Readings and audiovisual materials, selected especially for educators, related to the study of Afro-American, Hispano-American, and American Indian cultures are included in this 366-item annotated bibliography covering the period from 1861 to 1968. Historical, cultural, and biographical materials are included for each of the three cultures as well…

Serving prekindergarten through grade 5, the project was designed to improve the educational performance of children with learning problems (without regard to categorical labels) and thus support the work of the classroom teacher in the child's normal school setting. Team screening processes were developed to identify preschool or school age…

This document contains abstracts of approximately 300 papers presented at the 1967 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. A sampling of the varied subjects covered includes: dynamics of the school board role, concept learning, programed instruction, administrative behavior and organizational characteristics, correlates of…

Presented are four papers from a conference on mental retardation and families (1971). In the first paper, research is cited to show that current educational programs do not adequately exploit children's potential, and that child centered programs which ignore family/community influence do not significantly influence children's adjustment and…

An empirical study of the way children talk about art experiences is described and the meaning of this talk in terms of the cognition it represents is investigated. The criteria serving as the basis for creation of content analysis categories are subject matter, sensory elements, formal properties, technical competence, expressive elements,…

The third of the series of annotated bibliographies on doctoral research, this compilation focuses on early childhood education for the disadvantaged, concentrating on such issues as reading, parent involvement, teachers and paraprofessionals, summer programs, and the like in regard to Head Start programs; Follow Through programs; Negro dialects,…

GRADES OR AGES: K-12. SUBJECT MATTER: Language arts. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is divided into three sections, one each for elementary grades, middle grades, and high school. Each section is further subdivided by grade level. Sections are laid out in four columns across two pages. Column headings are concepts, teaching…

This study is one of a series of the Office of Education publications on major aspects of Soviet Education. Focusing on recent developments in training and research programs within the Soviet Union, it points up the continued growth in size and diversity of international education programs, and shows their relationship to the Soviet national…

The findings of a survey of selected administrative computer applications in large public school districts are presented in this report. Using a three part written questionnaire, the investigators polled 99 school districts throughout the United States and examined the responses of 55. Two major hypotheses were tested: 1) the difference in the…

This content analysis schedule for the Ukiah Indian, Mexican-American Bilingual-Bicultural Program of Ukiah, California, presents information on the history, funding, and scope of the project. Included are sociolinguistic process variables such as the native and dominant languages of students and their interaction. Information is provided on staff…

As a result of the evaluation that many English and social studies courses inadequately prepare students for today's world, a humanities program was designed to deal with real social, ethical, and educational problems while retaining the essential skills and ideas of the traditional subjects. This syllabus, the first of three sequential humanities…

This speech inventory developed for a study of aurally handicapped preschool children (see TM 001 129) provides information on intonation patterns in connected speech. The inventory consists of a list of phrases and simple sentences accompanied by pictorial clues. The test is individually administered by a teacher-examiner who presents the spoken…

The Early Childhood Education Project in 1969-70 maintained the same basic emphasis as in preceding years. The primary focus was on communication skill development and parental involvement. The results of this year's operation show evidence that the more treatment given pre-school-age children, the more positive the results will be. Project…

The elective course of study about the lives of selected Americans who shaped events is intended for grades seven through nine and arranged to fit the quinmester administrative organization of schools. Aims for students are to: study key individuals in the context of their time to understand how they affect culture and history; identify with…

Volume II of the three-volume final report on the Right to Read Preservice Teacher Preparation Project is arranged into five appendices presenting learning, instructional, and evaluational modules in the reading and language arts fields. Appendix A appears in Volume I. Appendix B is a first draft of nine modules for a second undergraduate reading…