Team teaching has been used for 4 years in the 10th-grade English classes at Upper Arlington High School near Columbus, Ohio. Units are prepared, presented, and evaluated by teachers working together voluntarily. A 6-day American literature unit introducing Romanticism has been particularly successful. The contrasts between Neoclassicism and…

A program for intermediate-grade children (4, 5, and 6) with severe learning disabilities is described. The typical student involved in the program has been unsuccessful in a regular classroom, has had special help with reading, does not fit the criteria for any special education program, and has average or above-average intelligence. The program…

Designed for teachers, the text distinguishes types of slow learners and suggests practical approaches for their educational problems. Slow learning and its types are defined; the slow learner is characterized; stages of educational evaluation and aspects of administration are outlined. Curriculum considerations for different levels are described,…

The Interlochen Honors Musicianship Project aimed to develop and test methods and materials for a comprehensive curriculum in applied music class instruction applicable to the elementary through the graduate level of teaching. The curriculum evolved through experimentation and application of the competitive "class routine" learning…

Written for Spanish-speaking Puerto Rican agricultural workers, this course of study provides basic conversational concepts for those who have little or no acquaintance with English. Several important reasons for obtaining skill in the use of English are enumerated in the introductory paragraphs which are in Spanish. The text takes the student…

The articles in this document present ways in which teachers can teach effectively in classrooms made up of a more diverse population (in terms of ability) than has been the case in the recent past, when more supplemental services were available outside the classroom. Topics of interest are working with smaller units in the teaching of reading,…

This document explores some aspects of Competency Based Teacher Education (CBTE) in the area of elementary mathematics teaching methods. The essential and distinguishing features of CBTE are examined. The following topics are discussed in detail: (1) how competencies may be identified; (2) the effects of a competency orientation on methods…

A project produced and field tested a selected set of video tapes and instructional material illustrating actual student performances and job requirements while on a high school work experience program. Objectives were (1) to enhance on-the-job student performances via immediate audio and visual feedback, (2) to establish a library of realistic…

The classroom management system of a junior high school reading program was designed to provide an atmosphere in which students could develop positive self concepts, responsible independence, and improved reading skills. To stress skill accountability, the class was organized as a business company where each student interviewed for a specific job,…

A simulation system capable of supporting human factors experiments in the development of military training devices is described. The first phase of the study consisted of (1) a review of tasks performed by the operators of different types of military simulation systems, (2) an analysis of problems experienced in the development of devices for…

This paper discusses innovations in reading and suggests ways in which procedures for them may be humanized. The contents include: "Sex Equality," which discusses studies related to sex images, sex differences in the staffing of schools, sex roles as depicted in reading textbooks, and advances in human relations related to sex equality in the…

The document contains a brief outline of the conference proceedings and the text of two papers presented at the conference. Alan M. Rubin's paper, "Give Me a Fish and I Eat for a Day. Teach Me to Fish and I Eat for a Lifetime" (from the Babylonian Talmud), examines the question of whether our institutions of higher education are providing the…

The Satellite Technology Demonstration (STD) is based on the premise that wide-scale distribution of instructional television beamed by a communication satellite is an alternate way of achieving instructional goals. Difficulties encountered are due to the fact that the traditionally stated goals of schools are ambiguous, there is little…

Presented is the guide to the Illinois project entitled "An Inter-Disciplinary Approach to Early Education of Handicapped Children Ages 0 - 3 Years" which includes information on funding and public awareness, diagnosis and evaluation, child development-home program, speech and language, structuring the day program, job descriptions and training,…

This technical report describes a digital computer program on the spatial structure of agricultural production and how it can be used in economic geography courses. Chapters one through four, respectively, (1) examine the use of digital computers in the teaching of college geography, (2) analyze the von Thunen theory which postulates laws that…