The educational adage "Teach each child from where he is calls for a greater understanding than now exists of the nonstandard English speaking child's language and cognitive style. Appears in "The Florida FL Reporter special anthology issue "Linguistic-Cultural Differences and American Education. (AMM)

Reports research which reveals the difficulty children have in understanding (1) the real purpose of written language and (2) the abstract, technical vocabulary of language study and reading. (SW)

Highlights four years of experience at a day care center serving 80 children, between three and six years of age, on Manhattan's West Side. Center uses small groups as a modality for improving learning. (Authors/JM)

A preprint from a May 1971 pamphlet of the National Conference on Research in English. (Author)

Describes a study, involving 120 first grade children, which supports the hypothesis that the rate of attainment of conservation skills is significantly enhanced by experiences made possible by the first grade program of SCIS. Describes the six conservation tasks used for pre-tests and post-tests: number, liquid amount, solid amount, length,…

The authors bring together findings from research dealing with the effects of father absence in children's development. (WY)