Observations of innovative compensatory intervention programs in three Greek elementary schools were conducted in 1986. Implemented in 50 schools and offering help to 1,176 students, the innovation offered assistance through compensatory teaching to children, mainly second grade students, who were experiencing learning difficulties. This report…

Drawing from interviews conducted with students and staff at six community colleges in New York, this report offers a profile of college programs for learning disabled students and their clientele. Part I presents the results of interviews conducted with 28 learning disabled students, focusing on general demographics, students' reasons for…

This instrument is a revision of the Texas Preschool Screening Inventory (TPSI). It is a screening test designed to identify children who may be at risk for learning problems as they enter kindergarten or first grade. The manual describes the directions for administration, scoring, rationale, and reference for each component of the instrument. The…

Teaching methods are recommended for dealing with particular learning and study problems experienced by students using a format which includes a statement of the learning problem, a description of a method for dealing with that problem, correct and incorrect examples of the use of the method, and an explanation of why the method works. The…

The purpose of this annotated bibliography is to bring to the attention of the German teacher some of the critical issues in language teaching methodology and pedagogical theory that have been of concern recently. The bibliography points out some specific works that have a clear and direct bearing on what happens in the German classroom. The works…

This study focuses on a questionnaire survey undertaken in 1977 in which the concepts and use of measurement in tribal Aboriginal communities in Australia were investigated. The document opens with a review of a 1975 survey of numeracy skills in 10- and 14-year-olds in Australia which showed Aboriginal students often performed at a much lower…

This document focuses on one child's skip counting methods. The pupil, a second grade student at Steuben School, in Kankakee, Illinois, was interviewed as she made several attempts at counting twenty-five poker chips on a circular piece of paper. The interview was part of a larger study of "Children's Conceptions of Number and Numeral,"…

In the 1980's, understanding and using mathematics will become even more important in the careers and personal lives of men and women in America. The Mathematics Anxiety Program at the University of Minnesota is the subject of this study. The initial pool of subjects was 342 participants in six separate offerings of the program. The offerings were…

This document, written in Vietnamese and containing a bilingual (English/Vietnamese) forward, examines the differences between the American and Vietnamese educational systems with respect to basic educational philosophy, content, learning style and organization. Also discussed are specific learning problems which affect the education of Vietnamese…

Reading and writing teachers can use visual compositions--a grouping of pictures, photos, or slides suggesting a unified story or theme--to help students understand style and organization in writing. Students who are categorized as language deficient, have difficulty with invention, or are influenced in language learning by visual/spatial input…

In this program for college students the goal is to help students learn more efficiently and effectively. Designed primarily to aid the under-prepared student, the program attempts to fill in gaps in the student's background and help him or her learn those techniques that are necessary to college survival. A diagnostic survey is conducted with the…

A multi-faceted study followed up 800 children originally administered SCREEN, a comprehensive early identification screening battery. Ss were given an individually administered diagnostic battery: The Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities (ITPA), The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) Verbal Scale, The Beery Visual Motor…

A checklist developed in the Hawaii State Department of Health was completed by teachers and aides to screen for behavioral problems of children in preschools. The 31 items were categorized conceptually into four areas: (1) Speech-hearing-language; (2) Academic-intellectual; (3) Physical-motor; and (4) Social-emotional. If two or more items were…

THE RELATIONSHIP OF ENVIRONMENT AND THE DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESS OF THE BEGINNING SCHOOL CHILD WAS EXPLORED. MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS RESEARCH WERE TO DESCRIBE THE MAJOR DIMENSION THROUGH WHICH ENVIRONMENT IS LIKELY TO INHIBIT DEVELOPMENT AND TO SPECIFY THE AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN MOST INFLUENCED BY UNFAVORABLE ENVIRONMENTAL…

THE CURRENT INSTITUTE PROGRAM EVOLVED FROM A TRANSLATION OF FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF THE TEACHING-LEARNING PROCESS DEVELOPED BY BANK STREET COLLEGE. THE PSYCHO-EDUCATIONAL METHOD WAS BASED UPON THE PREMISES THAT INTELLECTUAL FUNCTIONING IS LIMITED BY PARTICULAR PATTERNS OF EMOTIONAL RESPONSE AND THAT THESE COGNITIVE FACTORS INTERACT TO SUPPORT OR…