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Myers, John W. – 1979
This publication for middle- and junior-high school students contains teaching units on aging. The units themselves are not intended to be immediately usable in the classroom. They require the teacher to first learn something about aging. The units require tailoring to specific classroom situations. The first five sections contain units for the…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Bibliographies, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives
Download full textEvertson, Carolyn M.; And Others – 1980
The primary emphasis of the Texas Junior High School Study was the investigation of process-outcome relationships in 136 junior high school math and English classes. A total of 68 teachers were observed in nine junior high schools in a large urban school district. Teachers also responded to a questionnaire and an interview focusing on presage…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Observation Techniques, English Instruction, Interviews
Evertson, Carolyn M.; And Others – 1980
The primary emphasis of the Texas Junior High School Study was the investigation of process-outcome relationships in 136 junior high school math and English classes. A total of 68 teachers were observed in nine junior high schools in a large urban school district. Teachers also responded to a questionnaire and an interview focusing on presage…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Observation Techniques, English Instruction, Interviews
Chew, Charles R.; Schlawin, Sheila A. – 1978
The materials in this manual include the activities and creative writing samples from a summer inservice writing skills workshop conducted for 32 teachers from seven school districts. The outlined writing activities cover a variety of topics that involve describing real and imaginary objects, naming objects in a newly created world, writing poetry…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Creative Writing, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction
Scerba, John R. – 1979
The effectiveness of matching learning styles of community college students to similar teaching strategies in English and mathematics courses was investigated in relation to (1) academic success in courses; (2) attitudes toward the instructor and the course; and (3) attrition rate in courses. Five hypotheses were tested: students would have…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Cognitive Style, College Instruction
BURNS, REX S.; JONES, ROBERT C. – 1967
THE RESULTS OF AN EXPERIMENT CONDUCTED AT THE CENTRAL MISSOURI STATE COLLEGE INDICATE THAT IN COMPARISON TO THE CLASSROOM LECTURE APPROACH TO COMPOSITION, THE LECTURE-TUTORIAL METHOD SAVES TIME AND RESULTS IN A SHARPER FOCUS OF SUBJECT MATTER AND A MORE INTENSE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PUPIL AND TEACHER. A CLASS OF 25 STUDENTS WAS GIVEN ONE HOUR PER…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Freshmen, College Instruction, Educational Research
LOBAN, WALTER – 1967
OVER A 13-YEAR PERIOD, EXTENSIVE LONGITUDINAL DATA WERE COLLECTED ON EVERY ASPECT OF THE LINGUISTIC BEHAVIOR OF 338 OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, SCHOOL CHILDREN AS THEY PROGRESSED FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE 12. TAPED ORAL INTERVIEWS AND A WIDE RANGE OF TESTS AND INVENTORIES WERE CONDUCTED ANNUALLY TO MEASURE READING ACHIEVEMENT, LISTENING ABILITY,…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, English Instruction, High School Students, Language Ability
HOOK, J.N. – 1967
BECAUSE THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ANY SWEEPING SHIFTS IN EMPHASES IN THE PAST DECADE IN THE PREPARATION OF SECONDARY ENGLISH TEACHERS BY COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, GENERALIZATIONS ABOUT IMPROVEMENTS ARE DIFFICULT TO CONSTRUCT. ALTHOUGH TRENDS ARE EVIDENT AND ARE BEGINNING TO BE MANIFESTED IN THE KINDS OF TRAINING GIVEN PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS, PROBLEMS…
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Educational Psychology, English, English Education
MARCKWARDT, ALBERT H. – 1967
THE ASSUMPTIONS, PROCEDURES, AND IMPACT OF THE 1958 CONFERENCE ON BASIC ISSUES IN THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH AND THE DARTMOUTH SEMINAR OF 1966 ARE COMPARED. A SHORT HISTORY OF THE EARLIER CONFERENCE AND THE ISSUES RAISED THEN INDICATE THE WAYS IN WHICH IT WAS BOTH REPRESENTATIVE OF ITS TIMES AND PROPHETIC OF FUTURE PROBLEMS. THREE SHIFTS IN THE…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Attitude Change, Conferences, Course Content
PIERSON, HOWARD – 1967
RECENT RESEARCH WOULD SEEM TO IMPLY THAT THE RESULT OF INTENSIVE TEACHER-CORRECTION OF STUDENT COMPOSITION DOES NOT JUSTIFY THE EFFORT. IF TEACHER-CORRECTION DOES NOT PRODUCE THE IMPROVEMENT OF STUDENT COMPOSITION, PERHAPS PEER-CORRECTION WOULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE. A REVIEW OF THE FEW PERTINENT STUDIES INDICATES THAT PEER-CORRECTION IS AT LEAST AS…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Classroom Techniques, College Students, English Instruction
PLAISTER, TED – 1967
WHEN CHILDREN ENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THEY POSSESS A LANGUAGE SYSTEM WHICH HAS BEEN INTUITED FROM WHAT THEY HEAR AND WHICH CAN PRODUCE FOR THEM AN INFINITE NUMBER OF SENTENCES REFLECTING EITHER STANDARD OR NONSTANDARD DIALECTS OF ENGLISH. THE ELEMENTARY TEACHER CAN EQUIP THOSE WHO SPEAK A DIVERGENT ENGLISH DIALECT WITH ANOTHER, MORE SOCIALLY…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Aural Learning, Educational Media, Elementary Education
PRINDIVILLE, SISTER FRANCIS DE SALES – 1967
TEACHERS INCREASE THEIR STUDENTS' DISCOURAGEMENT AND CONFUSION BY IGNORING THEIR PERSONAL GROWTH AND BY NOT RELATING SCHOOL SITUATIONS TO LIFE PROBLEMS. FOR SLOW LEARNERS, THIS MAY LEAD TO FAILURE, FRUSTRATION, AND BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS. IF THE TEACHER IS TO HELP SLOW LEARNERS, HE MUST BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THEM, KNOW WHAT THEY EXPECT FROM EDUCATION,…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development, English Instruction
SHANE, HAROLD G. – 1967
IT IS THE AUTHOR'S PURPOSE IN THIS BOOKLET TO HELP TEACHERS AND CURRICULUM SPECIALISTS UNDERSTAND WHY LINGUISTICS IS SO IMPORTANT AND TO UNDERSTAND ITS APPLICATIONS IN THE CLASSROOM. THE READER IS ALSO INTRODUCED TO THE HISTORY, TECHNICAL VOCABULARY, AND PRESENT STATUS OF RESEARCH AND THEORY IN LINGUISTICS AND ENCOURAGED TO CONTINUE SELF-STUDY IN…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, English, English Curriculum
Fairbanks, Marilyn M.; Elliott, Mary K. – 1979
A study was conducted focusing on three aspects of a developmental English program in which underprepared freshmen were able to earn regular composition credit while receiving additional help in both reading and writing. An examination of the scores on the Iowa Silent Reading Test compared to scores on two writing tests was made and some…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Content Area Reading, English Instruction, Functional Reading
Pittman, Theda Sue; Orvik, James M. – 1976
This paper analyzes thirteen recommendations for media policy making in rural Alaska which were formulated as a product of a study of the educational television aspect of the ATS-6 (Applications Technology Satellite) project in 1974-75. The recommendations, which emphasize local media control, were based on information provided by village…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Audience Participation, Communications Satellites, Community Control
