Described are activities used in an interdisciplinary arts program with moderately and severely/profoundly mentally retarded, perceptually impaired, emotionally disturbed, and physically handicapped students. Objectives and procedures are discussed for activities dealing with bodies (including body tracing), visual and poetic circles, textures,…

The first of a series of documents about Project Success, an enrichment program for gifted elementary students, describes identification and evaluation procedures for the four project components: language arts, electricity, marine science, and art. Included among sample identification measures are a checklist on general characteristics and a test…

Four packets comprise the electricity component of an enrichment program for gifted elementary students. Provided in the introductory packet are sample pre- and posttests for the unit. Remaining packets present vocabulary lists, student worksheets on beginning circuitry, and suggestions for student projects (such as making a battery, constructing…

The purposes of this study are to determine (1) if public alternative school teachers' perceptions of their instructional practices differ significantly from those of teachers in conventional schools in the same district and (2) if public alternative school students' perceptions of teaching practices in their school differ significantly from those…

This manual is a collection of analects from seven university manuals for indoctrinating graduate assistants in the teaching of undergraduate mathematics courses. Topics and exercises deal with class conduct, record keeping, chalkboard techniques, homework, test construction, question strategies, attitude, and Polya's ten commandments. Included…

Three elementary school programs are examined for principles of direct instruction positively related to increased levels of student academic performance in reading and mathematics. "Direct instruction" refers to activities that cover content at low error rate while involving students in academically relevant pursuits. Such activities include…

Creative and inexpensive teaching suggestions for high school anthropology courses are presented. They are chosen specifically for programs which cannot afford expensive curriculum materials. All activities demonstrate the application of universal anthropological principles to the American society. Seven areas which reflect the general functions…

This National Institute of Education (NIE) study of compensatory education, and evaluation of Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I is a response to congressional evaluation needs. The report traces the origin of Title I and the congressional interest in its evaluation. Prior efforts to assess the effectiveness of Title I, congressional…

This book has been written as a guide for comparative studies in counselor training curricula and inservice workshops or for professional enrichment of individual guidance workers. It is an experimental textbook. While the subject matter is not designed to be comprehensive or systematic, the information is adequate for those who wish to initiate…

The use of words in isolation, words with pictures, and words in sentence context in teaching word recognition to beginning readers was studied in a sample of 54 boys and 54 girls. These 108 pupils were randomly assigned to the three treatment groups; each child was individually taught the target words. Learning was assessed on five dependent…

This study involved the use of interspersed questions as an instructional procedure to aid improvement in reading efficiency. Subjects, 86 college students enrolled in an undergraduate course in methods for teaching secondary reading, practiced (five times) reading nonfiction narrative selections, trying to increase their reading speed. The…

Creativity, a means of communicating a personal and unique response to life, should be nurtured and cultivated in the classroom. This document discusses the nature of creativity and, using the analogy of a gardener cultivating a garden, outlines nine steps a teacher may take in developing students' creativity--prepare the soil, plant the garden…

The essay in this issue of "Insights" develops the theses that children's language environment is the key to their language development, that the school setting and language arts program contribute little to language development, and that greater use of the best of children's books could significantly enhance children's language development. The…

Teacher verbal behaviors following oral reading errors of primary grade children were the focus of this study. The incidence, location, and type of verbal interruption behaviors that occured during classroom reading instruction were contrasted for high-and low-ability readers. Results for 20 teachers indicated that they were more likely to…

Drawing on materials from a variety of sources, the authors of this guide survey the advantages and disadvantages of management by objectives (MBO), describe common errors made in setting objectives and in operating an MBO system, and provide samples of MBO planning calendars. The emphasis in most of these materials is on MBO as a means of…