Author found it imperative to examine cognitive objectives in order to determine which may be relevant to fostering a deeper and more lasting enjoyment of the music in a listening lesson. Suggestions for a productive listening program were offered. (Author/RK)

This manual has been prepared as a guide to assist school district administrators, coordinators, and teachers in organizing and implementing a sequential program of instruction in crime prevention and drug education. This framework is the result of a two year study by staff members of the Texas Education Agency, local school districts, regional…

Six specifications are described as factors influencing the form and content of instructional systems. They are 1) that the program shall develop teachers' ability to bring about selected objectives, and shall be judged effective to the extent that such competencies are realized; 2) that the ability to bring about selected objectives of the…

How can children, disadvantaged as well as middle-class, be taught cognitive skills through the medium of television? This is the question Richard Polsky addresses in describing the planning and early development (1966-1968) of the Children's Television Workshop. An examination of the period prior to the public announcement of the project tells…

The author seeks to refute the narrowly behavioralistic image of Competency Based Teacher Education (CBTE) and proposes an atypical CBTE program, combining both cognitive and behavioral competencies, as a model for Canadian teacher education. The research and planning necessary to achieve this model are outlined. (SJL)

The objectives of this report are stated in three broad questions that the research committee was asked to examine. (1) What are the principal lines of research being pursued at the present time that are significantly strengthening the scientific foundations of education, and what are some of their possible contributions to American education? Are…

A sequential approach to implementing an associate degree nursing program at Mohegan Community College, Norwich, Connecticut, is presented in a conceptual framework. The framework utilizes Bloom's taxonomy of cognitive learning as a guide and incorporates objectives for learning level, sample course, and sample unit. (MF)

This Pennsylvania Comprehensive Mathematics Plan (PCMP) was designed for the State Department of Education to chart the direction for mathematics education in the upcoming decade. Sections in this report cover: (1) the goals of PCMP, (2) the PCMP and instructional objectives, (3) the curriculum, (4) teachers' professional growth, (5) learning…

This document provides a classification of educational objectives in the cognitive and affective domains, defines each objective, and offers examples. Special emphasis is not given to any particular objective; it is left to the teachers in a given program to determine the specific objectives to be derived in each learning experience within the…

This paper describes the implementation of a kindergarten parent involvement program. Six parent volunteers attended a training sequence of 16 workshops to learn how to tutor kindergarten students and how to develop parenting skills. School personnel, including kindergarten teachers and a school psychologist, conducted the workshops. Students…

This paper describes and evaluates a citizenship education project for elementary and secondary schools. The specific purpose of the project was to develop and test a model to improve political knowledge and attitudes of students by systematically infusing political/citizenship education into existing elementary and secondary social studies…

This final report formulates objectives for literary instruction of a type suitable for inclusion in a central standard curriculum for the Swedish Comprehensive School and a coordination of curricular objectives with instructional procedures and evaluation methods. Based on results of questionnaires sent to literature methods teachers, literary…

This Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title I, Evaluation Report outlines the instructional programs provided for educationally deprived students in Colorado. Handicapped and bilingual students were also served by the program. A total of 1469 students from kindergarten through senior high participated in the program. Programs were…

A rationale for Canadian studies and outlines of appropriate content for various grade levels are presented. The book is designed to help teachers, curriculum planners, and teacher educators in preparing effective Canadian studies programs. Chapter I offers a discussion of the need for pan-Canadian understanding. Canadian studies can help young…

The guide was developed to assist elementary school counselors and teachers in working together to provide children, grades K-5, with a school experience which addresses their career development needs through developing both affective and cognitive learnings. Part 1, The Importance of Career Guidance in the Elementary School, provides a general…