This monograph explicates the techniques for bilingual skills training of adults and out-of-school youth that were developed in the bilingual vocational training program at Bullard-Havens Regional Vocational-Technical School in Connecticut. The first chapter deals with the problem-posing and questioning technique known as…

Visual experiences have an immediacy and directness which can cause an intellectual awakening, clarify an abstract concept, or demonstrate an obscure relationship. Thirty experiments using photographic and art materials are outlined in some detail as to method, material, ways to experiment, and suggested discussion questions. The series is…

To help preservice and inservice social studies teachers develop systematic ways of integrating skills and content, this manual offers a model and simple instructional exercises for the diagnostic teaching of how to investigate a cartoon. Designed mainly for use with children in grades 4-6, the material is adaptable for use at other grade levels.…

This report contains excerpts and summaries from interviews and papers presented at the visual literacy conference. The interviews are with speakers and in general ask them to expand on an idea presented in their formal talk. For other speeches, the catalog description and/or an abstract is given. Although most of the abstracts are short, lengthy…

Children in grades one, five, and nine viewed painting reproductions for different lengths of time to determine whether viewing time affected their memory of color and subject matter placement. Results indicated that children's memories of these properties are affected by length of viewing time and that recognition improves with age. (Author/IS)

Four types of learners in physical education can be characterized by preferred perceptual mode (visual, kinesthetic, thinker, and listener). The paper describes the steps teachers should follow to accommodate students' learning styles, including identifying their own learning style and assessing their students' learning styles. (SM)

The Image Processing Technology Project explores the possibility of using digital image processing in mathematics and science education. Describes the origin of the project and reports the results of a 4-week teacher workshop that trained over 80 teachers in the techniques and technology of image processing. (MDH)

Ways in which semantic mapping can be used for general vocabulary development, as a prewriting and prereading activity, as a postreading activity, and as a study skill strategy are presented in this teaching guide. The first two sections provide an introduction to semantic mapping, and outline the three most common uses of semantic mapping as an…

PROCEEDINGS FROM THE 1966 SYMPOSIUM ON RESEARCH AND UTILIZATION OF EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOR TEACHING THE DEAF INCLUDE KEYNOTE ADDRESSES AND DISCUSSION PAPERS. A SUMMARY OF THE CONFERENCE'S ACTIVITIES AND PURPOSES IS FOLLOWED BY ROBERT HEINICH'S EXPLANATION OF "APPLICATION OF SYSTEMS CONCEPTS TO INSTRUCTION." DISCUSSION PAPERS ON INSTRUCTIONAL…

To test the relative pedagogical value of electronic feedback within the Eastern Michigan University's fundamentals of speech program, the following general hypothesis was established: the greater the completeness and accuracy of student speech performance feedback, the greater the degree of speech skill a student sill later exhibit. Feedback was…

The discussion presented here seeks to defend Lado's principle of "speech before writing" and focuses attention on the comparative effectiveness of audio versus visual presentation of language material. Reports on several experiments dealing with this problem lead the author to conclude that, as long as we have the tendency of verbalization or…

Describes a field sketch mapping project conducted with a sixth-grade class. The project involved selecting appropriate sites around the school to map, organizing the students, and instructing them about measuring distances and drawing maps. Illustrations include assignments and examples of students' work. (MJP)

Surveys 78 British secondary school students and correlates their responses regarding preferences in learning styles to information previously determined by the computer-presented Cognitive Styles Analysis. Examines the students' preferences for group, pair, or individual work, as well as, open and closed tasks. (MJP)

Describes a holistic Native Studies curriculum for ethnically mixed classes, based on a project to eliminate Native substance abuse through traditional Native values. Discusses teaching strategies using Native and non-Native learning styles, teacher as role model, and use of appropriate cultural-symbol graphics to transmit ideas. Contains 24…

Background: Critical thinking disposition is an area that has been overlooked in various academic fields until recent years. Critical thinking occurs only when individuals possess thinking dispositions. This study explores the possibility of using directed viewing-thinking activity (DVTA) to cultivate the critical thinking dispositions of…