Ten papers consider brain damaged children. Brain damage is considered as an educational category, and the following aspects of evaluation are treated: disorders of oral communication, hearing impairment, psychological deficit, psychiatric factors, and neurological considerations. Educational strategies discussed include the educational methods of…

This paper describes two techniques designed to offer students genuine communication experiences in a foreign language. In "simulated tutoring," a recording of the tutor's voice is made while he tutors a live subject in the correct pronunciation of a short dialogue. Students subsequently responding to the prerecorded utterances experience the…

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the ESEA Title III project of the African Museum of Art/Frederick Douglass Institute as conducted in the District of Columbia Public Schools. The Institute sought to further its education program to meet the increasing demand for materials, activities, and resources dealing with the cultural and historical…

The need for rewarding creative thinking is asserted; a plan is proposed for studying evaluation and creative behavior; and measurement of creative behavior is discussed. Three groups of studies are presented. The first set considers the ways the intermediate environment rewards creative behavior; aspects treated include applying principles for…

The booklet is intended to provide regular class elementary and early childhood teachers with basic information about types of handicaps and teaching strategies to use with exceptional children. An initial section considers the nature of handicaps and the degree of severity of conditions. Reviewed are the following types of exceptionalities:…

This curriculum guide, developed for use in a FLES (foreign language in elementary school) pilot project, embraces an audiolingual approach to the teaching of Latin while providing a source of materials for the teaching of the culture of ancient Rome. The course is organized around nine major units, subdivided into "Lectiones", each requiring 20…

This curriculum guide, developed for use in a sixth-grade FLES (foreign language in elementary school) program, embraces a visual-audiolingual approach to the teaching of Latin while providing a source of materials for the teaching of the culture of ancient Rome. The course is organized around eight major units on: (1) Jupiter and His Siblings,…

This 123-item bibliography with English abstracts of recent books and articles on various aspects of Pakistan education includes a special section on new education policy. Emphasis is placed on elementary, secondary, and higher education, history of education, literature for children, science education, sociology, teacher training, and women's…

Two important elements of a method of designing instructional alternatives (MODIA) are comprehensively discussed in this paper. The "Questionnaire for Stating General Policy" is briefly reviewed to reveal how goals, student population variations, and operations must be accommodated before specifying instructional strategies. The actual…

Ways of utilizing behavioral objectives to their best advantage are specified. The purpose of the study is to help educators improve instruction through examination of different approaches to constructing behavioral objectives. Classroom teachers have been convinced that behavioral objectives are "necessary" for the functioning of the…

This Contractor Report was prepared as background information for OTA's assessment: "Worker Training: Competing in the New International Economy." A review of workplace basic skills research and practice identified factors contributing to success. The review of the research defined workplace basic skills and found that: (1) there was a scant…

This guide provides suggestions for research concerning the successes and failures of Future Homemakers of America, as part of an effort to strengthen the overall program. The research suggestions are directed primarily to teacher educators and their students, but also to others interested in research projects concerning Future Homemakers of…

Written for parents, teachers and preschool personnel involved with visually handicapped children, the book provides an overview of mainstreaming procedures and implications. The first chapter provides a definition of mainstreaming and considers benefits' professional involvement, and resources available for parents and teachers. Diagnostic…

This two volume, 399-item bibliography with English abstracts of books and articles largely from 1967 and 1968 on various aspects of Indian education includes sections on the Indian "brain drain" and on examination and evaluation. Emphasis is placed on sections dealing with educational psychology, policy and planning, teacher education,…

Language instruction techniques are developed through extensive discussion of methodology with sample lesson plans in Spanish, French, and German at the elementary and secondary level. This state curriculum guide also comments on program articulation, selection and use of a language laboratory, evaluation of student achievement, and the place of…