A 1966 study of the Kansas secondary schools sought to determine the prevailing conditions in the language arts classrooms in the state and the personal qualifications of the state's 1,656 language arts teachers. Findings revealed that (1) more than half of the language arts teachers were teaching in schools with fewer than 500 students, (2)…

Educational diagnostic methods were used to screen children evidencing minimal brain damage, dyslexia, or emotional problems. Of 750 children, 15% had such difficulties; they received a highly structured language arts program in homogeneous transition groups while remaining in their usual homeroom. In addition, they participated in motor training…

Designed for use with students in the first, second, and third grades, the resource guide is one of a series of 3 booklets (primary, intermediate, and junior high levels) developed by the Crystal Lake, Illinois, school district under a Title III appropriation of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Outdoor education activities are suggested…

The articles comprising this bulletin report the status of research methods in the English language arts and indicate promising directions for further effort. Ralph C. Staiger discusses the range of language arts research and points out the strengths and weaknesses of various research techniques. Theodore Clymer examines the essential…

Designed (1) to determine both the communication barriers arising among high school students of divergent subcultural backgrounds, and how low socioeconomic status black and middle socioeconomic status white listeners evaluate members of their own and different subculture groups as well as speakers of Network English as persons and (2) to examine…

A comprehensive television (TV) and videotape system was installed in the elementary school in Lincoln Heights, Ohio, the nation's largest all-black city. With the support of industry and local educational television, every classroom was equipped with a six-channel closed circuit TV set and six headphones, at a cost of $42,250. The purpose of the…

This 180-item annotated bibliography covers research in the teaching of English, published between January 1, 1973, and June 30, 1973. Subject headings include "Literature, Humanities, and Media,""Written and Oral Communication,""Language "Literature, Humanities, and Media,""Written and Oral…

This book is designed specifically for preservice and inservice teachers who wish to improve their reading-language arts instruction. Topics discussed in the sixteen chapters are: the reading-language teacher's role in an age of change; a communication framework; dynamics of language; children's language development; reading-language programs;…

This 114-item annotated bibliography covers research in the teaching of English published between July 1, 1973, and December 31, 1973. Subject headings include "Bilingual and Bidialectal Studies,""Language and Verbal Learning,""Literature, Humanities, and Media,""Teacher Education,""Testing and…

This study examined the effect of a Specialized Language Activities curriculum upon the language development of 40 selected ninth graders who prepared short improvised dramas for production on videotape. Working on the premise that concentration on one aspect of the language arts would aid development in other areas, students in this experimental…

This study describes a program designed at Stanford University in the computer-assisted instruction (CAI) of reading, which has been used by children in kindergarten through grade three. The program is an adjunct to classroom instruction, stressing the decoding aspect of reading and leaving the communication aspect to the teacher. The report…

"Thoroughly engrossing children and stimulating in them the desire to discover as much as possible about the materials displayed, involvement bulletin boards encourage their viewers to interact positively with these materials: to relate and respond." This pamphlet first discusses the rationale and strategies for planning involvement bulletin…

This curriculum guide discusses an English program for the middle school and the junior high school. The guide is based on the premise that the study of English involves helping the student to clarify, order, interpret, and communicate his experiences through the skillful use of language. This is achieved by allowing the student to exercise oral…

Over 12,000 public school children, the great majority enrolled in kindergarten or first grade, participated in the New Orleans program. Two hundred and one teacher aides were paid from Title I funds under this program. This document contains the forms required by the government for the program evaluation and the responses to evaluative…

This resource guide contains an annotated bibliography of available materials for developing curriculum related to black studies. References for materials and human resources are offered in the areas of Home Economics, Language Arts, Dimensions of Language and Sociolinguistics, and Science. Material resources listed in the bibliography are…