This volume is the fifth in a series of 29 coordinated MINNEMAST units in mathematics and science for kindergarten and the primary grades. Intended for use by kindergarten teachers, this unit guide provides a summary and overview of the unit, a list of materials needed, and descriptions of four groups of activities. The purposes and procedures for…

This volume is the twelfth in a series of 29 coordinated MINNEMAST units in mathematics and science for kindergarten and the primary grades. Intended for use by first-grade teachers, this unit guide provides a summary and overview of the unit, a list of materials needed, and descriptions of four groups of lessons. The purposes and procedures for…

This volume is the nineteenth in a series of 29 coordinated MINNEMAST units in mathematics and science for kindergarten and the primary grades. Intended for use by second-grade teachers, this unit guide provides a summary and overview of the unit, a list of materials needed, and descriptions of five groups of activities. The purposes and…

This volume is the twenty-third in a series of 29 coordinated MINNEMAST units in mathematics and science for kindergarten and the primary grades. Intended for use by third-grade teachers, this unit guide provides a summary and overview of the unit, a list of materials needed, and descriptions of six groups of lessons. The purposes and procedures…

This paper reports on the development, evaluation and implications of a primary grade social development curriculum based on structural, developmental, and social perspective taking theory. The curriculum was used in a preliminary pilot study and in a formal 8-week intervention program with 14 second and third grade classes. The social…

This book is intended to help college professors reexamine their responsibilities toward the moral development of students. Part I deals with the nature of moral development. Essays discuss what is meant by moral development, ways in which contributions from various academic disciplines can be relevant to a study of moral development, Lawrence…

This report describes seven new national curriculum development programs that were featured in workshops at the 1973 convention of the National Association of Secondary School Principals. Although most of the programs deal with the physical and social sciences, the programs stress a multidisciplinary approach. Four of the programs are intended for…

In an attempt to make basic social science education more responsive to the needs of students in a rapidly changing society, the authors developed and conducted an experimental course entitled "Economics and Politics in a Changing Society" (EPICS). The goals of this course include improvement in thinking ability and creativeness, progress in…

A 3-year Project ABLE social studies curriculum for vocational students was developed by high school teachers around general vocational, citizenship, knowledge, and self-fulfillment objectives and emphasized problem-solving ability, use of new instructional materials, different teaching strategies, and individualized instruction. Structured at…

This study, undertaken at Bradley University (Peoria, Illinois), sought to determine the comparative effects on writing skills and knowledge of students in two different sequences of English composition: (1) two semesters taken the freshman year, English 101-102, and (2) one semester taken the freshman year and one semester the junior year,…

An overview of the development of research in social studies education, representing investigations made during this century up to 1970, is presented in this reference handbook. The guide, designed to aid researchers in the field, is arranged in three main sections. In the first section, Research in Social Studies and Social Science Education,…

An evaluation of an experimental anthropology program which was introduced to students at the Magee Secondary School is presented. The purpose of the course, a detailed course outline, and the rationale and basic generalizations of Anthropology 11E are included. A listing of required and suggested course readings as well as student reaction to the…

The subject of this paper is a black twelfth grade experimental class in the Problems of American Democracy conducted in the fall of the 1969 school year. They were concerned with studying the local black community in its past and present forms from a cross-cultural anthropological point of view. A conceptual scheme of natural history involved the…

This study examined the effect of a Specialized Language Activities curriculum upon the language development of 40 selected ninth graders who prepared short improvised dramas for production on videotape. Working on the premise that concentration on one aspect of the language arts would aid development in other areas, students in this experimental…

The purpose of this study was to develop a kindergarten social studies unit based on selected key concepts of anthropology and to evaluate the achievement in anthropology for preprimary children. The relationship of selected pupil characteristics to gain in anthropology was also examined. Eleven Georgia public kindergarten classes which were field…