Poor, minority, and low ability students suffer most from the general lack of sustained opportunity to study mathematics in American public schools. Studies indicate that preschool and kindergarten students show only minor social class or racial differences in mathematical thinking and that differences in mathematical performance among older…

This collection of 10 papers aims to provide teachers at all levels with ideas on a number of important aspects of mathematics education. The Report of the Committee on Inquiry into the Teaching of Mathematics (Cockcroft Report) has provoked wide discussion in England, and the papers examine some contemporary issues in school mathematics in light…

The book reviews the historical development of geography as discipline and discusses the current status of geography teaching in British schools. Chapter one briefly identifies the rationale for including geography in the educational curriculum. Chapter two traces the role of geography in academic study from ancient Greece to the present. Growth…

A study was carried out of the 15 to 20% of immigrants enrolled in French second language classes in the "Centres d'Orientation et de Formation des Immigrants" (COFI) in Quebec, who learn little or no French after 8 weeks of an intensive course and repetitions of the course. This report presents the data gathered in the course of the…

This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 15 titles deal with the following topics: remedial reading teacher attitudes, how parent training in behavior modification and transactional analysis affects remedial reading instruction, the effect of role change on the reading…

This guide is designed for school principals who bear the responsibility for the successful administration of Virginia's Competency Program. Several aspects of the program are described: legislative background; graduation requirements concerning citizenship and qualifying for further education or work; tests used to assess reading and mathematics…

A controlled experiment was conducted in 1980 with 117 first graders in two Southwestern schools near the Mexican border to determine the effects of direct instruction in teaching bilingual Hispanic children to read. Direct instruction has been defined as using modeling, reinforcement, prompting, discrimination learning, and correction/feedback…

THIS COLLECTION OF 75 READINGS FOR TEACHERS CONSISTS OF EIGHT CHAPTERS, EACH ORGANIZED AS A UNIT OF STUDY DISCUSSING A QUESTION ABOUT THE DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT, AND EDUCATION OF EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED CHILDREN. THE AUTHOR'S RESPONSES TO INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES REFLECT A PSYCHOEDUCATIONAL APPROACH. THE QUESTION "HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE EMOTIONALLY…

PROGRAMS FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AND THE NEED FOR FACILITIES ARE OUTLINED. CHARTS AND MAPS PRESENT COUNTY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION FOR EACH HANDICAP. SPACE AND DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PROJECTED FACILITIES AND MODIFICATION OF EXISTING PHYSICAL FACILITIES ARE INCLUDED. (MY)

Research shows that a very large percentage of Japanese university students are apprehensive about communicating orally, to the degree that their fear may be debilitating, weakening their effectiveness as oral interactants in social and classroom situations. This uneasiness with speech has been culturally ingrained for centuries. Children are…

A knowledge of areas of difficulty as well as their underlying causes is necessary before instructional materials, teaching techniques, and evaluation methods in foreign language instruction can be organized. This research describes three methods of analyzing the problems in foreign language learning and suggests their complementary role in…

THIS REPORT CONSISTS OF EVALUATIONS OF SIX ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT, TITLE I (ESEA) PROJECTS CONDUCTED IN CINCINNATI, OHIO, PUBLIC SCHOOLS DURING THE 1965-66 SCHOOL YEAR. THE PROJECTS OFFERED (1) EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, (2) SPEECH IMPROVEMENT, (3) REMEDIATION OF EMOTIONAL AND LEARNING PROBLEMS, (4) PHYSICAL HEALTH SERVICES, (5)…

The desk calculator has been promoted as invaluable to the teaching of mathematics, though this claim has not been supported by controlled experimental studies. Using empirical methods, this study was designed to test calculators with two groups of ninth grade students and one group of fifth grade students in three differing instructional…

A prescriptive teaching program developed by the teachers of Madison Elementary School, Fargo, North Dakota, is described in the brochure. The students are from low income families; the majority of the teachers have received their training at the New School of Behavioral Studies, University of North Dakota. In determining what is best for each…

The Computer Assisted Remedial Education (CARE) project developed two computer-assisted instructional (CAI) courses. The objective was to train educational personnel to use diagnostic teaching in working with preschool and primary grade children who exhibit learning problems. Emphasis was placed upon the use of new technology in providing…