The Rumson-Fair Haven Senior Elective Program was developed and implemented by students, faculty, and administrators over the three-year period from 1971 to 1974. The program offers high school students who complete graduation requirements in the first three years of the four-year program a combination of the following options for the senior year:…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the processes and procedures utilized in designing and maintaining the teaching of communication skills in English elective programs. A systematic case-study description was made of skills components in the elective English programs in four public secondary schools in Massachusetts. The informational…

This curriculum guide for junior and senior high school courses is divided into two sections. The first section, on seventh to tenth grade English, discusses such topics as grammar, sentence patterns, linguistics, proofreading, spelling, limericks, haiku, vocabulary, interpretation skills, word perception skills, ballads, newspapers, speech,…

This curriculum guide outlines a multiphased elective English program for juniors and seniors in the Wilmington (Massachusetts) high schools. The alternative elective English courses are designed to increase academic achievement while allowing students to select courses on the basis of personal needs, interests, and future expectations. The five…

The essays contained in this issue discuss some of the recent changes in the English curriculum (including the move toward accountability), the increase in the number of elective courses, and the effect of recent innovations on the future of English as a staple of the high school curriculum. Contents include "The English Curriculum: Fossil, Amoeba…

This guide for pre-registration in English classes in 1974-75 outlines the steps for selecting courses from both the required and elective offerings and describes each of the elective subjects. Some of the elective courses available from the total list of 36 include "Writer's Workshop,""Reading Improvement,""Newspaper Production,""Literature of…

J.E.B. Stuart High School moved into the minicourse elective program five years ago from an anthology-survey oriented English curriculum. The students are grouped into two levels, one offering minicourses for eleventh and twelfth graders and the other offering minicourses for ninth and tenth grade students, with some courses open to all of the…

Studies involving different populations were involved in this four-part evaluation of the impact of non-graded, multi-selective English on high school students. Study A involved students who consistently scored high or low in percentile gain in the four ability groups, to ascertain any pattern of courses selected, sequences of courses attended,…

Describes a study (1969-76) which revealed student's lack of knowledge of Soviet law. Action taken to remedy this situation included elective activities, student attendance at court trials, film-lecture series, work with delinquent teenagers, and parent education. An outline of a semester plan in legal education is included. (KC)

Describes a half-year secondary level oceanology, marine-science elective course offered at William Hall High School, West Hartford, Connecticut. (SL)

Discusses reasons for the decline in literature enrollments and methods available for stimulating student interest. These include extensive publicity, expanding course offerings to include popular genres and media, offering special studies courses whose focus changes each semester, and the learning contract, where student and instructor develop…

Business education enrollments can be increased by means of the recordkeeping course. It is a valuable general offering since it meets both personal finance and job skill needs. It provides an opportunity for some students to explore career opportunities in business and start on a career plan. (EM)

The current status of nontraditional degree programs is briefly reviewed. Student personality characteristics identified by the Omnibus Personality Inventory suggest that elected studies students are intellectual liberals, along with other nontraditional degree students, those who withdraw voluntarily, and upperclass students. (Author/LBH)

An undergraduate professional elective course emphasizing the study of literary and fine arts works portraying pharmacy and pharmacists, developed to give pharmacy students a variety of experiences with role perceptions, is described. Students examine, discuss, and critique fiction, drama, music, the visual arts, and other creative works. (MSE)

A dental school program that provides students with the option of studying abroad at a participating school or hospital or designing their own course of study during their final four months is described. (MSE)