Discusses a study of secondary education for slow learners. Includes discussion of program organization, identification of slow learners, teacher selection, and curriculum. (JOW)

BECAUSE AVERAGE AND BELOW-AVERAGE STUDENTS DO NOT FIND THE WRITTEN WORD ESSENTIALLY MEANINGFUL, AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO THAT OF THE TRADITIONAL LANGUAGE-AND-LITERATURE ENGLISH PROGRAM IS NEEDED. SUCH A PROGRAM BEGINS WITH AND FOCUSES ON THE STUDENTS' OWN PAST AND PRESENT EXPERIENCES. STUDENTS ARE PROVIDED WITH VIVID AND SIGNIFICANT…

Proposes alternative teaching strategies and objectives for French programs in English comprehensive schools. (RL)

Tape recorded instructions combined with concrete materials were used to teach basic mathematics and shape concepts to a total of 42 mentally handicapped slow learners (8-to 15-years-old) in a 3 special British schools. (LH)

This is one of a series of monographs developed by teachers in elementary schools near Leeds, England. This document focuses on structure and place value. Slow learners in particular need concrete experiences designed to introduce and later consolidate the idea of place value, and with this in mind several activities proven successful with slow…

This is one of a series of monographs developed by teachers in elementary schools near Leeds, England. This document focuses on early instruction of number concepts. It is considered essential that these ideas be presented first in concrete form. The working group attempted to provide a detailed progression in the developmental stages leading to…

This collection of 10 papers aims to provide teachers at all levels with ideas on a number of important aspects of mathematics education. The Report of the Committee on Inquiry into the Teaching of Mathematics (Cockcroft Report) has provoked wide discussion in England, and the papers examine some contemporary issues in school mathematics in light…