Part of an effort by the Navajo Division of Education to formulate a comprehensive educational plan, this document includes testimony by people representing the five agency divisions on the Reservation (Shiprock, Crownpoint, Chinle, Tuba City, and Fort Defiance) and the public school districts serving Navajos. Also included is a synthesis of the…

This is a bibliography of instructional materials for the teaching of German in American schools from the kindergarten level through high school. The entries are divided into seven subject categories: Art, Language Arts, Literature, Music, Science-Mathematics, Social Sciences, and Other Materials. The author, title, subject category, distributor…

This is a collection of eight essays dealing with various aspects of language treatment in Egypt. The first essay attempts a tentative typology characterizing the role of the Arabic language as a unifying or divisive force within and among the countries in which it is spoken as a native language. This essay also makes some initial reflections on…

THIS BULLETIN INCLUDES INFORMATION FOR THE INITIATION, ORGANIZATION, AND OPERATION OF SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN TEXAS. PROGRAMS DESCRIBED ARE FOR THE BLIND, PARTIALLY SIGHTED, PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED, HOMEBOUND OR HOSPITALIZED, MINIMALLY BRAIN-INJURED, DEAF AND SEVERELY HARD OF HEARING, EDUCABLE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED, TRAINABLE MENTALLY…

Focuses on the problem of censorship in the public high schools, examining the legal aspects of censorship in that setting. (NKA)

This teacher's guide and student workbook are part of a series of content-centered packages of supplemental readings, activities, and methods adapted for secondary students who have disabilities and other students with diverse learning needs. Parallel Alternative Strategies for Students (PASS) materials are designed to help those students succeed…

This textbook, intended for registered nurses (RN's) returning to school, is designed to provide practicing RN's with professional concepts to advance their careers. The book contains 22 chapters organized in five sections. Each chapter includes chapter objectives, key terms, key points, chapter exercises, references, and a bibliography. Section I…

The persistent reading struggles and failure of nearly 40 percent of all American children, little improved over time, has led to aggressive government-funded efforts in school districts to train veteran teachers in the science of reading. The accumulated scientific findings of nearly 60 years of research gained the nation's attention with the…

This collection of 34 essays focuses on the practical application of theory within the domain of college classroom teaching, dealing primarily with undergraduate teaching at two- and four-year institutions. Part 1 examines the psychological foundations of teaching and learning, with chapters on cognition, student motivation, student and faculty…

This report presents the statistics of city public schools for the school year 1919-20. The cities have been divided into five groups: Group I, including all cities having a population of 100,000 or more; Group II, cities having a population of 30,000 or more but fewer than 100,000; Group III, cities with a population of 10,000 or more but fewer…

With Japan and America entering the ranks of the colonizing powers, the question of colonial education becomes particularly important, especially so in view of the fact that education in both Japan and America occupies a commanding position. It is rather significant that the two great Pacific powers should have become colonizing nations within…

This bibliography has been prepared in response to the growing interest, both in the United States and abroad, in English as a second or foreign language. The bibliography is selective rather than comprehensive, and provides a brief description of most publications. It is intended to be of assistance to foreign teachers of English as well as those…

The purpose of this manual is to place in the hands of the educational committees of the 44 State legislatures that convene in 1919, a suggestive program of educational legislation based upon the present emergency in our national life. Each topic discussed falls, as a rule, under three distinct heads: (1) Historic background; (2) Summary of…

Examines textbook-test alignment in the social studies curriculum. Defines alignment as review items conceptually and contextually matching test items. Indicates research that shows critically low alignment levels between review and test items, providing examples from a fifth grade textbook. Outlines five steps by which teachers can develop…

The "ISSS Annual Conference Proceedings" is a peer-reviewed professional publication published once a year following the annual conference. (Individual papers contain references.) [For the 2009 proceedings, see ED504973.]