Forty seventh-grade students, grouped by ability and instructed by intermediate or maximal guidance with or without concrete aids, were given post and retention tests. Low-ability students using aids achieved higher than those taught without aids. Intermediate-guidance groups had higher mean transfer scores when using aids, with no differences…

A description of a project which produced and provided programed learning materials for slow learners. These programs have been printed and distributed in over 30,000 free copies throughout Canada and have been a source of hope and assistance to teachers and parents. (Author)

Proposes alternative teaching strategies and objectives for French programs in English comprehensive schools. (RL)

TRANSITION is so named because it allows children to make a gradual passage from kindergarten into first grade. One school year is spent between these two grades in a success-oriented atmosphere. (Author)

Inquiry strategies stressed in the multi-disciplinary materials designed for junior and senior high students with below grade level reading abilities are examined in this article. (SM)

Physical science curriculum materials were developed for below-average students based on guidelines for science teaching. These materials were tested in three ninth and tenth grade classrooms. Results showed significant improvement in students' attitudes toward the science class and laboratory. (PS)

Activities to aid slow-learning and disadvantaged students in reading clocks are detailed; examples of worksheets are included. (DT)

Includes Section III, materials for reading students, and Section IV, materials for reading instructors; Sections I and II were published in the Winter 1969 issue (pp. 10-56) and other sections will appear in subsequent issues; to be updated annually. (Editors/RD)

Forty-two independent achievement measures recorded from grades four to ten accounted for two-thirds of the variance in STEP science achievement scores, indicating that personality and motivational factors may need to be considered when grouping for instruction is done. (AL)

High school students participated in a group structured to emphasize the changes and problems associated with adolescence. Individuals clarified their own values, feeling, and self concepts through interaction with peers in a counseling atmosphere. (Author)

Presents the procedures, results, and conclusion of a study designed to determine if (1) a teacher using perceptual field learning theory can exert effective influences on slow learners toward a significant self adjustment and (2) the slow learners can learn as much biology as students taught by conventional methods. Subjects were 52 slow learners…