This guide has three sections dealing with information of use to persons involved in teaching English as a second language (ESL) to Cubans. First, it provides information on the current Cuban educational system and the level of literacy found among Cuban adults in Cuba. Secondly, it gives a brief overview of the Spanish spoken in Cuba with special…

Instructors of English as a second language (ESL) are being asked to introduce cross-cultural orientation concepts to their students. A five-step lesson plan is proposed to integrate cross-cultural orientation and ESL. It involves listening and speaking in the form of a pronunciation exercise, followed by a vocabulary lesson that leads into the…

The purpose of this guide is to assist Latin and English teachers with some background in Latin to expand the English vocabulary and reading skills of students through the study of Latin roots, prefixes, and suffixes. The introductory material in the guide provides general notes on the teaching of Latin in the Philadelphia School District,…

This elementary school mathematics program presents an activity approach with maximum involvement of students. Teaching strategies, interest center activities, appropriate games, and a measuring device are suggested for each elementary mathematics topic. Each activity is identified as part of the concrete, semiconcrete, semiabstract, or abstract…

A literature review of 23 studies and two review articles dealing with the use of instructional materials by elementary and secondary school teachers is presented. Studies dealing with the development of instructional materials, discussions of field tests, and the results of teacher attitudes were not included. The findings on the use of classroom…

This guide expresses the philosophy, goals, and objectives, and outlines the scope and sequence of Ilocano language instruction at various levels for the public schools of Hawaii. It serves as a resource document for the teacher of Ilocano in that it identifies essential skills, suggests areas of emphasis, points out possible problem areas, and…

This reading series was developed as a means to educate Chinese-American elementary school students in Chinese reading, writing, and culture. The following topics are covered: Chinese literature, Chinese and American history, famous people, general knowledge, Chinese ideography, the four seasons, and the major Chinese and American festivals and…

This document is a collection of reports presented at a programable calculator symposium held in Seattle, Washington, in April, 1980, as part of the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). The session was designed to review whether the programable calculator has a place in the school mathematics program, in light…

This course manual is intended for use in training Veterans Administration line managers and supervisors who have responsibility for work organization, position design, and manpower utilization. Contents are in five sections. Section I gives a brief overview of instructor information: course purpose, objectives, methodology, schedule (five…

Ten units on practical business are presented in this instructor and student guide. Each instructional unit contains objectives, suggested activities, information sheets, assignment sheets, transparency master, a test, and test answers. Unit topics are (1) before you buy (comparative shopping and wise purchasing techniques); (2) when things go…

This paper presents a brief description of a token reinforcement system developed for a kindergarten language class in the Kamehameha Early Education Program (KEEP). Visual reinforcers (colored plastic tabs) were placed next to the names of individual children (each time they made a correct response) on a large chart in the front of the room. Five…

An illustrated, self-contained packet, the resource materials contained in this guide are designed for adaptation to K-8. The resources and ideas presented here are designed to encourage utilization of the outdoors as a learning resource. While intrinsically multidisciplinary, the activities are particularly adaptable to social studies, science,…

Seven lesson plans on orientation to distributive education and DECA are presented in this performanced-based curriculum unit for distributive education. This unit is self-contained and consists of the following components: introduction (provides overview of unit content and describes why mastery of the objectives is important); performance…

Twelve lesson plans on economics of marketing are presented in this performance-based curriculum unit for distributive education. This unit is self-contained and consists of the following components: introduction (provides overview of unit content and describes why mastery of the objectives is important); performance objectives; and unit outline…