Advocates greater study of the formal qualities of film. (CH)

Spinning off from an article in "Psychology Today," this discussion is intended for those who care about the English curriculum. Seven "sacred cows" of the English class are destroying the creativity and pleasure of learning, believes this former English teacher. (Editor)

Report of a Subject-Field Meeting at the Annual Conference of the National Association of Independent Schools, February 1969.

Although both literary study and discourse analysis examine texts and oral discourses, literary study tends to emphasize the totality of the text while discourse analysis seeks to isolate manageable elements and structures to validate hypotheses about mental processes. Interaction has recently occurred between the two disciplines in…

QUESTIONNAIRES WERE DISTRIBUTED TO DEPARTMENT CHAIRMEN, TEACHERS OF REMEDIAL ENGLISH, AND STUDENTS IN 12 JUNIOR COLLEGES. IN ADDITION, PERSONAL INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED WITH THE REMEDIAL ENGLISH INSTRUCTORS. SPECIFIC LANGUAGE ART SKILLS WERE RANKED IN ORDER OF WEAKNESS. THE DATA REFLECT THAT REMEDIAL ENGLISH CLASSES ARE NOT VERY EFFECTIVE AND…

REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETEEN CURRICULUM STUDY CENTERS SUPPORTED BY THE U.S. OFFICE OF EDUCATION GATHERED TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT EACH CENTER WAS DOING IN ORDER TO ANALYZE AND ATTACK COMMON CURRICULAR PROBLEMS, TO CONSIDER CERTAIN COMMON PROCEDURAL MATTERS SUCH AS THE PUBLICATION AND DISSEMINATION OF THEIR MATERIALS, TO EXAMINE RESEARCH…

ALL FRESHMEN AT WINGATE COLLEGE, NORTH CAROLINA, HAVE BEEN REQUIRED TO TAKE ENGLISH 101, WITH SPECIAL 101R SECTIONS FOR THOSE WITH ENTRANCE EXAMINATION SCORES INDICATING A NEED FOR REMEDIAL WORK. BY MEETING FIVE HOURS WEEKLY INSTEAD OF THE USUAL THREE, THE ENGLISH 101R STUDENTS HAD THE BENEFIT OF MORE DIRECTION, PRACTICE, DRILL, AND GUIDANCE. IN…

This paper describes a language arts program assessment project in the Seattle schools. Among the topics discussed are the following: the history of the project; developing and implementing the model; a description of the model; relating goals, objectives, and instruments; observations from project participants; and the project critique. While the…

This leveled curriculum guide, composed of assignment and evaluation sheets, is divided into five different sections. Freshmen Grammar deals with such topics as subject-verb agreement, punctuation and capitalization, possessives, complete sentences, parts of speech, correct verb form, simple and complex sentences, and correct word form. Freshman…

Students enrolled in a 5-hour-per-week (long) English 101 class were compared with students taking the same class 3 hours per week (regular). F ratios from multiple linear regression analyses revealed that (1) significant differences existed between the two groups in ACT scores (ACT scores are one criterion used to assign students to long or…

This joint project of Northampton Area Community College and Lehigh University examines the college's General Studies Program for the student scoring below the twelfth percentile on the ACT math or English tests. Depending on his score, he must take the math or English or both; his other hours are in the regular courses. (Others, in special cases,…

Because of a high failure rate in traditional freshman English composition courses, an experiment was conducted at Macomb County Community College (Michigan) to test the hypothesis that more time and careful structuring of lessons could increase the proportion of success in certain categories of students. During 1965-69, 16 instructors and 723…

Five prospective elementary teachers and five prospective teacher trainers were introduced to the experience of initiating and developing a language-centered curriculum. A collection of articles, written by the doctoral and master's candidates in the program, represents significant aspects of their experience. The titles of the articles are the…

A study was conducted to ascertain what is being done with black literature and black writers in Illinois high schools. A questionnaire was sent to all members of the Illinois Association of Teachers of English and to heads of English departments in all high schools in the state. Of the 1,700 questionnaires circulated, more than 600 were returned.…