Elective programs are preferable to traditional programs for urban students, allowing them to profit from the diverse resources of English study. (JH)

Too often, elective programs are simply a matter of new terms applied to old methods, materials, and arrangements. (JH)

Discusses the problems of elective programs from course content and curriculum planning through administrative difficulties. (Author/RB)

Traces the development of the English elective curriculum from 1962 to the present. Discusses the reasons for its early popularity and for its current decline. (FL)

Despite many shortcomings, elective programs seem to do good things for students and teachers. (JH)

A survey of 30 Kentucky high school English department heads known to have phase-elective programs indicated that 40% of the high schools had folklore as an offering; 60% believed that an anthology of Kentucky folklore would be valuable. No teacher reported more than nine hours of college or university folklore course work; most had had none. A…

The elective program for tenth grade academic English outlined in this document has been designed to improve students' attitudes toward and responses to the study of the language arts. The program consists of six minicourses, each of which covers a six-week period. The first course, required of all students, involves the study of communication…

This ungraded, elective English program is based on the division of each school year into six 6-week units. The first unit of the six--on composition--is required of all students separated into graded classes of Freshmen through Seniors. In the other five units, certain elective courses are offered to Freshmen and Sophomores and others to Juniors…

Project Apex, an expeimental elective English curriculum at Trenton (Michigan) High School, is evaluated. The evaluation compares the Trenton program with those of two control schools of fairly similar size and located in communities of approximately the same social and economic backgrounds. The evaluation procedure consists of various achievement…

Twenty four mini-elective courses utilizing mass media were organized to motivate students in English classes at Shuler Junior High School, Cleveland, Ohio. (DS)

Article describes an English curriculum to help each student choose English courses that are best suited to the student's needs and abilities. (Author/ML)

Describes a first year's experience with a nongraded, elective English program at Hickory Township High School, Sharon, Pa. (SW)

Describes the process several California high schools followed in converting traditional English programs to Selective English" ones. (SW)

A survey of college freshmen's attitudes toward literature and literature courses indicated the students' latent interests in literature courses, their generally positive attitude toward reading literature, and the possibility of attracting, with certain types of courses, non-English majors to English departments. (RL)