INITIAL WORK OF THE FAR WEST LABORATORY FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WILL BE FOCUSED UPON INSERVICE TEACHER EDUCATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF SELF-CONTAINED INSERVICE COURSES UTILIZING MICROTEACHING. EACH OF THESE COURSES, CALLED MINICOURSES, WILL BE DIRECTED TOWARD A PARTICULAR TEACHING SKILL OR TECHNIQUE--FOR EXAMPLE, THE BASIC SKILLS…

FOR A REPORT ON GRADUATE PROGRAMS IN ENGLISH, THE ASSOCIATION OF DEPARTMENTS OF ENGLISH AND THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER AT THE MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION OBTAINED INFORMATION FROM CHAIRMEN OF DEPARTMENTS OFFERING GRADUATE WORK IN ENGLISH. SOME OF THE BASIC DATA ASSEMBLED FOR THE FULL REPORT (AVAILABLE AS TE 500 075) ARE THE THREE…

FOR A REPORT ON GRADUATE PROGRAMS IN ENGLISH, THE ASSOCIATION OF DEPARTMENTS OF ENGLISH AND THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER AT THE MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION OBTAINED INFORMATION FROM CHAIRMEN OF DEPARTMENTS OFFERING GRADUATE WORK IN ENGLISH. SOME OF THE BASIC DATA ASSEMBLED FOR THE FULL REPORT (AVAILABLE AS TE 500 075) ARE THE…

THE GUIDE OFFERED THE TEACHER ACTIVITY UNITS THAT SHE COULD USE TO ENRICH THE CURRICULUM AND TO CHALLENGE THE MORE ABLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENT. THE UNITS ARE DIVIDED INTO THE HISTORICAL GEOLOGY OF NATURAL WONDERS OF THE WORLD, HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH AND WRITING, AND THE FOLKLORE ASPECT OF LITERATURE. THE TWO MUSIC UNITS WERE DIVIDED…

THE GENERAL PURPOSES WERE (1) TO INVESTIGATE THE POSSIBILITIES OF PROGRAMING ENTIRE COURSES IN MATHEMATICS AND ENGLISH GRAMMAR AND (2) TO COMPARE DIFFERENT METHODS AND MEDIA, WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON CLOSED-CIRCUIT TELEVISION, FOR PRESENTING PROGRAMED LEARNING MATERIALS. TO ACCOMPLISH THE OBJECTIVES, IT WAS NECESSARY TO ANALYZE THE PROBLEMS OF…

A computer-assisted analysis was conducted of the capitalization skills taught in nine series of language arts textbooks. The results indicated that while textbook authors generally agreed on the inclusion of certain basic capitalization skills, significant differences existed with regard to introductory levels, grade-level sequencing, the amount…

One high school course in the novel that has proved to be very successful for gifted students requires four novels and--rather than quizzes and oral discussion--analytical papers and responsive journal writing. While the students pace their reading, the teacher can judge by the journal entries whether the students are on schedule. To enhance…

This book is a day-by-day record of how and why four- and five-year olds learn, described by a teacher who uses many of the Montessori materials, and emphasizes the discipline and attraction to learning that come from within. The first chapter relates the teacher's theories on education, while the remaining five chapters consist of diary entries…

Seventy-five high school students participated in a study to investigate the transfer of critical thinking skills from language arts to social studies. Students were taught English by the researcher. For six weeks during the second quarter, the control group received traditional instruction, while the experimental group received instruction…

"Project SAILS" (Symbolic and Innovative Language Systems) is a special program developed by the Portland, Oregon, public schools for training teachers to work with children who have learning and reading difficulties. Teachers are instructed in the use of the Monterey Reading and Language Programs, highly structured and highly…

A review of the various grammatical traditions from traditional grammar through structural linguistics to transformational grammar points out that traditional and transformational grammar are neither mutually exclusive nor entirely contradictory. Implications drawn from modern inquiry include the necessity for reading and writing teachers to guide…

Current literature indicates a growing interest in the development of individualized, self-paced, learning systems within community college courses in order to accommodate the differing learning abilities of non-traditional students. To assess student preferences for such instruction as opposed to traditional, lecture/discussion teaching, an…

Noting that the study of the future has been neglected within the language arts framework, this paper proposes a curriculum unit that uses such study as a vehicle to develop composition skills. The paper provides the following information: the general objectives of the unit; evaluation methods; general humanistic themes to be studied; materials;…

In this study of the scope of reading and study skills programs in California colleges, 97 college catalogs, written for 1974-75, were studied, and on-site visits were made to 25 colleges. Information reported concerns the type of college departments offering reading programs, program formats and scheduling, diagnosis of reading needs, the degree…

A remedial-English pilot program for college freshmen yielded four major observations about basic writers: they are poor readers, their level of syntactic maturity is low, their writing is riddled with errors, and the strategies they use in their writing often work against them to compound their difficulties. Among the conclusions drawn from these…