The annotated bibliography provides information on commercially prepared materials that can be used in classrooms at all levels where English is taught as a second language. Twenty-four textbook series are described, arranged alphabetically by title. The listing is preceded by a categorization of the series by their content and focus:…

To improve the existing junior high school's academic and activities programs as well as the school environment, a school superintendent and a middle school consultant teamed with others to effect the transition of a 7-9 grade junior high school plan to a 6-8 grade middle school plan in Augusta, Kansas. The overall plan was basically simple and…

The results of studies that examined the logical reasoning of secondary students in Jamaica are analyzed. A logical reasoning test was administered to 205 Jamaican students in grades 7, 9, and 11. Also analyzed were data collected using the same instrument on three other groups of Jamaican students in grades 7, 8, 9, and 10. As expected, test…

A national questionnaire survey of 1,413 principals of middle-level schools (those offering any combination of grades 5 through 9) gathered data on principals' personal and professional traits, tasks, problems, and opinions on selected educational issues; on school programs; and on student, school, staff, and community characteristics. The data…

This bibliography contains 110 entries on middle schools, 48 entries on related innovations, and 32 entries (some of which are annotated) on middle school and junior high school organization. (HW)

Experience of the Liverpool Middle School, Liverpool, New York, provides a rationale for organizing school systems to include ungraded middle schools. If, as evidence indicates, today's youth are maturing earlier, are more sophisticated, and are capable of greater accomplishment, then the traditional grade 7-8-9 arrangement does not meet the needs…

This report presents some of the data gathered in a survey of approximately 4,500 junior high school principals in the United States during the 1964-65 school year. Two different questionnaires were used in the survey, with approximately 2,200 principals responding to each questionnaire. Various questions examined the personal and professional…

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…

This annotated German bibliography of textbooks for use in language programs includes a wide variety of instructional media. Materials are classified under: (1) language texts, (2) teachers' texts, (3) language texts for foreigners, (4) exercise books and tapes, (5) testing materials, (6) radio courses, (7) instructional films, (8) vocational…

A 136-item bibliography covering April-June 1969 with English abstracts of books and articles in English and Indic languages provides information on various aspects of education in Pakistan. Significant emphasis is placed on sections dealing with libraries; teachers; and general, elementary, and secondary education. Briefer sections deal with (1)…

Included in this two-volume English translation of an annotated bibliography are 160 items citing books and articles in Serbo-Croatian that contain information about Yugoslavian educational resources and school systems. Works cited refer to history, research, educational development, reform, staff training, and various levels of the Yugoslavian…

Observations directed primarily toward future teachers of English concerning a 10-year investigation of freshman student attitudes toward their secondary school English training in retrospect are presented in this article. Based on the patterns of responses evident in the anonymously written student criticisms, the author comments on three…

Study of North Carolina's program for the exceptionally talented indicated a growth in enrollment which, however, remained at less than 1.5% of the public school population. Of the enrollers, 51% were in special language arts classes and 11% in self-contained classes; grade levels 9 through 12 had the highest enrollment. IQ scores ranged from 98…

Foreign language instruction guidelines designed to improve and extend current programs at all levels are offered to teachers, principals, guidance counselors, general supervisors, foreign language coordinators, and superintendents. Major emphasis on teaching a language is developed, particularly through remarks on the spoken and the written word.…

This anthology of selected articles aims to assist teachers of foreign languages develop effective individualized programs. Introductory remarks underscore the importance of changing teacher attitudes toward their relationship with their students as well as individualizing their instruction. The nature of individualized instruction is examined in…