Shortened version of a speech given at the Annual Conference, Joint Council of Language Associations, at the University of Kent, Canterbury, England in December 1970. (DS)

The designer of New York's Open Door Project, Lillian Weber, answers some of the fundamental questions that educators are asking about the open education movement in elementary education. (JF)

A discussion of a new curriculum for exceptional child education that emphasizes the uses of educational technology. Approximately 100 referenes are appended. (AA)

Reports the results of an ESEA Title III program using a computerized Language Experience" method of teaching reading to black elementary school students in Florida. (JM)

Advocates that information on student aptitude for foreign language learning be used not, as in the past, for determining the best general method for language teaching but rather for determining the best teaching method for particular kinds of students. (FB)

Describes a four and a half week elective unit, jointly organized by reading and English teachers, which is designed to allow maximum free reading and extensive skill development through utilization of a wide range of materials. (MS)

Describes a six-week Yeshiva University Skill Center summer program in science and language arts for disadvantaged upper grade elementary school children. Individualized science activities emphasize manipulation of materials. (JM)

Discusses the value of clear objectives in assessing student needs, monitoring teaching procedures, monitoring student growth, and determining mastery. Table and bibliography. (RW)