training upon word recognition and subsequent reading achievement of the culturally disadvantaged first grader was this study's goal. Forty-eight pupils in two sections of the first grade of an elementary school in Louisiana tested the hypotheses that no difference would be revealed in the…

Since linguists have been concerned with a variety of approaches to the teaching of reading, their linguistic theories and recommended practices should become familiar to teachers of American Indian students. A number of studies have evolved from the work of Leonard Bloomfield and Charles Fries who felt that reading comprehension was a passive…

Old French for undergraduates, as it is offered to students at the University of Minnesota, Morris, represents a break with tradition. A rationale for the program and course descriptions accentuate benefits accrued from undergraduate medieval studies. Syllabuses for French 80, The History of the Language; French 90, Directed Medieval Studies; and…

This report reviews 13 programs funded under Title I of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act. The Bilingual-Bicultural Program was also funded under Title VII of the ESEA. The Elementary bilingual program promoted academic achievement, English competence, and exposure to cultural heritage. The Chinese bilingual program served pupils in…

This programed learning package on bilingual-bicultural education (BBE) is intended for teachers, administrators, paraprofessionals, and others involved in education. The material is based on four performance objectives, which are accompanied by learning activities designed to help the reader master each objective. The objectives involve learning…

This study partially replicated Moss's "A Study of the Effect of Selected Methods of Instruction Designed to Increase Originality in Written Expression," except for the fact that this investigator taught a 5th grade and an 11th grade class for most of a school year. Some of the conclusions of the study were: no particular teaching technique was…