Reading programs in 3 small elementary schools are discussed and evaluated by the teachers involved. The first and second programs involved individualized multilevel reading materials and reading labs. Testing indicated, and instructors felt, that students showed more growth than they had under former methods (especially the middle and top…

The first section of this report describes the follow-up program designed to determine any improvements in the teaching of English language and composition achieved by participants of the NDEA Institute at State University College Cortland, N. Y., 1968. It covers (1) the background and planning of the program, (2) school visitations of the summer…

Presented is the Polk County, Florida preliminary model vocational-occupational curriculum guide for educable mentally retarded (EMR) students in grades 1-2. Aim of the curriculum is the successful placement of students in the community. Provided for grades 1-6 are the following components: a rating scale and behavioral objectives for primary and…

Presented in this resource guide for teachers of mentally retarded children in grades 1 - 12 are objectives, suggested activities, and materials to be used in subject areas of arithmetic, language arts, social living, transportation, physical and mental health, safety, and use of leisure time. The objectives, suggested activities, and materials…

This yearbook describes the program undertaken by the Montebello, California Unified School District to assist children's development in the area of language arts by giving them the opportunity to use cameras to record their visual experience and by then using the resulting pictures, slides and films as the basis of language arts experiences. It…

This reading textbook, the second of a series, is an anthology of stories designed to relate to the natural interest of the elementary school child. On this level the number of words to memorize is increased (on the average, four per unit) while at the same time, the study of word variants is introduced to begin analysis exercises based on the…

This reading textbook, the third of a series, is an anthology of stories designed to relate to the natural interest of the elementary school child. In the book, students learn about a Puerto Rican family living in New York. Attention is paid to visual and auditory discrimination of consonant groups and normal endings. Included are exercises which…

This collection of articles by experts in reading and in language arts contains nine sections: "Educational Change: New Trends and Directions" discusses humanizing teacher education, accountability and the school volunteer; "Instructional Implications from the Disciplines" discusses the reading process, Piaget and reading instruction, and the…

Nongraded programs attempt to individualize instruction through the systematic assignment and reassignment of the pupil to classes consistent with his performance level. This evaluation of the nongraded program at Powel Elementary School (Grades 1-6) indicated that individualization of instruction did occur at Powel and that the pupils'…

An attempt was made to determine what factors relate to achievement in language arts, mathematics, and certain attitudes in an individualized programmed instruction school. A total of 87 fifth grade pupils were tested both in the Fall and Spring using the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's Pennsylvania Questionnaire and the Stanford Achievement Test.…

Prepared by an English instructor and a reading supervisor from ideas suggested by an advisory committee of teachers, this compilation of learning activities is designed for use by language arts teachers to supplement the curriculum resource handbook, "Learning Laboratories for Unemployed, Out-of-School Youth" (ED 047 273). The 19 activities,…

This report is comprised of two reports: the Final Audit Report of the Hawaii English Project, submitted by the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, and the main report, the Hawaii English Program Project End Evaluation Report by the Hawaii English Project Staff. The Audit Report is limited to a review of data reduction, analysis, and…

This annotated bibliography lists journal articles, dissertations, books, and ERIC documents related to research in the teaching of English published between July 1, 1976, and December 31, 1976. Documents covering all levels of education are listed in six sections: bilingual and bidialectal studies; language and verbal learning; literature,…

Discusses the role of schools and school systems in dealing with students on an individual basis. Reviews the literature on individualized literacy instruction, learning patterns, contexts for learning, and the creation of settings. (SKC)

Discusses a children's literature project involving a letter-writing exchange between eighth graders and second graders, and the students' collaboration composing short stories. Reports that the eighth graders' reading aloud to the second graders, and receiving suggestions for revisions, had significant audience awareness impact on the eighth…