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Meehan, Anna, Comp. – 1979
Produced in response to a school board's directive to develop a plan for implementing a standardized curriculum in the basic subjects on a district-wide basis, this guide contains instructional objectives for the area of seventh grade language arts. Included in the guide are (1) an instructional objectives checklist providing all objectives and…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Communication Skills, Curriculum Guides, Educational Resources
Download full textBrunetti, Gerald J. – 1977
The Bullock Report, published in 1975, described English teaching practices in England and offered recommendations for improving those practices. This paper examines the background of the report and discusses topics in the report that are of particular interest to Americans, including the setting and monitoring of reading and writing standards,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
NELSON, BONNIE E., COMP. – 1968
FOR A REPORT ON COLLEGE PROGRAMS IN FRESHMAN COMPOSITION, THE ASSOCIATION OF DEPARTMENTS OF ENGLISH OBTAINED SYLLABI, AND COURSE DESCRIPTIONS FROM DIRECTORS OF FRESHMAN COMPOSITION AT 66 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. AMONG THE DATA ASSEMBLED FOR THE FULL REPORT (AVAILABLE AS TE 500 190) ARE THE DESCRIPTIONS OF FRESHMAN ENGLISH AT THREE INSTITUTIONS,…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer), Course Content
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. – 1967
This publication contains practical suggestions for the teacher of high school students who are not enrolled in college preparatory programs. A list of character traits common to these students and general suggestions for appropriate curriculums, teaching methods, and scheduling precede (1) a literature unit involving a sequence of lessons on…
Descriptors: English Curriculum, English Instruction, General Education, Grammar
Gregory, Emily, Ed.; Tingle, Mary J., Ed. – 1967
Background information on the composition curriculum prepared by the English Curriculum Study Center at the University of Georgia is given in this book. Specific subjects covered include the theoretical basis, objectives, and structure of the curriculum in written composition for grades K-6; the contributions of anthropology, sociology, and…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Applied Linguistics, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Wasserman, Susan – California English Journal, 1970
Bilingual education projects utilizing various literary genres--fables, folk, and animal tales--as the stimuli for written and oral English activities have aided Mexican-American children in overcoming English language handicaps. During the three summers such an English program was undertaken with children from a Mexican-American disadvantaged…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Books, Disadvantaged Youth, English Curriculum
Moffett, James – 1968
Addressed to teachers, educators, and other specialists in language learning, this volume sketches a pedagogical theory of discourse for a language arts curriculum (see "A Student-Centered Language Arts Curriculum, Grades K-13: A Handbook for Teachers," TE 001 468). The emphasis is upon mastering the art of communication through the everyday use…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer), Creative Writing, Discourse Analysis
Ashmead, John – 1964
A case is made for the assigned reading of ancient and modern literary classics, rather than modern essay collections, in college freshman composition classes. The effectiveness of a number of classics used for that purpose for 13 years in the freshman courses at Haverford College is discussed. Classwork in the Haverford program is described, and…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Classics (Literature), College English, College Freshmen
Instructional Objectives Exchange, Los Angeles, CA. – 1972
The purpose of this revised collection is to help prepare students in kindergarten through high school to do better work in all subjects. Usually one sample item is included for each objective, and it can be simplified or sophisticated according to any age group. This material is divided into two sections: (1) Reference Skills, and (2) Study…
Descriptors: Alphabetizing Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Criterion Referenced Tests, Curriculum Guides
Arney, Nick; And Others – 1990
An study was conducted in an adult education center and a community school in Scotland to determine the perceived effectiveness of a range of methods for teaching English. Data were collected through semistructured interviews, observation of teaching, course documents, and informal conversations with 47 students and 2 teachers. Findings included…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Community Education, Course Objectives
Lincoln Public Schools, NE. – 1982
Designed to coordinate composition instruction between the primary and senior high school years, this curriculum guide presents a system for both the direct teaching of specific composition objectives and the assessment of student achievement and program effectiveness. The first of the guide's five major sections explains the curriculum's scope,…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Educational Objectives
Inside English, 1976
Designed primarily for English faculty at two-year colleges in California, "Inside English" includes articles on major instructional, curricular, administrative, and employment issues of concern to teachers in the field as well as information on the activities of the English Council of the California Two-Year Colleges (ECCTYC). The December 1975…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), College English, College Faculty, Community Colleges
HAWKES, JOHN – 1967
THIS EXPERIMENT WITH 100 STUDENT VOLUNTEERS WAS CONDUCTED WITHIN THE REGULAR FRESHMAN ENGLISH PROGRAM AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY BY A GROUP OF TEACHERS WHO WERE THEMSELVES WRITERS, AND BY AN EQUAL NUMBER OF GRADUATE STUDENTS. THE AIMS OF THE EXPERIMENT WERE (1) TO TEACH WRITING, NOT THROUGH RHETORICAL TECHNIQUES, BUT THROUGH HELPING THE STUDENT…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Course Content, Disadvantaged Youth, English
Carlson, Constance Hedin – 1968
Thirty-seven secondary and four college English teachers in Maine participated in research on a two-fold problem: late adolescents' indifference to writing and their typically superficial themes. The secondary teachers planned 12th-grade writing sequences integrating the study of composition and literature and relating it to problems of immediate…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Preparation, College School Cooperation, Educational Research
KITZHABER, ALBERT R. – 1963
A REPORT ON THE TEACHING OF WRITING IN COLLEGE CONSISTS OF BOTH A GENERAL SURVEY OF FRESHMAN ENGLISH COURSES IN A WIDE VARIETY OF AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS AND A SPECIFIC STUDY OF THE FRESHMAN ENGLISH PROGRAM AT DARTMOUTH COLLEGE. THE GENERAL SURVEY PROVIDES A DISCUSSION OF TYPES OF FRESHMAN COURSES, THE PRESENT STATE OF FRESHMAN COMPOSITION PROGRAMS…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Course Descriptions, Educational Research, Educational Trends
