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Native American Handbook For Gifted Education, Karlene Rae George
Native American Handbook For Gifted Education, Karlene Rae George
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The author reviews the key problems associated with generally accepted practices for identifying, and providing programs, for the gifted Native American student. Culturally appropriate behavior of the Native American gifted is discussed and an outline for securing tribal input to the development of an identification process is suggested. The importance of using culture based definitions of giftedness and goals in the education of students so identified is stressed. Program options and models are presented which address the central issue of self-concept.
Development Of K-12 Science Handbook For The Thorp School District, Sim Egbert
Development Of K-12 Science Handbook For The Thorp School District, Sim Egbert
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A handbook was created for the Thorp School District to provide teachers with science goals and objectives for each grade level. A science philosophy, a sample evaluation sheet, elementary science scope and sequence, a list of current textbooks, and the sequences of science classes were also presented in the handbook. Curriculum guides from several districts were studied before the goals and objectives were written for the handbook. The research on the needs of a curriculum and the past and current trends in science curriculum was reviewed. The literature regarding science curriculum supported the development of the handbook. Recommendations were proposed.
A Syllabus Of Enrichment Activities To Enhance Content Area Reading In Science, Lynn Carol Swanson
A Syllabus Of Enrichment Activities To Enhance Content Area Reading In Science, Lynn Carol Swanson
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A syllabus of 65 enrichment activities was developed to accompany the third grade Addison Wesley science text. The activities were designed to aid children in transferring study skills, context clues, comprehension and vocabulary from reading instruction to content material. Objectives and teaching strategies were developed to accompany each of 26 skills. Suggested vocabulary activities and materials were included. Each of the activities focused on helping students to transfer necessary study skills, context clues, and comprehension skills to the science text in order to improve their proficiency to read and use the text effectively.
A Family Budget Simulation For Use In Secondary Level Consumer Economics Class, Robert James Barrett
A Family Budget Simulation For Use In Secondary Level Consumer Economics Class, Robert James Barrett
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A family budget simulation was designed and field-tested using pretest and posttest comparisons of fifty-six students and posttest only comparisons of one hundred sixty-three students to measure student achievement. The results showed substantial pretest to posttest gains but no significant differences in posttest only averages between students using the simulation and those not using the simulation. Recommendations for improving the design and application of the simulation are discussed.
Reading Workshops For Parents Of Elementary School Children: Reading Aloud To Your Child, Carol Robin Logan
Reading Workshops For Parents Of Elementary School Children: Reading Aloud To Your Child, Carol Robin Logan
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This project was developed to provide teachers with a handbook for the presentation of a set of four separate parent workshops. The purpose of the workshops was to instruct parents to work effectively with their child to improve reading. The handbook was intended: 1. To assist teachers in directing parents in a specific skill area in reading. 2. To provide parents with a method for practicing the skill covered in school with their child. 3. To provide parents with practice in working with a given skill during the workshop time. 4. To provide the parents with follow-up materials to work …
A Skill Based Approach To Organizing And Cataloguing Supplemental Reading Materials At The Elementary Level, Patricia E. Selby
A Skill Based Approach To Organizing And Cataloguing Supplemental Reading Materials At The Elementary Level, Patricia E. Selby
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This project organized and catalogued all of the supplemental reading materials of an elementary reading room according to a reading skills code list. The code list was developed by consulting reading skills lists and the school district's student learning objectives. Fifteen major skill areas were included in the code list. Each was broken down into subskills which were assigned code numbers. Each supplemental material was examined and catalogued under the appropriate code number. A handbook was compiled which explained the system and listed all of the materials by skill area.
Home Language Acquisition Skills Notebook, Rosanna May Detering
Home Language Acquisition Skills Notebook, Rosanna May Detering
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The home language acquisition skills notebook was developed to aid parents in giving appropriate language stimulation and activities for their child's level of development, four to six years of age. In addition, positive home teaching techniques, positive home language hints, and a mini-language library bibliography are also available to guide the parent in appropriate home language intervention. Although the notebook will be used with language delayed children first, it is designed to be used with all children in the Lake Chelan Elementary Kindergarten in an attempt to stimulate better language skills, both receptive and expressive.
Rationale And Model For Advisories In The Middle School, Charles L. Woodard, Jr.
Rationale And Model For Advisories In The Middle School, Charles L. Woodard, Jr.
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This project is intended to show the need, practical application, and appropriateness to the curriculum of an advisory program for the middle school child which includes counselling, value clarification, work with communication skills, and social and moral development. Learning activities will be included to meet the defined objectives and an evaluation of strengths and problems at the administrative level will be considered.
A Program For Parents In Children’S Literature And Prereading Activities, James Patrick Rogers
A Program For Parents In Children’S Literature And Prereading Activities, James Patrick Rogers
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This project developed an educational program for parents of children in the lower economic classes. The program consisted of a series of workshops for parents to help them enrich the prereading background of their preschool and primary-grade children. The major emphasis was to acquaint parents with children's literature and with the importance of their role in the reading development of their children.