This conference report on the language laboratory in adult education contains summaries of papers on the following topics: (1) the state of laboratory use in West Germany, (2) modern teaching methods in certification courses for English teachers, (3) possibilities for laboratory use in university-level foreign-language instruction, (4) exercise…

The Street Academy is a program designed to meet the dropout as an individual--to assist, help and support him continually in his daily life. The academies operate from store-fronts located in neighborhoods where there are large concentrations of school dropouts. They are staffed, at the minimum, by a project director, a street worker, and a…

This 46-item teacher rating form assesses the respondent's knowledge of basic concepts and teaching techniques related to the education of learning disabled children. The respondents are asked to rate their personal understanding of these terms along a five-point scale, ranging from excellent understanding (complete familiarity) to poor…

In the spring of 1971, an initial version of a program to teach selected prereading skills was tried out in three kindergartens. The three visual skills to be taught by the program were attending to letter order, letter orientation, and word detail. The sound skills to be taught were sound matching and sound blending. The program materials for…

This pamphlet is about some of the techniques for curriculum planning which may prove useful in translating the aims of social education--competence, confidence, and co-operation--into practical educational procedures. It must be recognized from the start that for the enterprise of planning to be a success it has to be a shared enterprise; a group…

The purpose of the Follow Through Classroom Observation Evaluation was to assess the implementation of seven Follow Through sponsor models included in the study and to examine the relationships between classroom instructional processes and child outcomes. The seven programs selected for study include two behavioristic models, an open school model…

Part one of this bibliography lists 47 studies on the teaching of vocabulary, grades five through adult. Studies are divided into four sections on the basis of the measure used in comparing methods: general vocabulary; content area vocabulary; word lists, word parts, and related tasks; and concepts. For each study, the students involved, methods…

Word recognition, factual recall, and inferential comprehension skills of 30 fifth-year students who had been in an open education classroom for four years were compared with similar skills of fifth-year pupils who had been in a traditional classroom for four years. Pupils had been placed in an open or traditional classroom by parental choice, but…

The purpose of the Students and Teachers Develop English Curriculum project (an Elementary-Secondary Education Act Title III program) was to encourage the adoption of innovative curriculum units and instructional strategies in District of Columbia public schools. This booklet describes program background and objectives, methods and procedures of…

Presented are the results of a second study of North Carolina's Learning Disabilities Program in which 44 teachers were interviewed to obtain information on the factors which contributed to the educational outcome of 46 learning disabled students (6-13 years old). Section I provides a description of the program during the second year of operation…

Article provided some major findings on how children learn to read and some ways to improve reading instruction. (Editor/RK)

Cites observations about social studies education in the United States by two Australian doctoral students in social studies education. Observations include that concept teaching is limited, social studies is treated primarily as a collection of social science disciplines, teaching is generally expository in nature, student needs and interests are…

Reports results of a study conducted to determine what impact vocational/career education demonstration centers had on educators' awareness and use of the programs, practices, and materials demonstrated. (TA)

A program in Yakima, Washington, offers further proof that children can be immeasurably helped during the earliest years by their potentially best teachers--their parents. (Editor)