A survey is presented of the types of problems which correspondence educators have to consider today. After discussion of the general characteristics and definitions of correspondence study, varying traditions in different parts of the world as to subject matter and student body are covered. A large, detailed section is given to the construction…

The teacher's manual accompanies an experimental instructional program entitled A Kid in Trouble - Juveniles and the Law, which was designed in an attempt to evaluate the effectiveness of teaching specific information about the law to mentally retarded youth. The 28 sequential lessons will be evaluated in field testing in selected junior high…

This instrument, developed and field-tested since February 1969, can be used to describe teacher behaviors during classroom teaching, planning, and evaluation and diagnosis. It is designed for use by a team of clinicians, the number depending on the purpose for which the instrument is used, e.g., to develop teacher descriptions for use in…

The report offers an overview of Project CAREER and its development of a computerized data bank of occupational behavioral objectives which can be used as curriculum building blocks for a career development process. Although developed for the general population, the data has applicability for the handicapped population via the coding of those…

The guide to classroom instruction in language development for trainable and primary level educable mentally handicapped children is said to be based on a 4 year demonstration project which subjectively evaluated several approaches to the stimulation of speech and language in retarded children. Stressed is the need to incorporate language…

The guide to classroom instruction in language development for educable mentally handicapped children at the intermediate level is said to be based on a 4 year demonstration project which subjectively evaluated several approaches to the stimulation of speech and language in retarded children. Stressed is the need to incorporate speech activities…

Presented in these teacher's guides for grades five and six are lesson plans and ideas for integrating mathematics and environmental education. Each lesson originates with a fundamental concept pertaining to the environment and states, in addition, its discipline area, subject area, and problem orientation. Following this, behavioral objectives…

Presented in these teacher's guides for grades seven and eight are lesson plans and ideas for integrating mathematics and environmental education. Each lesson originates with a fundamental concept pertaining to the environment and states, in addition, its discipline area, subject area, and problem orientation. Following this, behavioral objectives…

A career education program was designed for the disadvantaged youth in Leflore County, Mississippi, to be incorporated into the curriculum and supported with a guidance and counseling program (including job placement). At all grade levels, attempts were made to help the children become aware of themselves and others, develop a positive attitude…

This curriculum, designed for severely retarded children in a primary day care setting, is divided into three sections: (1) Awareness of Body Parts, (2) Gross Motor Skills, and (3) Language Arts. Detailed activities are suggested to develop and reinforce various gross motor coordinations and learning skills. (CS)

The teacher's manual on programed language instruction for trainable mentally handicapped children consists of curriculum of basic level vocabulary and teaching methods of small group instruction, reinforcement techniques, and specific learning principles. Distinctive features of the program are said to be: controlled language statements and…

The present study was designed to determine whether conservation of number, weight, volume, area, and mass could be learned and retained by disadvantaged preschool children when taught by an inexperienced classroom teacher. An instructional sequence of 10-minute lessons was presented on alternate days over a 3 1/2 week period by preservice…

An outline of principles for the construction of study materials is presented, including: (1) an analysis of prerequisites: goals, pupils, and language; (2) analysis of the educational process in experiments on method; (3) analysis of products with tests of various kinds; and (4) a description of the process of constructing study materials…

The resource guide provides a selection of approximately 50 teaching units on prevocational concepts and skills for use with educable mentally handicapped children at the primary, intermediate, and secondary levels. Stressed at each level are training for a job, choosing and getting a job, and working on the job. Teaching units are organized into…

A description of exercises originally designed for foreign children in the French educational system. A detailed lesson on reading a picture is given, involving brainstorming, classification of information, a listing of details and a possible interpretation. The exercises might be adapted to French foreign language instruction. (Text is in…