Assessment procedures can be used to establish a baseline of strengths and weaknesses for young visually handicapped students, to record changes in students' performance, and to identify teaching steps. Selecting suitable assessment procedures requires consideration of their format, wording of the items, subscales, developmental range, reliability…

In reacting against prescriptivism of language purists, applied linguistics has often advocated a descriptivism that assumes the existence of an unproblematic world that is neatly referenced by words in a language. It is argued that pronouns such as "we,""you," and "they" are in fact very complex and political words,…

The thinking-out-loud procedure provides teachers with an excellent mechanism for collecting information about students' thought processes and affective states during problem solving. Mathematics teachers can implement this process by modeling it during whole-class problem-solving sessions, proceeding slowly and encouragingly, working with small…

This paper illustrates how corpus research can inform language teachers and textbook writers about contemporary usage. This study provides evidence from various corpora, including a collection of language practice books and textbooks, and electronic databases that contain contemporary language data on how English is actually used. The data found…

Types of errors made by children in addition and subtraction are presented and discussed. Suggestions are given for testing, diagnosing, and prescribing for instruction. (MNS)

The University of Connecticut's undergraduate special education program, which uses the prescriptive teaching approach to train special education teachers, is described. Student support services that help "high risk" candidates succeed in a demanding program are outlined. Program elements and evaluation criteria that provide students…

This address stresses the idea that selected findings from research in neuropsychology can be of use in courses in diagnostic and prescriptive teaching and in clinical work with children and adults. A short history of psychological theories from faculty psychology through Piagetian techniques is given. Then efforts in neurospsychology are…

Offered for the clinical teacher in training or reading specialists in elementary schools is the Pupil Profile of Reading Skills, intended for assessment of 110 specific factors related to the reading process and for translation of objectives into daily tasks. (MC)

Described are two classroom programs for severely emotionally disturbed children (7-10 and 15-17 years old). Discussed are such program components as room arrangement, individualized schedule planning, the token system used in vocational training, and a sample prescriptive model (which includes language training, situational training, formal…

The secondary level program of Spring Lake (MI) Public Schools provides services necessary to develop community living skills. Students proceed through three phases: daily living courses (basic academic subjects); prescriptive programing based on the student's needs; and vocational orientation, preparation, and training (including a senior year…

A description of this basic arithmetic program includes an outline of its goals, features contained in a teacher's manual, task cards and supplementary resource materials, steps involved in the implementation of the program, and answers to some questions about the program. An outline of the training program is given along with a workshop schedule.…

This document describes a generalizable process for assessing needs and prescribing instructional resources which was piloted in the science teaching project of the Pennsylvania Department of Education entitled Investigative Science for Elementary Education (ISEE). Based on careful consideration and analysis of a number of information and…