Math experts developed Formative Assessment Lessons that teachers can incorporate throughout the year's curriculum. Both tools target the "instructional core." A study by Research for Action (RFA) examining the first year of piloting the Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC) and Math Design Collaborative (MDC) tools (2010-11) found…

The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Standard #2 (communicating aids students to clarify their thinking) emphasizes that reading, writing, discussing, representing, and listening to mathematics are important aspects of learning and using math. Six of the 12 math series chosen for California's elementary program list titles of children's…

Provides a sample lesson for students of Spanish, with exercises, vocabulary, and explanation of points of grammar. (Text is in Spanish.) (DS)

Contains a presentation of the advantages of drawing on the blackboard even as compared with technical teaching aids, in certain kinds of oral exercises. Gives examples of planning of exercises from Grades 7 and 8. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

A detailed, schematic teaching outline is presented for a level 1 Spanish language literacy class that meets twice a week for 6 weeks. Each lesson focuses on the alphabet, reviewing vowels, consonants, and articles, and on numbers and mathematics. The outline, all or in part, is to be incorporated into "Lectores de Hoy," a work now in progress.…

The Academic Training in Aging for Florida Educators (ATAFE) Project is a federally-funded education program for beginning teachers, designed to promote more positive attitudes toward aging and older persons among youth through the inclusion of aging education in the preparation of elementary and secondary school teachers. ATAFE provides beginning…

Definitions, advantages, and functions of nutrition are the starting point for this food service training manual, which includes lessons on proteins, carbohydrates, minerals, and water- and fat-soluble vitamins. Energy foods for child nutrition programs are also identified, as are balanced diets and meal pattern guidelines. Class activities,…

This Samoan language manual is designed for use by both teachers and students. The manual outlines and explains each lesson for the teacher and provides a source of reference for the learner. The lessons are intended for use in the classroom under the direction of the teacher. Total immersion in Samoan and exclusion of English are important…

This guide is designed to aid the advisor for the Future Homemakers of America/Home Economics Related Occupations (FHA/ HERO) in developing a well-organized, creatively integrated, and successful FHA/HERO chapter. The guide is written in a question-and-answer format. Chapter 1 focuses on the benefits of FHA/HERO, how it relates to home economics…

Describes in detail a complete Latin lesson for a heterogeneously grouped 5th and 6th grade class in an inner city public school in Philadelphia. (PM)

Using a practical example from teaching Russian, the article surveys the various steps in the planning of a teaching procedure. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Article investigated child-rearing practices in other lands as well as student attitudes on how to maintain a reasonable balance of freedom and responsibility for children. (Author/RK)

This textbook is a course in mental arithmetic that is essentially based on the object-lesson plan. It is believed that the pupil in the primary school can more readily acquire a familiarity with numbers from the use of objects and pictures than from an uninterrupted drill on the tables. It also includes suggestions for teachers how to use the…

This guide, published by the New York City Board of Education, presents 62 lesson plans in basic mathematics for tenth grade students. Lesson plans and performance objectives focus on the following areas: (1) fundamental operations with signed numbers; (2) linear, weight and temperature measurements; (3) fractions, decimals and percents; (4)…

THE SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS DEFINED THE SUPERIOR STUDENT AS ONE WHO COULD ASSOCIATE AND INTERRELATE CONCEPTS AND COULD CRITICALLY EVALUATE FACTS AND ARGUMENTS. HE COULD CREATE NEW IDEAS AND ORIGINATE NEW LINES OF THOUGHT, HE HAD THE ABILITY TO REASON COMPLEX PROBLEMS THROUGH AS WELL AS TO UNDERSTAND OTHER SITUATION, OTHER TIMES, AND OTHER PEOPLE.…