Reported are the results of a 20-day highly concentrated program of teaching mathematics, language arts, and human relations to disadvantaged fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students in Houston, Texas. This follow-up study is based on a sample of 80 students from the original group of 200. Findings show that: (1) there were no significant…

A study was developed to evaluate the effectiveness of a preinstruction retention index (designed to maximize recall of mathematical concepts by predicting the idiosyncratic number of examples per mathematical concept required by each student). Subjects, 27 female and 26 male eighth grade students, were administered a retention measure through…

This annotated bibliography contains sections divided according to area of study, and within each category materials are listed alphabetically by publisher. Publishers and mailing addresses are listed at the end of the bibliography. Throughout the annotations, whenever specific grade level divisions are not named, the regular Adult Basic Education…

The Central Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Remedial Services to Eligible Nonpublic School Pupils is a direct outgrowth of the ESEA Title I Act of 1965 and has been operating in New York City Public Schools since 1966. During the 1972-73 school year approximately 16,300 pupils were enrolled in the NPS program and were serviced by the…

This document evaluates a resource room model for 10 educable mentally retarded and 15 mildly educationally handicapped junior high school students in Michigan. Discussed in the overview are curriculum organization, individual assessment, and remediation by two teachers in areas of mathematics, home economics, English, and science. Described are…

The course outline has been prepared as a guide to help the trainee become proficient in the skills and knowledge necessary to become an aviation mechanic. The course is composed of four blocks subdivided into units, and requires a quinmester of 135 clock hours to complete: Block 1, Weight and Balance; Block 2, Mathematics; Block 3, Shop Drawing;…

The purpose of this curriculum guide is to help the economics teacher in his endeavor to fulfill his teaching responsbilities. Space is provided for teachers' additions, deletions, notes, and criticisms which will be useful when the guide is revised. The guide is arranged in vertical columns relating the consumer economics curriculum concepts to:…

Texts are provided of the various presentations made at the 1973 National Conference for the Individualization of Instruction. The individual papers focus on numerous topics as they relate to individualized instruction, including the following: (1) elementary school math, reading, and movement instruction; (2) secondary school reading…

Information useful for the initiation and operation of an individualized learning center (ILC) is provided in this manual which also includes an evaluation of the ILC for the American Indian students of the Cook School in Arizona. The recommendations in the manual are based on the experience gained in operating the ILC at the Cook School. The…

This handbook, designed as part of the Right to Read Program in Hampton, Virginia, focuses on the development of reading skills within the content area classroom. Sections discussing the instructional and organizational strategies are followed by specific units of study. These individual units include learning objectives or concepts, materials,…

Discussed in a paper which was presented at the 1974 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association are diagnostic procedures for instructional planning to be used with learning disabled elementary school children handicapped in the area of mathematics. Traditional diagnostic approaches such as intelligence tests are criticized.…

An analysis of the statewide evaluation reports of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, Title I, program in California for 1971-72 indicated general findings regarding each of several components: Title I students at all grade levels, on an average, attained more than one month's growth in reading skills for each month of…

This article is an account of the author's first year of work in an open concept second grade class. The author's classroom experiences related to discipline, instruction, student teachers, materials, field trips, reading, art projects, and organization of a school store are discussed. Specific books and chapters the author found beneficial for…

In the spring of 1973, a standardized test of reading and mathematics skills was administered to 564 grade 3 pupils distributed among two open plan schools (155 pupils) and seven conventionally constructed schools (409 pupils). The groups were matched on IQ, geographic location, the academic qualifications of their teachers, and average class…

The resource materials represent the cooperative efforts of graduate students enrolled in a 2-week field learning class. The specific objective of the reports was to consider the ways urban resources can be used in outdoor education teaching in and from a "city" environment. The individual reports are: Athletic Field; Community Signs; Curbs and…