This document defines performance testing as the task of determining how well performance objectives are mastered by learners. Examples are provided for teachers who have to conduct performance testing with industrial standards. Stress is laid on communicating and exchanging materials with colleagues. A reporting form is included which shows how…

This report is intended to provide school authorities with information useful in arranging courses of study and in providing proper conditions, to assist teachers in choosing instructional materials and in handling them according to the best teaching methods available, and to lay a foundation for articulating the movement for improved teaching of…

Reports on a third account of a longitudinal investigation of the effects of the installation of a curriculum engineering system in a suburban Illinois elementary school district. A system of curriculum engineering is explained as involving the organization of all personnel in the school district in the performance of the two primary functions of…

This dissertation describes the development of an introductory course in Afro-American literature for the community college, including goals, rationale, text selection, sample lectures, and class materials. Two lecture sets are provided which include background information for the course. The topic, "Historical Incidents Affecting the Development…

Based on a coordinated aural-oral approach, this language arts curriculum guide was developed to teach Navajo students English as a second language. The design of the curriculum provides for longitudinal and horizontal movements to favor concept formation by inductive experience. The plan gears instruction to three instructional levels: low (the…

Results of a 1972 survey of speech communication education in Texas secondary schools indicate that the traditional activities-oriented method still prevails. Competitive activities receive high priority and quite probably influence development of the speech curriculum. There is little attention paid to communication theory or to the behavioral…

The first two papers in this volume discusses the results of questionnaires intended for primary and secondary teachers to elicit information on current issues in the teaching of English in Australia. It was learned that secondary teachers reached consensus only on the very broadest levels. They all agreed that literature, communication, and…

The document covers the Navajo Studies Program (NSP) at Navajo Community College (NCC). The Navajo Studies Program differs from other Indian Studies Programs in 7 ways, e.g.: (1) it is located on the Navajo Reservation and controlled by the tribe; (2) NCC incorporates Indian studies into every individual program and area of concentration--English…

This is a report of a forty-four month investigation in which three curricular approaches to rehabilitating school dropouts were evaluated under experimental conditions. Program participants were school dropouts between the ages of 17 and 22, and the program was conducted in a large urban high school. The findings of the study were: (1)…

This document describes the efforts of program administrators to implement an organic curriculum in the secondary schools of Atlanta, Georgia. The chief program administrator coordinated efforts to develop instructional materials and a curricular program based on the experiences and needs of local students, and to implement a 12-month, 4-quarter…

This report examines the pertinent literature about subcolleges, summarizes their characteristics, and suggests areas for further research. Nine such subcolleges are described in terms of how they were initiated and what programs are offered. These subcolleges were selected for their distinctive characteristics and innovations. They range from…

The 5 volumes in Phase II comprise the results of the initial effort to create an effective social science curriculum for Indian and Eskimo students, grades K-12. Volume I of Phase II discusses the liaison network, the primary purpose of which was to create interest, understanding, and acceptance of the Project NECESSITIES curriculum among Indian…

The staff of Project NECESSITIES conducted 2 workshops for educators concerned with curriculum for American Indian (including Eskimo) students. The purpose of these sessions was to familiarize participants with techniques pertinent to development of curriculum for Indian students at both the elementary and secondary school levels. The practica…

Part III, Volume V, Part A of Project NECESSITIES consists of 6 units intended for 2nd-grade American Indian (including Eskimo) children. Activities include music, pantomime, and drama to allow the student and teacher to develop their own classroom version of the story of creation so that the student learns the difference between fact and truth.…

This independent study module treats those Americans who have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. They include Sinclair Lewis, Eugene O'Neill, T. S. Eliot, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, and Pearl Buck. Selections from the writings of these authors are included. Their works represent many literary genres and also…