Part of the "Educating Gifted and Talented Students" series, the booklet presents activities specifically for gifted and talented children who are in a self contained classroom situation in kindergarten through sixth grade. Activities are explained to emphasize skills relating to identified characteristics of gifted and talented students--general…

This study describes some of the differences in the way primary teachers work with different school subjects. The activities during reading and arithmetic instruction in six third grade, inner-city, self-contained classrooms were observed, tape-recorded, and analyzed using three systems of observation. A total of five hours of instruction in…

Complete outline specifications are given for the construction of supplementary classroom units using stressed skin panels. Sections included are--(1) concrete and related work, (2) masonry, (3) structural and miscellaneous metal, (4) curtain walls and metal windows, (5) carpentry and related work, (6) roofing, sheet metal, and related work, (7)…

The standards that should be applied to the construction of supplementary classroom units are discussed in this report. Areas dealt with are--(1) general mechanical and electrical work, (2) concrete, (3) masonry, (4) miscellaneous steel and iron, (5) metal windows, (6) carpentry at site, (7) millwork, (8) acoustic treatment, (9) thermal…

This study assessed the environment children experience, rather than their academic achievement or personal adjustment. Measures of child activity were related to type of school, architecture, size of teaching team, a measure of teacher attitude, and other variables. A new instrument was developed for scoring the activities children were engaged…

Teachers in trainable mentally handicapped classes throughout Illinois were surveyed in regard to the type of classroom structure being followed (i.e., self-contained, semidepartmentalized, departmentalized) and also the extent to which their needs and the needs of their children were being met. (Author)

Author concludes that although specific movement patterns and postures change from one setting to another, the same general kinds of motions are used to serve or support the major pedagogical functions in open and self-contained situations. (Author/CB)

Self-contained classrooms for emotionally distrubed children provide an ideal setting for teachers to deal with students' behaviors, feelings and attitudes as these factors relate to their membership in a unique group. This paper gives ideas which teachers may find helpful in dealing with pupils' feelings about themselves and others through the…

Results of a questionnaire survey of 1137 fourth, fifth and sixth grade students comparing the attitudes of students in team teaching and those in self-contained classes. Questions measure attitudes of students' social-self, interest in school, school achievement, teachers, and responsibility. (Author/AJ)

Sixty-nine teachers of deaf and multihandicapped deaf children in a school were administered the Purdue Teacher Opinionaire, a standardized device used to measure teacher morale. Among results was that teachers of younger multihandicapped students had significantly higher morale than other groups. (Author)

The effect of 1 or 2 year special class placement on academic achievement and intellectual functioning of 28 learning disabled children (8 to 11 years old) was investigated. The number of years in a self-contained class significantly affected arithmetic achievement. (Author)

Discusses results of a survey that investigated practices in the design, development, and application of training and education that incorporates interactive hypermedia-based job documents, especially Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals. Military, industry, and higher education practices in traditional, electronic, and virtual classrooms as…

Not all mentally retarded children need special classes. However, school board members and superintendents should be aware of the districtwide implications of this trend to integrate certain handicapped children into the traditional classrooms. (Author/WM)

This study compared two methods of teaching reading to disadvantaged first grade students from four schools. An experimental group and a control group were selected in each school. Two schools used departmentalized organizational patterns and two used self-contained organizational patterns. The experimental group was taught reading by the Distar…