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Peer reviewedSchulz, Richard W. – National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Yearbook, 1973
Strengths and weaknesses of students classified as slow learners'' are presented with emphasis on affective concerns. The teacher, as strategic change-agent, is given suggestions for managing instruction. (LS)
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Attitudes, Individual Differences, Instruction
Peer reviewedRogler, Paul V. – National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Yearbook, 1973
Classroom management is discussed in terms of organization, discipline and reinforcement, evaluation, grouping for instruction, and administration. The resourcefulness of a teacher in discovering and utilizing a variety of skills and activities is emphasized. (LS)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Evaluation, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
Peer reviewedTalacko, Emil – English Quarterly, 1978
Describes the five language programs at a Toronto high school. (RL)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Language Laboratories, Language Skills, Low Ability Students
Download full textBaltimore County Public Schools, Towson, MD. – 1967
This curriculum guide is specifically designed for the slow learning students in grade 7. It is one of a series of course guides for grades 6-11. The intent of the curricular designers was to outline mathematical experiences which would be appropriate for the characteristics of these students. The areas of mathematical content included are: 1)…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Course Content, Curriculum Guides, Elementary School Mathematics
Baltimore County Public Schools, Towson, MD. – 1967
This curriculum guide is specifically designed for the slow learning students in grade 8. It is one of a series of course guides for grades 6-11. The intent of the curricular designers was to outline mathematical experiences which would be appropriate for the characteristics of these students. The areas of mathematical content included are: 1)…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Course Content, Curriculum Guides, Elementary School Mathematics
Peer reviewedVannan, Donald A. – Science Activities, 1974
Briefly discusses ten resource articles and books that may be useful to special education and elementary teachers who wish to provide science activities for slow learners and retarded students. (JR)
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Handicapped Children, Low Ability Students, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedCollins, Elizabeth A. – National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Yearbook, 1973
Examples of teaching styles that have proven successful are presented, related, and analyzed. Uses of resources, types of assignments, and management systems are discussed with the emphasis on individualizing instruction. (LS)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Experiential Learning, Individualized Instruction, Lesson Plans
Peer reviewedPikaart, Len; Wilson, James W. – National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Yearbook, 1973
Major areas discussed are identification of slow learners,'' concomitant variables, research on instructional programs, and studies predictive of future trends. The misuse of IQ scores as placement criteria and the concept of mastery learning are emphasized. (LS)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Individual Differences, Instruction, Instructional Programs
Jenkin, Richard G. – SASTA Journal, 1979
Outlined are some considerations for designing curricula for children of low educational attainment. Appreciation of such children's characteristics and the underlying causes of low educational attainment may contribute to better accommodation, in curricula, of the needs of these children. (Author/RE)
Descriptors: Academically Handicapped, Curriculum Development, Educationally Disadvantaged, Low Ability Students
Hyde, Ronald R. – School Guidance Worker, 1976
The author describes the activities, events and programs of a vocational high school whose enrollment is students with abilities considered to be in the occupational, vocational, and services range. (Author)
Descriptors: Exceptional Persons, Industrial Education, Low Ability Students, Program Descriptions
Watson, James R. – Today's Education, 1973
Suggests ways of changing negative concepts in low-ability children (DS)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Elementary School Students, Intelligence, Low Ability Students
Peer reviewedPearson, James R. – National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Yearbook, 1973
Environmental characteristics, classroom atmosphere, motivation, and behavior of slow learners'' are some major categories discussed. Numerous specific examples are used to illustrate suggestions. Methods of reinforcing student attitudes are emphasized. (LS)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Instruction, Low Ability Students
Ogletree, Earl; Ujlaki, Vilma E. – Illinois Schools Journal, 1970
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Disadvantaged Schools, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Discrimination
Peer reviewedTaback, Stanley F. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1975
Three examples of teacher and student exchanges in mathematics classes are presented which typify the qualitative difference between children's thinking and adult's thinking. The cases explored also illustrate differences caused by cultural factors. (JP)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cultural Influences, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Peer reviewedConnolly, Austin J. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1973
Descriptors: Curriculum, Elementary School Mathematics, Handicapped Children, Instruction
