Teachers may capitalize on the popularity and availability of the newspaper to increase the reading abilities of their elementary and secondary school students. Vocabulary, word attack, and comprehension skills can be learned through the newspaper from primary grades through high school. One major emphasis should be the development of students'…

In its treatment of the development of reading comprehension, the document considers the topics of general understanding, influence of vocabulary and word meaning, relationships to subject matter areas, and techniques for study and questioning. Unit one, entitled Analysis of Style, deals with grasping the main idea; directly stated facts and…

Research was conducted to study systematically the comprehension and production of the pronouns "he, she, him, her" in the language of normal and linguistically deviant children. The purposes of the study were to: observe the manner in which normal children comprehend and produce these four pronouns, in terms of both their use and their…

This planning model for pupil performance outcomes in Spanish instruction in the sixth grade emphasizes oral activities. A global objective, expansion objectives, description of pupil behaviors, and evaluation of pupil performance are illustrated in charts through the branching of interrelated elements. The following objectives are developed in…

The purposes of this study were (1) to investigate the effectivenss of activities centered around children's literature on pupils' use and understanding of figurative language, (2) to study the effect of the activities on pupils' reading vocabulary and comprehension, and (3) to examine the relationship of age, sex, IQ, and socioeconomic status to…

This survey of "listening, as a receptive communication skill," summarizes major research on listening in the following areas: (1) "Scope and Extent of Listening," (2) " Literature on Listening," (3) "Relationships to Listening"--the interrelationships between listening and such factors as reading skills, intelligence, school achievement, cultural…

Twelve chapters describe an 18-nation study of educational attainment at the elementary and secondary school levels. Professional researchers participated in the project, developed through UNESCO and conducted under the auspices of educational research centers in Australia, Belgium, Chile, England, the Federal Republic of Germany, Finland, France,…

The Stanford-Denver Project is a continuing study of elementary school Spanish instruction. These five documents report on various aspects of this study, especially the use of new technology to make instruction of Spanish more efficient. The first study details the construction of a listening comprehension test which could be given via television…

This handbook is designed for tutors who will be working with children, adolescents, or adults. In most instances the principles, practices, and materials described are directed to the junior high and senior high school student or dropout who requires special reading help; however, application of techniques can be made to adults or to youngsters…

The Anchor Test Study provides a method for translating a pupil's score on any one of eight widely used standardized reading tests for Grades 4, 5, and 6 to a corresponding score on any of the other seven tests, as well as furnishing new nationally representative norms for each of the eight tests. In addition, the Study presents new estimates of…

Nine conference papers focus on education of educable mentally handicapped (EMH) children. A prototype evaluation of procedures for teaching reading comprehension involves assessment of 96 EMH or normal students' skills in identifying main and supporting ideas in connected discourse. Described is the Lincoln School's behavioral management system…

This teacher's manual is part of an English as a Second Language Packet which aims to (1) demonstrate to participants the audiolingual approach to teaching language, (2) show participants the components of an audiolingual program, (3) convince participants of the effectiveness of the audiolingual method, (4) motivate participants to adapt the…

These guidelines are part of a total curricular program K-12 developed for use in the elementary and secondary schools of the Diocese of Cleveland. Objectives for the study of the communication arts in these grades are listed as follows: (1) Listening with attention, discrimination, and empathy, (2) Viewing with perception, discrimination, and…

This is a Spanish reading guide for the bilingual Spanish-English first grade teacher. The guide contains twenty-seven objectives to be mastered, with the corresponding tests. The emphasis is on encoding, decoding, vocabulary, and comprehension. (AM)

Evaluates and compares English graphophonic and word knowledge of anglophone children in French immersion (FI) programs with those of children in regular English (ENG) classrooms. Reveals no differences between the FI and ENG children in kindergarten, but ENG students scored higher at the end of Grades 1 and 2 on most measures. (NKA)