The 1974-1975 Reading Skills Center component of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I Remedial Services for Eligible Nonpublic School Pupils Program was designed to provide intensive diagnostic-prescriptive reading instruction for students in grades four through eight who had evidence of reading retardation in excess of two and one…

As part of a health education program for K-12, these curriculum guides for grades four, five, and six provide: (1) a short overview of health education; (2) a scope and sequence chart which lists specific topics to teach on mental health, physical health, community health, and safety that are appropriate at different grade levels; (3) a list of…

Compared were inductive and deductive sequencing of stimulus material to produce two single concept films. The concept developed was "The longer the pendulum's arm, the more slowly the pendulum swings." Each film contained the same number of identical scenes; only the sequencing of their order of presentation was altered to provide the two…

A publication prepared by the Office of Education is one of a series of four which discuss the education of disadvantaged children. Focusing on grades four, five, and six, this document presents some general background material on the disadvantaged and notes some promising practices. Also included are brief descriptions of special programs in…

The teacher's guide is intended for use in conjunction with 15-minute instructional television lessons featuring occupational clusters (construction, communications and media, business and office, health, industrial, transportation, public and personal services, consumer and homemaking, marketing and distribution), for fourth, fifth, and sixth…

The use of the cloze procedure to determine instructional reading levels for pupils in grades 4, 5, and 6 was investigated. For each grade, 50 subjects were selected who, on the basis of teacher judgment, were reading at their respective grade levels. The Botel Reading Inventory, Form A (Word Opposites) served as the criterion for instructional…

GRADES OR AGES: Grades 1-6. SUBJECT MATTER: Science. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The main part of the guide contains outlines of the courses for each grade, followed by a chapter on the classroom as a science workplace, and one on the outdoor laboratory. There are four appendixes: A) New Resources from Curriculum Groups, describing…

This study tested four physical-political map layouts designed for pupils in grades 4-6. The project studied the effect of modifying traditional classroom and textbook maps on performance in map reading. The four map designs tested were the traditional map; a map using a unified legend, more elaborate symbols, and fewer type sizes and styles; a…

The Anchor Test Study provides a method for translating a pupil's score on any one of eight widely used standardized reading tests for Grades 4, 5, and 6 to a corresponding score on any of the other seven tests, as well as furnishing new nationally representative norms for each of the eight tests. In addition, the Study presents new estimates of…

GRADES OR AGES: K-6. SUBJECT MATTER: Art. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The introductory material includes messages for the art teacher and classroom teacher, hints for new teachers, charts showing progressive skill levels and awareness and skill, a work sheet for long range planning, a suggested outline for an art lesson plan, and…

GRADE OR AGES: K-7. SUBJECT MATTER: Physical education. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is in five parts: 1) "The Place of Physical Education in the Elementary School"; 2) "Developing the Physical Education Offering"; 3) "Analysis of Skills"; 4) "Physical Education Activities"; and 5) "Related and Supplementary Materials." The…

GRADES OR AGES: Grades K-7. SUBJECT MATTER: Mathematics. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The main section of the guide entitled "Mathematical Strands with Teaching Suggestions" has the following subsections: 1) sets and numbers, 2) numeration, 3) operations on whole numbers, 4) rational numbers, 5) geometry, and 6) measurement. Other…

GRADES OR AGES: Grades K-7. SUBJECT MATTER: Elementary school economics. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide has a preliminary chapter on economic understandings and a chapter for each grade. Each chapter has eight subdivisions: 1) natural resources, 2) human resources; 3) production of goods and services, 4) distribution of goods and…

GRADES OR AGES: K-6. SUBJECT MATTER: Art. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide, which is intended as a basic sequential program, has three main sections: 1) Kaleidoscope, described as a frame of reference for creative experiences and outlining the aims of the program, types of art experiences, art appreciation, and guidelines for the…

GRADES OR AGES: K-6. SUBJECT MATTER: Mathematics. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The introductory material describes the philosophy behind the guide, its purpose, and the way it should be used, and also contains a set of graphs which provide a quick overview of the scope and sequence. The main body of the guide is arranged by grade level in…