THIS BOOKLET WAS DESIGNED TO MEET SOME IMMEDIATE NEEDS FOR THE FIRST SUMMER SESSION OF PROJECT HEAD START. IT CONTAINS SOME OF THE MOST WORKABLE AND PROMISING TEACHING METHODS IN THE ENTIRE FIELD OF COMPENSATORY EDUCATIONS, METHODS THAT HAVE BEEN USED IN PRIVATELY SPONSORED CENTERS AND HAVE PROVED VALUABLE IN COPING WITH PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED IN…

DESIGNED FOR THE USE OF OBSERVERS, TEACHERS, AND RESEARCHERS IN DESCRIBING CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR, THIS MODEL WAS SET UP IN 3 DIMENSIONS--CONTENT-SKILLS, CONCEPT LEVEL (DATA, CONCEPT, GENERALIZATION), AND STYLE (FOCUSING ON DESCRIPTION, EXPANSION, EXPLANATION, EVALUATION-EXPLANATION, AND EVALUATION). SUBDIVIDING CLASSROOM DISCUSSIONS IS ACCOMPLISHED…

Training methods naturally employed by trainers were analyzed and compared to systematic structured training procedures. Trainers were observed teaching retarded subjects how to assemble a bicycle brake, roller skate, carburetor, and lawn mower engine. Trainers first taught using their own (personal) method, which was recorded in terms of types of…

As part of an investigation of effective first grade reading group instruction, teacher interviews were conducted and analyzed to determine differences between control and treatment group teachers, the relation between interview responses and adjusted student achievement, and the relation between teacher self-ratings and observed behaviors. Ten…

A PROCEDURE TO TEACH NATIVE SAMOANS HOW TO TEACH READING IS DESCRIBED. THE STORY SEQUENCE IDEA WAS USED FOR SELF-TEACHING. CLASS MEMBERS COLLECTED SAMOAN LEGENDS AND RECORDED VILLAGE LIFE IN ORIGINAL BOOKS ADAPTED TO VARIOUS READING LEVELS. THIS PRODUCTION WAS DIVIDED INTO SIX STEPS--(1) ANALYZING EXISTING TEXTBOOKS, (2) WRITING THE STORIES, (3)…

Since imaginary awareness--as the core of the oral interpreter's art--must be preceded by both an awareness of internal events and an awareness of external events, awareness training can be the most effective means of helping interpreters develop their art. Two models of the awareness development process, a hierarchy of response levels and a…

The development of learning theory and its application to computer-assisted instruction (CAI) are described. Among the early theoretical constructs thought to be important are E. L. Thorndike's concept of learning connectisms, Neal Miller's theory of motivation, and B. F. Skinner's theory of operant conditioning. Early devices incorporating those…

A series of inquiry plans for the systematic development of learning and thinking skills are provided in this teaching guide. The materials for each grade level include: 1) a summary of the plans, justification of them, identification of the concepts and content that the students will explore, and an outline of the instruction strategy; 2) a…

An Educational Cooperative is a confederation of school districts which, in concert with an area university and a state department of education, employ media, mobile facilities, and communications technology to change and improve both educational organization and process. This paper details a general model for the development of adapted courses to…

Albert Bandura of Stanford University has proposed four component processes to his theory of observational learning: a) attention, b) retention, c) motor reproduction, and d) reinforcement and motivation. This study represents one phase of an effort to relate modeling and observational learning theory to teacher training. The problem of this study…

The report offers an overview of Project CAREER and its development of a computerized data bank of occupational behavioral objectives which can be used as curriculum building blocks for a career development process. Although developed for the general population, the data has applicability for the handicapped population via the coding of those…

One of the basic problems in relating learning theories to instructional strategies is that traditionally learning theory has researched the micro unit whereas the instructional environment studies the macro unit. Traditionally, instructional strategy research and development takes the learner as he comes, an integrated organism. In learning…

To test the feasibility of using case study techniques in national evaluations, the case study approach was used to study the experiences of a boy and a girl in each of eight Head Start curricular models and two children in a classroom not under the sponsorship of a program developer. Teachers and mothers were also interviewed. The purpose of the…

Three classes of junior high and first year high school students were used in laboratory sessions with Earth Science Curriculum Project, Introductory Physical Science, and Biological Science Curriculum Study materials as a model for the pre-student teaching phase of teacher training. The Small Group Interaction System was utilized in analysis of…

A study was conducted to determine whether the use of a model enhances the effectiveness of videotape recorded microteaching sessions in changing the behavior of in-service foreign language teachers. The subjects of the experiment were divided into four groups: men teachers of Spanish, women teachers of Spanish, men teachers of French, and women…