The report examines the 1972-73 dissemination program of San Diego's Zoo Project for Handicapped Children which was designed to stimulate language arts improvement in mentally or educationally handicapped students by using animals at the zoo site and in schools. The following program objectives are identified: to encourage and the…

In exploring nonverbal language, this book suggests activities in which children can express and interpret meanings with more than words, provides a starting point for teachers in helping children develop nonverbal communication skills, and recommends that teachers build language arts programs which emphasize more than just words. Contents consist…

Designed for kindergarten through grade three, the material in this volume of the "Curriculum Guide for the Language Arts" is organized by grades with provision for use in a continuous or nongraded organization. An introductory section outlines the general language arts program, noting specifically the characteristics of the primary child, the…

This annotated bibliography covers research in the teaching of English published between July 1, 1974, and December 31, 1974. Subject headings include "Bilingual and Bidialectal Studies,""Language and Verbal Learning,""Literature, Humanities, and Media,""Teacher Education,""Testing and Evaluation,""Written and Oral Communication," and a new…

The articles reprinted in this silver anniversary issue are a representation of the type of material published during the past 25 years. Among the topics covered are secondary school curriculum, reading skills, composition in the junior high, individual differences in reading programs, vocabulary development in the college classroom, teacher…

Presented is a proposal (submitted to the Canaan, Vermont School Directors) for low-cost inservice workshops to develop a minimum objectives system in language arts and mathematics (K-12). Pairing of learning objectives with a time criteria establishes a minimum rate of learning useful in determining children eligible for special services.…

This report discusses the Pennsylvania State University Instruction Support System (ISS) designed to meet the needs of large classes for competency-based teacher education (CBTE) programs. The ISS seven-step hierarchical developmental procedure is reported to free the instructor for specialized instruction and evaluation by utilizing a…

Syntax, or, loosely, sentence structure, is a major linguistic variable influencing the comprehensibility of every written sentence. This paper attempts to set forth the relationship between elements of syntax and reading comprehension as the classroom teacher might see them, and to propose a strategy, the Complete Linguistic Elements Paradigm…

To better understand how spelling is taught, six commercial spelling series were reviewed in terms of linguistics orientation, conception of spelling, and treatment of spelling for instruction. In addition, the spelling content of each series through fourth grade was described. Comparisons were made among the series in terms of specific aspects…

The Follett spelling series "Spelling and Writing Patterns" is reviewed in terms of content and method. While descriptive writing plays a considerable role in the series, it is discussed only briefly in this paper. It is concluded that, other than in the first book, spelling instruction does not provide a sufficient basis for learning…

The importance of a good listening program in the upper-elementary grades was emphasized. Perhaps the biggest listening problem with these students, the author said, is to teach them to read as they listen. Suggestions were offered as to how to build listening skills. The separate communicative skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing…

This study was designed to show the effects of three instructional strategies incorporating the use of the cognitive and affective taxonomies on the kinds of questions preservice teachers ask children in reading instruction. The strategies, administered to 120 preservice elementary teachers enrolled in language-arts methods classes, involved 1)…

Three levels of work in language development for preschool and primary age deaf children are presented, along with suggested daily schedules and yearly programs. Skills covered are speech, lipreading, auditory training, and language. Instructions are given for teaching activities in the areas of the various parts of speech and types of sentences.…

When students inductively study linguistic patterns and then apply their understanding to achieve sentence variety, their interest in composition is heightened and their writing styles improve. Through examples in music and in nonsense and model sentences, students became aware of their language's basic structural patterns (subject-verb word…

The revised Hanriksen Teacher Word Analysis Test was administered to 133 education students to determine the relationship between certain reading methods courses completed and word analysis knowledge. The students were placed in one of four groups: (1) students without methods courses in reading and language arts, (2) students with 6 hours of…