After experimenting extensively with a large assortment of classroom aids, e.g., blocks and rhythm instruments to stimulate the oral expression of preschool children, it was found that far less language expression resulted than had been anticipated. When those experiments which had been mildly successful were evaluated, it was decided that young…

GRADES OR AGES: Grade 3. SUBJECT MATTER: Arithmetic, social studies, language arts, spelling, writing, literature, reading, science and health, art, and physical education. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide gives suggested weekly and daily time allotments. One chapter is devoted to each subject, with additional chapters on language…

As part of a curriculum class in English for doctoral students at Ball State University, these scenarios present an attempt to create an English curriculum that will meet the educational needs of the next generation. The scenarios are based on visits made by the students to Northside High School in Muncie, Indiana. The students analyzed the…

Open education practices are illustrated in this paper in which children's natural interest in the outdoor world is used to outline learning activities which might result from a short nature walk. The teachers' objective is to help the child learn strategies and skills which will enable him to acquire, sort, store and use information, in contrast…

This book is the second edition of a study discussing research in creative teaching in language arts at the elementary school level. It is intended both for students in teacher education and for inservice teachers. A fundamental premise of the book is that to develop creativity in children the teacher should operate from a basic set of principles…

This teaching guide, which is the framework for the Conrad Area District (Delaware) Language Arts Program, includes for kindergarten, first, and second grades the areas of listening, speaking, reading, spelling, and writing. It has priority over the commercial guides due to its highly sequential development, its emphasis on individualization of…

This curriculum guide for a high school junior- and senior-level English program identifies twenty-two characteristics of a successful graduate. These characteristics are regarded as goals to be met through the completion of units on four communicative processes: (1) reading, (2) writing, (3) speaking and listening, and (4) thinking and…

This curriculum guide in language arts for kindergarten through twelfth grade emphasizes a flexible student-centered curriculum concentrating on developing a student's ability to find out information for himself in an atmosphere of responsible freedom. To facilitate this approach to learning, the guide is not organized into traditional subject…

In the Quinmester course "Tie it All Together," students read a variety of short expository pieces, discovering inductively the structure of the sentences and paragraphs in the works, and then proceeding to develop their own. The subject matter in regard to sentences includes: word meanings; sentence elements; sentence structure.…

A proposed Outdoor Education Conference and Service Complex in Raleigh County, West Virginia, that will offer opportunities for an outdoor education program closely correlated with classroom activities is discussed in this document. The site is described, and suggested units for study during the resident program for 6th-grade pupils are presented…

Content and task dimensions of language arts items were studied using factor analytic techniques. These items were developed to measure concept attainment using a completely crossed design with 30 concepts and 12 tasks. Conventional factor analyses were performed, separately for boys and girls, for concept scores and for task scores. Three-mode…

This book describes courses on women's studies for the high school curriculum in literature and language and in history and social studies. Based on the women's social movement, women's studies is an alternative curriculum with goals to raise student consciousness about sexist curricula and society, compensate for the omission of women from…

These environmental education materials include both out-of-classroom and in-classroom experiences. The activities emphasize seven major goals including language skills, number skills, social skills, motor skills, science, and attention span. There are eight coded topical areas: (1) air; (2) animals; (3) games; (4) light; (5) plants; (6) seasons;…

This dissertation argues that the skill of using language to communicate should be based on the continuous development of the ability to use imagery, metaphor, and the inherently ambiguous nature of language. Since language is a symbolic restructuring of experience, any method designed to teach language arts must reflect the interplay between…

The final evaluation report on the 37 Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I projects in the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Aberdeen Area, this report presents graphic and tabular descriptions for each of the 37 projects re: (1) Title I expenditures (graphic display of expenditures for reading, math, language, administration, area…