The report describes accomplishments of a program designed to promote abilities of 75 potentially gifted culturally different students in grades 3-4. Student selection procedures included the Basic Structure of Intellect (SOI) Learning Abilities Test and teacher interviews. The curriculum emphasized SOI materials and cultural arts. Detailed data…

The dimensions of group leadership and group interaction were investigated using fourth grade students. (JMB)

Half of a two-part English Language Arts Achievement Test, this test evaluates composition skills in Grade 6. It contains general instructions for the student, as well as the beginning of a story to be completed by the student, and blank pages for ideas/planning, for planning and drafting, and for the revised work. The instructions indicate that…

An experiment involving 30 sixth graders with learning disabilities in mathematics tested the hypothesis that participation in goal setting enhances achievement outcomes. Ss received subtraction training that included instruction and practice opportunities over several sessions. Some Ss set proximal performance goals each session, others had goals…

The study compared the interactions of 15 behavior disordered (BD), 15 learning disabled (LD) and 15 regular education students (grades 4-6), and determined how their verbalizations influenced the verbalizations of others (i.e., the reciprocal nature of interactions). Students and their peers, teachers and aides were observed with a behavior…

Designed to explore differences in interactions between groups of teams entered in the Texas Future Problem Solving Program (TFPS), the study examined the question-response-feedback pattern of interaction used by four TFPS gifted sixth grade teams. TFPS teams are encouraged to formulate 20 responses to a situation in a given amount of time. Group…

The study utilized standardized testing procedures to identify the reading comprehension and verbal language characteristics of 12 fourth and fifth grade disabled readers. Reading comprehension was assessed with a standardized test of reading comprehension. Verbal language was assessed with a standardized test of verbal language. Descriptive,…

To determine whether mainstreaming affects the nonhandicapped student's cognitive schema of the handicapped, a story about a physically handicapped boy was read to 28 fourth grade children in a mainstreamed classroom and 29 nonmainstreamed children. The 10 characteristics attributed to the handicapped boy in the story (acquisition items) and 8…

This handbook for teachers presents strategies for helping students think about and make value judgments in a broad range of value realms. The 80 activity models presented have been used for grade levels ranging from upper elementary to high school. Chapter I, the introduction, discusses a unified approach to values. A definition of values is…

To investigate how behavioral disordered (BD) children conceptualize moral, conventional, and personal issues, 20 BD and 22 normal fourth graders were asked to respond to a set of cartoon strips in which actions were depicted that violated either an explicitly stated rule or generally held cultural expectation. Ss were asked to rank the acts from…

The paper describes procedures designed to increase active academic responding in reading by intermediate level learning disabled students in an inner city school. The study investigated a home tutoring program applied by parents and teachers. The program increased the amount of reading time for selected students while providing parents with a…

This is a brief summary of the activities of a NDEA Institute concerning teaching experiences using the biography approach in intermediate grade American History. (SBE)

GRADES OR AGES: Intermediate and senior levels. SUBJECT MATTER: Personal typing. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide has two sections: 1) Using the Typewriter, including a statement of objectives and a list of skills and language abilities needed; and 2) Suggestions, outlining desirable attitudes, methods, and materials. The guide is…