With increasing numbers of students receiving gifted services every year, it is more important than ever to make certain we are meeting their unique learning needs in the classroom. Differentiated instruction for these learners must go beyond adjusting content levels, task complexity, or product choice--it must truly challenge and support learners…

This document outlines the objectives of a course in bilingual education. It first deals with curriculum planning, scheduling, and classroom management. It discusses teaching methods, and suggests home visits as a potentially valuable method. General considerations for a bilingual program are then examined. The document sets forth the objective of…

Describes a rotation method of team teaching used at the State University of New York (Plattsburgh). Instructors present information in their area of expertise to a number of classes. Concludes both students and instructors found the teaching method to be beneficial. Makes recommendations for implementing this rotational format. (KO)

This curriculum guide describes the instructional program at the Ada H. H. Lewis Middle School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In brief, the goals of the program are to provide the schools' fifth-grade through eighth-grade students with educational opportunities based on an eclectic team-teaching approach. Four separate "houses" accommodate…

Based on the experiences of 52 Navajo teacher aides in a 10 week training course (1974), this teacher aide guide book for all grade levels is primarily descriptive, though "helpful hints" are provided for teacher aides in Bureau of Indian Affairs schools for Navajo children. Emphasizing the importance of the teacher aide's role in the…

The 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act Title VII Chinese Bilingual Pilot Program is a bilingual/bicultural program the purpose of which is to provide for the special educational needs of children who have limited English-speaking ability, who come from environments where the dominant language is one other than English, and who come from…

Methods are presented for organizing and implementing consumer education for grades K-12. The handbook is based on the premise that consumer education should be integrated in the total curriculum. Consumer education is defined as the preparation of individuals in the skills, concepts, and understandings required for maximum use of and satisfaction…

This document is designed to assist school district personnel in the identification of intervention strategies that have a good probability of increasing the district's mean score on the Goal IV Educational Quality Assessment (EQA) instrument. Appropriate educational research has been reviewed and distilled into seven propositions that are…