The purpose of the teacher's guide is to provide the primary student with an awareness of the numerous careers available to people who want to work with animals and to increase knowledge about and interest in animals. Specific occupational groups on which this unit focuses are those associated with commercial pet establishments, zoos,…

The teachers guide, for use at the levels of grades 2 and 3, provides an introduction to a wide variety of occupations. Its purpose is to expand student awareness of both goods producing occupations and service occupations within the community. It focuses on the distinction between goods and services, the concepts of occupational area and…

Created as a manual primarily for use by average American middle-class teachers of inner-city children, this presentation of materials involves precise detailed examples of classroom activities, most of which are based on folk tales, folk games, and folk music from African-rooted traditions. The chapters contained in the book are: "All God's…

Many of the deficiencies of bilingual/bicultural programs at present are due to short-sightedness as to the real scope of bilingual/bicultural education. This article expands the scope of some of the current theory and points out reasons for the inefficacy of some bilingual/bicultural programs and suggests methods whereby programs could be…

Over 14,000 high school seniors were studied with respect to sociocultural differences on cognitive test item responses. Six different cognitive tests and ten different groups were analyzed. The tests were: vocabulary, picture-number, reading, letter-groups, mathematics, and mosaic comparisons. The groups were: American Indians, blacks,…

A study to test the effects of learner control of the sequencing of instructional tasks when using computer-assisted instruction (CAI) systems is described. Using a series of CAI modules to teach the COBOL programing language to military personnel, students were able to control various aspects of their learning environment. Among the research…

A university level course which uses minicomputers in laboratory data acquisition and experimental control is described. The majority of the students are chemistry seniors and graduate students; prerequisites are general physics and one semester of computer science or programing experience. The goals of the course, which is divided into 3 5-week…

The overall purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness and practicability of a home-centered preschool intervention program for cognitive, language, and personality development of mother and child, based upon the use of paraprofessional educators who are themselves members of the population served. One question considered was…

This report documents the status of handicapped children in Head Start programs, the number of children being served, their handicapping conditions, and the services being provided. Children professionally diagnosed as handicapped account for at least 10.1 percent of children enrolled in full year Head Start Programs. Nearly 50 percent of the…

Part of the "Becoming a Citizen Series," this book is the first of three Federal Textbooks on Citizenship which are published by the Immigration and Naturalization Service. The series, first published in 1964, is regularly revised to reflect any changes that may occur in the government. The book teaches immigrants to speak, read, and…

These conference proceedings reflect the growing appreciation of the related skills necessary for both teacher and pupil in acquiring competency in reading. Article titles are "The Teaching of Reading and Related Skills,""Reading Research from the Outside and Inside,""The Problem of Evaluating Aids to the Teaching of…

Presented in condensed form, this document represents the general and concurrent session presentations offered to 191 participants attending the 1975 Tenth Annual Small Schools Summer Institute held in Oregon. Identified as major speakers and resource people in attendance at the Institute are: representatives from nationally validated Title III…

The purpose of this booklet is to provide a definition of phonological and morphological principles governing the English spelling system. Included in the discussion are an exhaustive list of sound-to-spelling correspondences, lists of common prefixes and suffixes, and rules for combining affixes with base morphemes. Charts provided outline…

Franklin as a stateman, Rush as a physician, and Webster as a linguist and political commentator believed in a "general diffusion of knowledge" and wrote liberally on education. They sincerely believed in education as a civilizing agent, so all three helped found schools and colleges. Franklin's interests were educational philosophy;…

This publication includes the following articles: Introduction to Issues in Culture and Learning; The House Form as a Cornerstone of Culture; Music for Multi-cultural Students; Creative Writing in English: Problems Faced by Undergraduates in the English Department, University of Hong Kong; Re-entry/Transition Seminars for Overseas Sojourners:…