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Brooks, Jennifer Giddings; Tees, Sandra – 1985
To facilitate cost effective bus schedules, middle school classes begin one hour later than high school classes in the Fort Worth Independent School District, Texas. This study investigated whether middle school students were adversely affected, in terms of grades and classroom performance, by having the class day extended to 4 p.m. High schools…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Organization, Classroom Environment, English Instruction
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ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1978
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 19 titles deal with a variety of topics related to the teaching of English, including the following: film study, the use of media, and the teaching of listening skills in the English classroom; students' academic success…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, Annotated Bibliographies, Communication Skills
Northwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR. – 1976
Each section written by a different person experienced in adult basic education (ABE) instruction, this handbook is designed for ABE staff members as a source of general information about ABE, about teaching in an ABE setting, and about alternative ways to go about presenting information in various subject areas. The first section contains…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Berkley, June, Ed. – Focus: Teaching English Language Arts, 1982
The articles in this collection deal with various methods of global education--education to prepare students to function as understanding and informed citizens of the world. Topics discussed in the 26 articles include: (1) the necessity of global education; (2) global education in the elementary school language arts curriculum; (3) science fiction…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Awareness, Current Events, Curriculum Development
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1981
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 23 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) the effects of bibliotherapy on children's perception of the physically disabled, (2) factors related to spelling readiness, (3) parental role in children…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Bibliotherapy, Creative Dramatics, Disabilities
Schwartz, Judy I., Ed. – 1979
The essays in this monograph are concerned with ways to build on the linguistic diversity found in the schools, turning to educational advantage the characteristics of the multicultural classroom. The following essays are included: (1) "Recent Trends in Bilingual Education" by V. John-Steiner and M. Cooper; (2) "Code-Switching in…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Black Dialects, Black Students, Code Switching (Language)
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Arnold, Roslyn, Ed. – English in Australia, 1978
One in a series of annual publications, this booklet contains reviews of books relating to the teaching of English and the language arts. The books are divided into 12 categories: teaching principles and practice, source books and course books, writing, teaching reading, books for the slower reader, dictionaries and oral work, prose, poetry,…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Childrens Literature, Drama, Educational Resources
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1978
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 15 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: human sexual information, behaviors, and attitudes in fiction for young people; affective responses of adolescents to a poem; objectives for the junior high…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Affective Behavior, Annotated Bibliographies
Spann, Sylvia, Ed.; Culp, Mary Beth, Ed. – 1980
The seven units in this second supplement to "Thematic Units" focus on communication skills, offering English teachers contemporary plans for teaching writing, listening, persuasion, and reasoning. The units were selected for their humanistic approaches to student language learning, combining English instruction with topics in the humanities. Each…
Descriptors: Advertising, Communication Skills, Curriculum Development, English Instruction
FERNANDEZ, THOMAS L. – 1967
THIS STUDY WAS DESIGNED TO ASCERTAIN WHETHER OR NOT THE DEVELOPMENT OF SKILLS IN ORAL INTERPRETATION IS A VALID OBJECTIVE IN THE PREPARATION OF SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS OF ENGLISH. THE QUESTIONNAIRE WHICH SERVED AS THE BASIC INSTRUMENT OF THE STUDY SOLICITED RESPONSES FROM COLLEGE PROFESSORS OF SPEECH AND OF ENGLISH AND FROM SECONDARY SCHOOL…
Descriptors: College Faculty, English, English Instruction, Interpretive Reading
COHEN, PAUL; LABOV, WILLIAM – 1967
THIS PAPER WAS SUBMITTED TO THE BUREAU OF CURRICULUM RESEARCH OF THE NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR THEIR USE IN PREPARING A MANUAL FOR LANGUAGE ARTS SKILLS IN GRADES 5 TO 12. THE SUGGESTIONS HERE GREW OUT OF THE AUTHORS' ATTEMPTS "TO ISOLATE THE STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL CONFLICTS BETWEEN THE VERNACULAR USED IN URBAN GHETTOS AND THE…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Youth, Contrastive Linguistics, Curriculum Development
BLOUNT, NATHAN S.; AND OTHERS – 1967
THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER FOR LEARNING AND RE-EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN CONDUCTED AN EXPERIMENT IN THE SUMMER OF 1966 TO TEST AND IMPROVE ITS PROGRAMED INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS IN STRUCTURAL AND TRANSFORMATIONAL GRAMMAR AND TO EXTEND KNOWLEDGE ABOUT CERTAIN VARIABLES RELATED TO EFFICIENCY OF LEARNING CONCEPTS--THE IQ LEVELS…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Feedback, Grammar, Instructional Materials
NELSON, BONNIE E., ED. – 1968
PROMPTED BY THE PUBLICATION OF THE "RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING THE PH.D. IN ENGLISH" IN "PMLA" (SEPTEMBER 1967), THE ASSOCIATION OF DEPARTMENTS OF ENGLISH AND ENGLISH ERIC INVITED THE CHAIRMEN OF DEPARTMENTS OFFERING GRADUATE WORK IN ENGLISH TO DESCRIBE THEIR CURRENT GRADUATE PROGRAMS, SPECIAL PROGRAMS WHICH MIGHT BE OF INTEREST TO THE CHAIRMEN,…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Degree Requirements, Degrees (Academic), Doctoral Degrees
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1980
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 18 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) an alternative high school English curriculum and its relationship to student alienation and pupil control ideology; (2) an oral language program for fifth…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Communication Skills, Doctoral Dissertations
Vongthieres, Siri; Egan, Lawrence A. – 1980
This report includes (1) a paper that was written by Siri Vongthieres and Lawrence Egan regarding the educational needs of both native born and recently arrived Asian Americans, and (2) a review of that paper by Masako Ledward, LaVerne Moore, and Emiko I. Kudo. Issues discussed concerning American born Asian students include: (1) English language…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Asian Americans, Bilingual Education, Communicative Competence (Languages)
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