DIRECTED TOWARD THE INITIATION OF A FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROGRAM IN A SPECIFIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, TRADITIONAL AND AUDIO-ORAL METHODS OF TEACHING GERMAN ARE COMPARED. A DESCRIPTION OF A PILOT CLASS IN AUDIO-ORAL, BEGINNING GERMAN IS GIVEN. SUCH ASPECTS AS PHONOLOGY, CONTINUED ORAL DRILL, CLASS ACTIVITIES WHICH DEMAND INSTANTANEOUS RESPONSES IN GERMAN,…

THIS COMMENTARY ON CREATIVITY RESEARCH DEFINES THE CREATIVE RESPONSE AND THE PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CREATIVE PERSON, AND OUTLINES THE CREATIVE PROCESS AND THE BARRIERS AND FACILITATORS TO IT. CREATIVE WRITERS AND PAINTERS ARE USED AS EXAMPLES. CERTAIN TEACHING METHODS ENCOURAGE CREATIVITY--(1) LEADING THE STUDENT TO QUESTION, (2) USING…

THREE DIFFERENT METHODS OF TEACHING DESCRIPTIVE GEOMETRY WERE EVALUATED. AN ANALYSIS WAS MADE OF (1) THE ACHIEVEMENT OF 176 STUDENTS TAUGHT BY THE MULTIVIEW PROJECTION METHOD, (2) 172 STUDENTS TAUGHT BY THE PICTURE METHOD PLUS MULTIVIEW PROJECTION, AND (3) 188 STUDENTS TAUGHT BY THE FIRST TWO METHODS AND ANIMATED FILMS. THE BASES FOR ANALYSIS WERE…

One of 33 self-paced instructional modules for training industry services leaders, this module contains three sequential learning activities on determining appropriate types of instructional methods and media for an industry services job training program. (Industry services are manpower services provided by public agencies to new or expanding…

With this volume, the American Society for Engineering Education begins a series of monographs for advancing education. Although the work deals particularly with engineering education, it is intended that techniques and innovations mentioned will be applicable to all fields of education. In this volume, components of an individualized instruction…

The bibliography presents approximately 100 references (1961-75) on planning programs and activities for infants and toddlers. Although many of the documents relate to normal children, the activities are equally applicable to children with handicaps. Entries are arranged alphabetically by author within the following categories: curriculum and…

The purpose of this study was to determine the current status of mathematics laboratories in secondary schools and to formulate guidelines for their further development. Based on questionnaires returned by 137 teachers and 51 state supervisors, the findings were organized into eight areas: teacher preparation, profile of the laboratory situation,…

The Right to Read process at the level of the local education agency (LEA) goes through the following four phases: needs assessment, program planning, program implementation, and evaluation. This module is a culminating activity of the program planning phase. The second phase begins with a review of the Needs Assessment Report and ends with a…

The growing complexity of urban industrial society necessitates adequate planning techniques to insure future livability, but traditional methods of training planners have emphasized technology and ignored the human element. To remedy this deficiency, training programs should be expanded to include the social and political aspects of planning.…

This report describes the attempt of one school district to improve its elementary mathematics program. The program was modeled after the Nuffield project with an emphasis on activity learning. The report outlines objectives, materials, facilities, and teacher education procedures. Some descriptive statistics are presented which are used to…

This paper reports on a Right to Read summer workshop held for selected classroom teachers. The objectives of the workshop were to provide the teachers with new reading related concepts, techniques, and materials so they could return to their own schools and share their knowledge and attitudes with other teachers. A total of 30 teachers…

Although many teachers are convinced of the value of environmental studies, they often are not fully confident of their ability to plan and carry out a first-hand approach to learning. For this reason, the authors sought to investigate the problems inherent in this approach and to suggest remedies which are both practical and realistic. The book…

Developed through the Career Options Research and Development (CORD) Project, this teacher's manual should be useful in the training of paraprofessionals for the human services areas. Included in the manual is a discussion of several problem situations which teachers in the human services areas may encounter, including adult learning and the…

Fewer competencies should be used as the organizing structure for teacher education programs, since all relevant topics cannot be covered thoroughly anyway. One variant of an outcomes-focused approach to teacher education is an objectives-oriented strategy. The criterion is not what the teacher does but what happens to pupils as a consequence of…

Ten issues of the newsletter "Techniques for Teachers of Adults" are reproduced in this handbook. The 10 chapters are as follows: I. Teaching Adults Is Different . . . or Is It?; II. Underprivileged--or Underestimated; III. Planning Is Suddenly the "In" Thing; IV. Helping Your Students Develop Self-Confidence; V. Reading Is Basic; VI. Learning Is…