This collection includes essays on individualizing reading (IR) and the language arts and individualizing social studies in elementary school education. Several essays explain the purposes of IR. Teachers who have used such a program explain how they did it and why they felt it successful. Supplementing these essays are reports of individualized…

This study is concerned with misarticulated speech sounds of children and the phonetic realization of these sounds. The articulation errors of 384 standard-English-speaking school children were analyzed in speech samples obtained by the National Speech and Hearing Survey and were samples of both free speech and of performance on the…

Information about American Indians for use in Minnesota first-grade classrooms is presented in this curriculum unit completed as a requirement for a University of Minnesota extension course in Indian education for public school teachers. The information is divided into sections and is described by subject areas: science, arithmetic, physical…

The general purpose of this paper is twofold. One is to survey the research and literature on the learning of oral and written language in the elementary schools. The other is to propose a statement of needs, objectives, and components for an oral and written language program for elementary grade children. The method used for this study consists…

A summary of the findings of a survey which studied changes in the preparation of reading teachers as a result of the recommendations made in Austin's "The Torchlighters" is presented. The Austin questionnaire was used with added items to assess new areas of interest. Data from the final sample of 365 institutions were analyzed using chi square…

Bibliographical information and annotations for the articles published in "Elementary English" from 1924 through 1967 are organized under 35 topical headings arranged alphabetically and cross-referenced. Both author and topic indexes to the entries are provided. (This document previously announced as ED 025 521.) (LH)

The ideas expressed in the major speeches and by the 29 discussion groups at the 1972 conference of the Illinois Association of Teachers of English are summarized in this publication. The theme of the conference was "Reading, 1972." The speeches and discussions covered a wide variety of reading and reading-related English and language…

A curriculum guide for the language arts program, grades kindergarten through 6, of the Darien, Connecticut, Public Schools is provided. The guide contains the following sections, which are color coded to indicate whether they are appropriate for Grades kindergarten through 6, kindergarten through 3, or grades 4 through 6: (1) The Student Centered…

This collection is composed of 16 objectives and evaluation items for Junior High School Literature, grades 7-9. It includes objectives on poetry and the novel. Each objective contains three elements: (1) the objective, (2) measurement items, and (3) means for judging the adequacy of the student response. Each objective is stated in operational…

The purpose of this revised collection is to help prepare students in kindergarten through high school to do better work in all subjects. Usually one sample item is included for each objective, and it can be simplified or sophisticated according to any age group. This material is divided into two sections: (1) Reference Skills, and (2) Study…

The general emphasis of Project LONGSTEP was on the identification of changes in student achievement that occur as a result of exposure to intensive educational innovation. This volume explores the possibility that growth in student achievement test performance and positive changes in school-related attitudes were highly associated with highly…

Noting that knowledge of grammar rules does not ensure correct usage in one's own writing, describes an approach used in a summer workshop to promote awareness of appropriate idiom where 35 highly motivated black students produced 'Snow White' using their own script, half in standard dialect and half in black dialect. (JG)

Examines different approaches to reading acquisition used in four first grades of a suburban elementary school. Supports the use of a language experience approach as a viable alternative to the basal reader approach for teaching reading and writing. (JK)

Sketches some of the dilemmas in language assessment and presents exemplary practical approaches to assessment in the language arts areas of listening, oral language, reading, and writing. (SD)

Emphasizes that since adults seek basic reading instruction for a variety of reasons (e.g., to further job status, to improve skills for their children's sake), planning programs should provide theory-based instruction that focuses on learner needs. (NKA)