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Zais, Robert S. – 1968
Designed to measure maturity of reading interests, the Sophistication of Reading Interests Scale consists of 29 pairs of fictitious story synopses, one of the pair more sophisticated than the other. Three indicators of level of maturity, defined in order of sophistication, are the importance of plot, the importance of characters, and the…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Language Arts, Literary Criticism, Literature Appreciation
Pappas, Edward J.; And Others – 1973
Considered in this report are some of the problems experienced by secondary teachers of communication as they seek to be responsive to new challenges in teaching. Following an introduction on the relationship between the speech curricula of high schools and colleges, the report includes essays on "Determining Secondary Education Communication…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Curriculum Development, Interpersonal Relationship, Language Arts
Olson, Patricia – 1973
This study represents an attempt to present both sides of the behavioral objectives conflict in English and, after a discussion of the philosphical implications, to pose a suitable pedagogical compromise between the positions of the "behaviorists" and the "humanists." It is divided into three chapters: "Background…
Descriptors: Accountability, Behavioral Objectives, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. – 1966
This resource guide describes a career guidance program designed to encourage potential junior high school dropouts from New York City to remain in school and pursue a curriculum aimed at preparing them for work. The guide is divided into seven units: "What Do We Know?" discusses diagnosis of the strengths and weaknesses of each pupil in the areas…
Descriptors: Career Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Instructional Materials
Sprague, Jo – 1973
Three criteria must be considered in evaluating and humanizing high school speech and language arts curricula. First, interactions between teacher and student must "center on the process of responding," that is, knowledge gained should be a base for further and broader acquisition of knowledge. Second, effective language arts curricula must stress…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Course Objectives, Curriculum Evaluation, Humanization
Agnew, Ann T. – 1973
The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not differences in mean gains for reading and listening achievement, and components of the self concept were observable between pupils who participated in a 6-week summer language arts program and similar children who did not. The sample consisted of 80 disadvantaged Negro second graders and 70…
Descriptors: Blacks, Communication Skills, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education
Instructional Objectives Exchange, Los Angeles, CA. – 1970
This work is one of a series of collections of objectives and measurement items from several subject areas based upon curricular material either submitted by teachers, schools, and school districts, or generated by the Instructional Objectives Exchange (IOX) staff. Contained in the junior high school English literature collection are sixteen…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Course Objectives, English Instruction, Evaluation Criteria
Kenzel, Elaine; Williams, Jean – 1972
Developed for a high school quinmester unit on point of view in literature, this guide is designed to help students develop an understanding of point of view and to increase their sensitivity to different points of view in their own writing as well as in the writing of others. Performance objectives are listed which include: having students…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Guides, English Instruction
Wilkins, John – Didaskalos, 1966
Translation, viewed as a process of linguistic summation, is considered on the levels of morphology, syntax, phonology, and vocabulary. Random variables which bear on loss/gain ratios are examined in formulae illustrating the relationship of subjectivity and objectivity in the translation process. Implications of theory are illustrated through…
Descriptors: Interpreters, Language Arts, Language Instruction, Language Skills
Chazan, M., Ed.; Downes, G., Ed. – 1971
This is the third in a series of reports of a four-year research and development project of the Department of Education at the University College of Swansea, Wales. The aims of the project are: (1) to provide techniques which identify children in need of compensatory education at an early age; (2) to study longitudinally infant school children in…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educational Television, Educationally Disadvantaged, Emotional Development
Flynn, Louise
GRADES OR AGES: K-8, with emphasis on lower grades. SUBJECT MATTER: Creativity. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The greater part of the guide is concerned with the identification and encouragement of creativity. Chapter headings include: Definition of Creativity; The Creative Teacher; What Is the Creative Child Like?; How Can We Identify the…
Descriptors: Art, Creative Development, Creativity, Curriculum Guides
Missouri State Dept. of Education, Jefferson City. – 1968
GRADES OR AGES: Kindergarten. SUBJECT MATTER: Complete kindergarten program. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is divided into several chapters. The portion which outlines the curriculum content is divided into nine types of "becoming experiences" --communicative, numerical, scientific, social, physical, musical, artistic,…
Descriptors: Art Education, Curriculum Guides, Dramatic Play, Kindergarten
Fairfax County Schools, VA. – 1969
GRADES OR AGES: Kindergarten. SUBJECT MATTER: General, including the following categories: language development, social studies, mathematics and science, music art, dramatic play, and physical development. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The central part of the guide is divided into eight sections, one for each of the above-mentioned program…
Descriptors: Art Education, Curriculum Guides, Dramatic Play, Kindergarten
Madden, John B. – 1971
The purpose of this study was to supplement the knowledge available in the field of educational administration relative to the effects of open and closed organizational climates on pupil language arts achievement by disadvantaged pupils in inner-city elementary schools. The study was undertaken in 16 elementary schools in Kansas City, Missouri. In…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Data Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth
Oregon Univ., Eugene. Oregon Elementary English Project. – 1971
Developed by the Oregon Elementary English Project for grades three and four, this second of two units on communication systems begins with a lesson which reinforces the concept that in order to communicate we must all have the same meaning for the signals used. Lessons 1 through 3 deal with the various kinds of communication signals used by…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Curriculum Guides, English Curriculum, Grade 3
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