Designed to assess the quality of pieces of creative writing in the intermediate and junior high grades, the Sager Writing Scale (SWS) is intended for use by both students and teachers or by researchers. The SWS contains four scales with four ratings possible in the areas of vocabulary, elaboration, organization, and structure. Validity for the…

Designed to assess high school teachers' attitudes about teaching poetry, this questionnaire asked teachers to respond to a 38-item poetry methods rating scale (PMRS) on a seven-point scale (from "strongly agree" to "strongly disagree"). The items for the questionnaire were derived from a study of popular methods texts for…

Designed to measure by quantifiable means syntactic complexity component of readability, the Syntactic Complexity Formula is based on the theory that syntactic patterns frequently found in the language of children might be a more valid criterion than sentence length for controlling syntax. The Formula's analysis is based on transformational…

Designed to assess the level of thematic profundity of a reader's response to short stories, the Literary Profundity Test consists of four very short stories, each with four endings representing one of the five levels in the Literary Profundity Scale: physical, mental, moral, psychological, and philosophical. Nine experts have agreed that each…

Designed to measure maturity of reading interests, the Sophistication of Reading Interests Scale consists of 29 pairs of fictitious story synopses, one of the pair more sophisticated than the other. Three indicators of level of maturity, defined in order of sophistication, are the importance of plot, the importance of characters, and the…

This collection of teaching units is one of three volumes designed to assist teachers in bringing relevant, interdisciplinary, environmental learning experiences to elementary students. This first volume is aimed at the K-2 level and deals with the immediate environment of the student. Titles of the nine units presented are: Preparing for Seasonal…

This second of three volumes designed to bring relevant, interdisciplinary, environmental learning experiences to elementary students is written for grades 3 and 4 and is concerned with the student's local environment. Titles of the 10 units included in this volume are: The School Lawn; The Vacant Lot; Giants on the Land: Trees in Our Environment;…

The third of this series of three volumes on interdisciplinary environmental learning experiences for elementary students is aimed at grades 5 and 6 and deals with the comunity environment of the student. Titles of the eight units included in this volume are: Probleem Solving; How to Plan a Clean-up Campaign in the Local Community; Scars upon the…

This workbook contains experiments categorized in three levels: elementary, intermediate, and high school. At each level an avenue of study in the area of air, water, noise, and solid waste is suggested. The concept being studied, the needed equipment, and the procedures are specified for each experiment. A high school social studies activity and…

A guide to help teachers and students in California's Bay Area become aware of the region's rich resources on China and Chinese culture, contains a listing of resources useful to any classroom teacher interested in teaching about China. After an introduction to the Bay Area China Education Project, which produces the Guide, annotated descriptions…

This compilation is one of a series produced through the combined efforts of the United States Office of Education/Environmental Education, coordinators for environmental education in the various states, and the ERIC Center for Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education, in an attempt to collect and detail environmental education efforts…

This selective annotated bibliography lists current reference sources in the McGill Library system which deal with film. It emphasizes a scholarly approach to the film as art and includes only a few technical items. The citations are arranged in the following categories: guides and bibliographies, film catalogues and listings, dictionaries and…

The handbook, prepared by teachers in a summer workshop, is to be used by teacher aides at the nursery through grade 3 levels as well as by administrators and teachers. Teacher aides are said to be the candy stripers of education who help teachers in ways such as supervising art and music activities and making home visits. Notes from the…

This compilation is one of a series produced through the combined efforts of the United States Office of Education/Environmental Education, coordinators for environmental education in the various states, and the ERIC Center for Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education, in an attempt to collect and detail environmental education efforts…

This compilation is one of a series produced through the combined efforts of the United States Office of Education/Environmental Education, coordinators for environmental education in the various states, and the ERIC Center for Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education, in an attempt to collect and detail environmental education efforts…