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Starlin, Clay M. – 1982
Intended for practitioners in the field of behavior disorders, this monograph presents a measurement rather than method focus to reading and writing instruction that is heavily based on the premise of developing skills, practicing such skills, and measuring growth in such skills. Two measurement concepts--proficiency and learning measurement--are…
Descriptors: Capitalization (Alphabetic), Elementary Secondary Education, Grammar, Handwriting
Download full textBelanger, J. F. – 1986
A study examined whether patterns exist in the kinds and amounts of writing errors students make and whether teachers follow any sort of pattern in correcting these errors. Sixty compositions, gathered from a twelfth grade class taught by one teacher, were analyzed using the "McGraw-Hill Handbook of English." Student written errors were…
Descriptors: Cohesion (Written Composition), Diction, English Instruction, Error Analysis (Language)
Live Wire, 1985
The teaching activities presented in these articles integrate language skills in a variety of ways. The articles describe assignments about (1) using road signs to help students realize the importance of reading the signs they encounter; (2) integrating reading, speech, writing, and art, with pet dragons as the subject; (3) focusing on reading and…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education
Cortland-Madison Board of Cooperative Educational Services, Cortland, NY. – 1980
Designed for use within language arts programs as well as in the content areas, this handbook provides a continuum of activities for developing writing skills in grades five through twelve. The activities, arranged according to a diagnostic grid sheet provided for evaluation of student progress, offer practice in perception of task (point of view…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Check Lists, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques
Vincennes Univ., IN. – 1979
A part of the adult basic education (ABE) teaching/learning management system called CUBE (Continuity and Unity in Basic Education), this manual consists of a series of tests and guides for use in teaching English and vocabulary skills to ABE students. Among the tests provided in the manual are the Mott 1600 and Mott 1900 pretests and posttests,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Behavioral Objectives, Capitalization (Alphabetic)
Saint Louis Park Public Schools, Minn. – 1967
The aim of this course for grades 10-12 is to develop in students their command of language through their use of it. It tries to guide the student through the actual process of composition, avoiding the treatment of the pre-writing stage and the writer's situation. The instruction material is divided into six categories (Conciseness and Clarity,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Descriptive Writing, Diction
Martin, James Joseph – 1968
Tested was the hypothesis that a sequential, linguistically-oriented program of instruction in written sentence structure and in the relationships between written and oral sentences will produce significantly greater achievement in sentence construction than the traditional English program. Nine classrooms of students (grades 3-5) participated in…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Curriculum Evaluation, English Curriculum, English Instruction
Cortland-Madison Board of Cooperative Educational Services, Cortland, NY. – 1983
This guide provides materials for teaching a writing remediation class in the intermediate grades. Sections of this guide include: (1) background information for teachers about the writing process; (2) teaching units containing activities and games on selection of writing topics, organization of the elements in a paragraph, development of ideas,…
Descriptors: Capitalization (Alphabetic), Educational Games, Intermediate Grades, Learning Activities
Jeske, Doreen Pat – 1981
A technique to help English as a second language students master the basic elements of expository prose is considered in terms of course objectives and the types of assignments used to accomplish them. A characteristic of many highly verbal students entering a college program is their propensity to "talk on paper" in an informal, ungrammatical,…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, College Students, Course Objectives, English (Second Language)
Fairfax County Schools, VA. – 1986
An instructional unit that enhances student interest and curiosity about animals and promotes conceptual growth through development of observation and listening skills is discussed. The lessons and activities are for use with limited English proficient students in kindergarten through fourth grade who are receiving services from the…
Descriptors: Animals, Class Activities, Course Objectives, English (Second Language)
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1986
The Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills (TEAMS) was developed by the Texas Education Agency (TEA), in response to Texas House Bill 72 (1984), which mandated a new basic skills assessment program for mathematics, reading, and writing at grades 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11. This document is one in a series of Instructional Strategies Guides…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Capitalization (Alphabetic), Grade 3
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1986
The Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills (TEAMS) was developed by the Texas Education Agency (TEA), in response to Texas House Bill 72 (1984), which mandated a new basic skills assessment program for mathematics, reading, and writing at grades 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11. This document is one in a series of Instructional Strategies Guides…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Capitalization (Alphabetic), Grade 5
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1986
The Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills (TEAMS) was developed by the Texas Education Agency (TEA), in response to Texas House Bill 72 (1984), which mandated a new basic skills assessment program for mathematics, reading, and writing at grades 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11. This document is one in a series of Instructional Strategies Guides…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Capitalization (Alphabetic), Grade 9
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Educational Assessment. – 1986
The writing learning objectives for fifth graders contained in this volume are congruent with the Texas "State Board of Education Rules for Curriculum." These objectives and the measurement specifications are provided for use by teachers and other educators responsible for student instruction and for test development specialists involved…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Capitalization (Alphabetic), Educational Objectives, Elementary School Students
Chu, Show-chih Rai – 1973
This textbook presents the study of Chinese through the use of English grammar in the hopes of moderating the extremes of the direct method and of structural analysis. It is intended to cover a one-year course, or six semester hours of introductory Chinese. The book contains 16 lessons, of which the first seven use romanized phonetic forms and…
Descriptors: Chinese, Contrastive Linguistics, Grammar, Instructional Innovation
