Two 1976 workshops (Seoul, Korea--June 6-13; Tugu, Bogor, Indonesia--November 7-14) in the Integral Rural Development series had as their objectives to: study the role of training in and value of an integrated rural development approach; exchange experiences on the impact of new agricultural technology upon institutions and people at the village…

A study was conducted in 1972-73 in Berkeley, Rome, Dubrovnik, and Istanbul, in order to examine the differences and similarities in the sequence of the development of locative expressions in English, Italian, Serbo-Croatian, and Turkish. The subjects consisted of 48 two-, three-, and four-year-olds in each field site. Groups of three girls and…

THIS IS THE FINAL REPORT OF AN EMPIRICAL INQUIRY INTO THE WHITE, URBAN, ELEMENTARY AND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL CHILD'S PATTERNS OF POLITICAL SOCIALIZATION. THE EMPHASIS HAS BEEN ON THOSE COGNITIVE AND ATTITUDINAL ELEMENTS WHICH LATER PRODUCE DIFFUSE SUPPORT FOR THE POLITICAL SYSTEM. THE STUDY IS BASED ON THE RESPONSES OF 12,052 SECOND THROUGH EIGHTH…

The principal objective of this part of the multimethod Head Start bilingual/bicultural curriculum evaluation (Juarez and Associates, 1980) was to determine the effectiveness of four early childhood bilingual/bicultural curriculum models developed for Spanish-speaking children. The eight programs assessed had implemented the Alerta, Amanecer,…

Designed to assist the parent in providing language learning opportunities to children at home from infancy through first grade, this practically oriented guidebook includes activities for early childhood to develop sensory awareness and to encourage directed play, investigation, and exploration. Exercises are designed to develop physical…

This issue contains three articles in Spanish, with abstracts in English, dealing with the following topics: (1) technical and scientific language; (2) some types of misrenderings by students in translating from English to Spanish and implications for language instruction; and (3) some theoretical aspects of the formation of technical terms in…

The booklet lists and dispels 14 economic myths through a discussion of money, economic concepts, and the Federal Reserve System. The objective is to help secondary students or adults understand the economic system as related to money and banking. Topics focus on money, banking, gold and silver, credit, government role, financial concepts, and…

Part of the Master Curriculum Guide Project, the document presents strategies for teaching economic concepts as related to basic business and consumer education in secondary schools. The objective is to provide detailed classroom lessons illustrating ways economic ideas can be taught at differing levels of difficulty. The 18 lessons are…

Part of an economic education series, the course package is designed to teach basic concepts and principles of microeconomics and how they can be applied to various world problems. For use with college students, learning is gained through lectures, tutorials, textbooks, programmed text, cases, and TIPS (Teaching Information Processing System).…

THIS DOCUMENT IS A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PAPERS COVERING WORK DONE UNDER OEO CONTRACT 510. THE PAPERS ARE INDIVIDUALLY ABSTRACTED UNDER THE FOLLOWING ACCESSION NUMBERS. PS 000 983, "THE EFFECT OF HEADSTART ON DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESSES." PS 000 984, "THE EFFECT OF TEACHER BEHAVIOR ON VERBAL INTELLIGENCE IN OPERATION HEADSTART CHILDREN."…

A total of 125 white children from three counties in Georgia (selected as representative of small rural and medium and large industrial urban populations) were administered a battery of tests in three phases of their schooling: (1) during the summer preceding their admission to the first grade, (2) near the end of the first grade, and (3) near the…

Designed to minimize time and cost to teachers and parents, the paperback emphasizes both ideas and practical tools for teaching temporal concepts. The concept of time is presented; the major studies of normal child development and how children come to understand time words and concepts are reviewed. Temporal disabilities (difficulties in learning…

The purpose of this study was to empirically test a set of predictions implied by the Model of Conceptual Learning and Development using the concept of cutting tool. Four subtests were developed to assess a subject's ability to perform at each of four successive levels of concept attainment (concrete, identity, classificatory and formal). In…

The goals, guidelines, policies, and philosophies of the California public schools for elementary through secondary social science education programs are reflected in this document. The framework presented illustrates ways in which the adoption of instructional materials and the development of curricula may be implemented. In addition to outlining…

The paper identifies and defines necessary components for the induction of energy into the adult teaching-learning experience, presents a heuristic device which describes the likely positioning of components and the roles of teacher and adult learner as provider and receiver of influence toward energy, and proposes a quasi-stationary formula which…