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Canning, Jean; And Others – 1979
Methods and materials for training parents to become involved in the development of an individualized educational program (IEP) for their handicapped children are presented. An introductory section details the goals and objectives of the program, describes parent involvement, and discusses the use of the training guide. Six training units explore…
Descriptors: Definitions, Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Individualized Education Programs
Download full textDeno, Stanley L. – 1979
An approach for systematically observing and recording behavioral difference in the classroom is described, and its use with 11 behavior problem elementary students is discussed. The author points out the importance of peer sampling and the use of multiple observations to avoid erroneous conclusions. A case study of a second grade child…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Case Studies, Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Education
Sinha, Anjani Kumar; Sinha, Usha K. – CIEFL Bulletin, 1977
The use of error analysis in second language instruction is discussed. Error analysis is seen as an effective aid to second language remedial teaching if errors are treated as evidence of learners' strategies, and analyzed in terms of their significance. A rule-oriented analysis explains why errors are made and implies what ought to be done to…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Error Analysis (Language), Language Acquisition, Learning Processes
Stewig, John Warren – 1980
This speech indicates how teachers can use visual materials in classrooms to promote writing by children in primary school. Five classroom tested motivating experiences discussed are: (1) adding words to wordless picture books, (2) writing about artist's paintings, (3) writing story lines from films, (4) comparing variant editions of the same…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Kindergarten Children, Learning Activities, Motivation Techniques
Smith, Susan R.; And Others – 1980
This study attempted to gather empirical evidence to guide educators in their teaching of linear measurement to primary school children. It attempted to answer the question "What modes of instruction are most effective for teaching linear measurement concepts to conservers and nonconservers of length?" (as defined by Jean Piaget), using a…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Learning Theories
Duly, Leslie C.; Wadlow, Joan K. – 1980
The use of simulation in teaching international relations is examined by evaluating how a simulation approach helped students in three institutions of higher education understand international terror. The project involved 97 students from three colleges and universities, and people with expertise in the community including campus police, the…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Decision Making, Educational Objectives, Higher Education
Capie, William; And Others – 1979
The plans included in this manual were developed for use in training data collectors to administer the Teacher Performance Assessment Instruments (TPAI). They were designed by classroom teachers and present data collectors with types of plans which might be encountered while assessing teachers in the field. Each set of plans was developed to serve…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary School Teachers, Evaluators, Guidelines
Groppel, Jack L., Ed. – 1979
Conference proceedings from this national symposium on hard scientific research and developments in teaching tennis, squash, racquetball, and badminton are divided into several sections. The first deals with sports medicine and the biomechanics of the racquet sports. The second part discusses the pyschological and sociological aspects of…
Descriptors: Biomechanics, Lifetime Sports, Motor Development, Physical Fitness
Loucks, Susan F.; Hall, Gene E. – 1977
An analysis and review of the activities in the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory Regional Exchange (SEDL/RX) is presented, and the following questions spoken to: 1) How has the SEDL/RX evolved and developed? 2) What are the major activities at the SEDL/RX? 3) How do the Advisory Board members perceive the SEDL/RX and what do they see…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation, Information Networks, Input Output Analysis
Spooner, Kendrick L. – 1979
A survey of four-year colleges' and universities' graduate follow-up procedures was conducted to (1) establish what type of follow-up systems are used, (2) determine what commitment the administration of the institutions has to implementing a graduate follow-up system, (3) determine to what extent the institutions are planning changes in their…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Differences, Followup Studies, Graduate Surveys
Klein, Marvin – 1980
This paper shows how to integrate reading comprehension instruction and writing instruction through the use of sentence combining--the act of combining several short sentences that have been derived by transformational analysis from longer ones. Suggestions are offered to guide teachers through the necessary steps for designing appropriate…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction
Draper, Virginia – 1979
The development of a full-credit peer tutor training course for college freshmen is based on the assumption that respect for the writing student and respect for writing as a process are essential attitudes for peer tutors to acquire. Training begins with assigning tutors writing activities to make them more aware of themselves as writers and…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, College Freshmen, Course Descriptions, Higher Education
Wilson, Dawn – 1980
A journal-based college composition program has been developed that links journal writing to the development of competence in more formal writing. Students write both free choice and assigned entries, and their entries become the basis of all the themes they write; in-class assignments focus on the improvement of specific aspects of the journal…
Descriptors: Assignments, College English, Higher Education, Learning Activities
Dordick, Herbert S. – 1980
An overview is presented in this paper of the types of qualitative radio and television evaluations currently being undertaken in six countries: Sweden, the Netherlands, France, Great Britain, Japan, and Canada. An introductory section notes the value of qualitative ratings to broadcast policy makers and to those seeking broadcasting changes, and…
Descriptors: Audiences, Broadcast Industry, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
Francis Christi, Sister – 1980
The author describes a Piaget based curriculum involving three main themes (classification, number measurement/space, and seriation) for young mentally retarded children. Students solve problems by doing something physically and mentally to the data, shuffling the facts about in their minds, so that they will come to a logical solution. Language…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Curriculum Design, Developmental Stages
