This is an individually administered test designed as an aid in placing Kindergarten children in an appropriate developmental curriculum sequence, and in determining at what level to begin instruction. The test covers motor development, auditory perception, visual perception, and language development. Test materials consist of an administrator's…

This teacher's guide describes an elementary reading program with specific teaching suggestions which are based upon empirical evidence regarding effective practices. It includes suggestions and techniques for developing a positive attitude toward reading, and samples of student's drawings and writings illustrate learning in the program. Chapters…

The teacher parent guide to systematic instruction for retarded chidlren in the Illinois program explains program content, curriculum decisions, lesson plan descriptions, and behavioral analysis and management. The Illinois educational method is characterized by: total push program with coordinated instructional effort, specific curricular…

The papers included in this publication were delivered at a conference initiated by the Centre for Information on Language Teaching in April 1971. Each of the four papers represents a distinct but related interest. The first, "The Language Barrier to Education" by B. Spolsky, examines sociological effects of differences between the language…

The purpose of this study was to investigate class differences in the responses of infants to tape recordings of mothers' and strangers' voices. Subjects were 10-month-old first-born Caucasian girls, 30 from middle class families and 30 from working class families. Stimuli presented through a speaker placed in front of the infant consisted of…

The Mecklenburg County Department of Social Services in Charlotte, North Carolina, operates nine child development day care centers and 5 day homes which provide care for 257 Black and Anglo children, 2- to 5-years-old, primarily from low-income homes. The centers are located in churches, schools, and facilities in low income housing projects. The…

This individually administered test was designed to assess the speech discrimination ability of hearing-impaired children. The test consists of 25 pages, each of six pictures, and four lists of twenty-five cue words--a picture identification task in which the child points to one of six pictures upon hearing a cue word. It is best administered from…

The 11 articles in this document are based upon actual classroom experiences, which draw attention to the fact that the language of failure is created by using other human beings selfishly. The language of success is established by concern, involvement, and love. "The Language of Failure: Retrospect" describes a seminar organized by the…

This is the first part of a two-part set of textbooks containing readings from the modern Hebrew Israeli press. The readings are intended for students who possess a knowledge of the basic vocabulary and elements of modern Hebrew structure. Less attention is devoted to the problems of grammar and more to matters of vocabulary, idiomatic expression,…

Because learning to read is based on the ability to sift and organize sensory input, it is important for teachers and curriculum planners to know of the sorts of language experiences which develop reception and, subsequently, reading skills. Research on the effects of visual and auditory presentation of information and on early sensory experience…

The Hartford Public School District has set up and is maintaining three Intensive Reading Centers, each of which provides a 10-weeks reading program for first graders. The purpose of the program is to improve the reading achievement of disadvantaged children. Children in groups of 10 or 11 move from teacher to teacher at 50-minute intervals. They…

This speech offers a guide to identifying and teaching high-risk children, those who exhibit a lag in development severe enough to be a handicap in learning. The high-risk children focused on are those whose developmental lag is frequently not recognized until they fail in school. The two major areas of neurodevelopmental learning disorders are in…

Bilingualism has occurred for many years wherever countries with different languages border each other. Recently, bilingual education has begun to have a position in the formal education process of schools throughout the United States with students whose first language is not English. This bulletin, designed with the hope that it can assist school…

Assuming that an infant's first stage of verbal communication is melodic and the result of controlling the motion of the vocal cords, a question arises concerning the second stage in development. Is it the shaping of the oral cavity of the direction of the articulators? The author's observation of an infant through his first year of development…

A 21-day unit on the history and development of the English language, as taught to a twelfth grade class, is provided as a teaching guide. Each of the class sessions is described as to objective, materials, procedure, and evaluation. A schedule for each of the four weeks of the unit, three contract choices for the student to choose among and thus…