Secondary and college teachers from the Northeast Conference on Foreign Language Teaching responded to a survey to investigate the status of foreign language instruction in the United States. The morale of the profession was found to be high, in spite of the demands made on language teachers, reduced job mobility, and a high average age. The…

This manual for administrators and teachers describes The Reading Tests for New York State Elementary Schools. The tests, utilizing the Degrees of Reading Power methodology, are designed to measure the most difficult prose text a student can read with comprehension, and are administered to all sixth grade students as part of the Pupil Evaluation…

One of seven sections of a report that examines the assessment of occupational competence, this chapter examines the issue of certification from the perspective of the consumer of services performed by the individual possessing the credential. To provide an understanding of the current practice of competence assessment as a component of…

The research question investigated was: What relationship, if any, exists between teacher personality characteristics associated with self-actualization and the test anxiety levels of their students. Teacher personality characteristics in 6 schools were assessed with the Shostrom Personal Orientation Inventory. The Sarason Test Anxiety Scale for…

READING DISABILITIES ARE DIVIDED INTO THREE CATEGORIES--THOSE CAUSED BY PERCEPTUAL FACTORS, THOSE CAUSED BY PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS, AND THOSE CAUSED BY PSYCHOEDUCATIONAL FACTORS. POOR DEVELOPMENT OF VISUAL PERCEPTION CONSTITUTES A DISPROPORTIONATE PERCENTAGE OF LEARNING DISABILITY AMONG NEGROES AND PUERTO RICANS IN CENTRAL CITIES. EARLY CHILDHOOD…

THIS ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY CONTAINS 39 INDEXED AND ABSTRACTED ENTRIES ON PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION IN ADULT EDUCATION, INCLUDING RESEARCH AND EVALUATION STUDIES, TESTING, PROGRAMS, TEXTBOOKS, AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES. THE DOCUMENTS PROCESSED, WITH FEW EXCEPTIONS, ARE ALL DATED 1966 OR 1967. (SG)

THE PATTERN OF PREDISPOSITIONAL AND MEDIATIONAL FACTORS RELATING TO DIFFERENTIAL MATERNAL SUCCESS IN COPING WITH THE CRISIS CREATED BY FATHER ABSENCE IN MILITARY FAMILIES WAS EXAMINED. MOTHERS IN 23 FAMILIES WHOSE HUSBANDS WERE ABSENT ON EXTENDED MILITARY TOURS, WERE ADMINISTERED AN EXTENSIVE BATTERY OF SOCIOMETRIC AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS PRIOR TO…

DURING THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1, 1965 TO JANUARY 1, 1966 AT THE HEADSTART OPERATIONAL FIELD ANALYSIS IN CLEVELAND, OHIO THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES TOOK PLACE. (1) THE METHODOLOGY FOR CLASSROOM OBSERVATION OF HEADSTART (HS) AND NON-HEADSTART (NHS) CHILDREN AND INTERVIEWS WITH THEIR CLASSROOM TEACHERS WAS REVISED. THE HS GROUP OF 125 WAS SELECTED FROM…

RECENT RESEARCH ON INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION AND ITS EFFECT ON SELF-INITIATED LEARNING BEHAVIOR SUGGESTS THAT A CLASSROOM ATMOSPHERE OF GUIDED SELF-DEVELOPMENT AND AN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM ADAPTABLE TO INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES ARE MOST EFFECTIVE IN PROMOTING THE GROWTH OF THE PUPIL'S FULL TALENTS, CREATIVITY, AND INTEREST. THIS STUDY ATTEMPTED AN…

IN "AN ASSESSMENT OF THE SUITABILITY OF THE FACETED STRUCTURE OF WRU EDUCATION THESAURUS AS A FRAMEWORK FOR PREPARATION OF A THESAURUS OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY TERMS" THE STUDY IS BRIEFLY DESCRIBED, COUNTS OF THE 1779 TERMS EXTRACTED FROM TEXTUAL MATERIAL ON ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ARE GIVEN BY FACETS AND SUBFACETS, AND "FREE…

THIS STUDY REPORTS THE FIRST PHASE OF A 5-YEAR LONGITUDINAL INVESTIGATION OF THE COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF A HIGHLY STRUCTURED PRESCHOOL PROGRAM AND A TRADITIONAL NURSERY SCHOOL PROGRAM IN AMELIORATING THE LEARNING DEFECTS OF CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN. THE HIGHLY STRUCTURED PROGRAM IS INTENDED TO OVERCOME PARTICULAR WEAKNESSES OF…

A RESEARCH PROJECT WAS CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTS OF ONE YEAR OF SCHOOL INTEGRATION ON 87 LOWER-CLASS NEGRO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN A SUBURBAN NEW YORK COMMUNITY. IT WAS HYPOTHESIZED THAT THE INITIAL LEVEL OF STUDENTS' CONCEPT FORMATION, COGNITIVE STYLE (FIELD INDEPENDENCE), SELF-CONCEPT, AND INTERRACIAL CLASSROOM INTERATION WOULD…

A CONCEPTUAL MODEL FOR STUDYING THE OPERATION OF SOCIAL POWER IN SCHOOL SYSTEMS WAS DEVELOPED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT A SCHOOL SYSTEM MUST BE UNDERSTOOD IN TERMS OF ITS SUPPORTING ENVIRONMENT. TWELVE DIRECTIONAL HYPOTHESES WERE TESTED TO DETERMINE CORRELATIONS BETWEEN FOUR TYPES OF COMMUNITY POWER STRUCTURES (DOMINATED, FACTIONAL, PLURALISTIC, AND…

A MORE FORMAL STUDY OF THE LUMBER INDUSTRY (SEE VT 002 152 AND VT 002 153) RESULTED IN IMPRESSIONS OF THE WORKERS AND WORKING CONDITIONS. THERE ARE TWO GENERAL TYPES OF EMPLOYEE--(1) THOSE VIEWING LUMBERING AS STOPGAP EMPLOYMENT WHICH SERVES AS A SOURCE OF WAGES FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES OR AS AN INTERIM JOB WHILE BETTER EMPLOYMENT IS SOUGHT, AND…

THIS BOOK DISCUSSES FACTORS TO CONSIDER IN PREPARING A READING PROGRAM FOR A HIGH SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES COURSE. IT PRESENTS EXPLICIT COVERAGE ON WHY READING AT THIS LEVEL IN THIS SUBJECT FIELD REQUIRES GUIDANCE, HOW TO PROVIDE FOR INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN READING ABILITY, THE WAY TO READ SOCIAL STUDIES TEXTBOOKS, VOCABULARY, AND THE STIMULATION…