Pacesetters in Innovation

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U. S. Educational Resources Information Center., 1968

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Page 82 - The term means a condition exhibiting one or more of the following characteristics over a long period of time and to a marked degree, which adversely affects educational performance: a. An inability to learn which cannot be explained by intellectual, sensory, or health factors b. An inability to build or maintain satisfactory interpersonal relationships with peers and teachers c.
Page 58 - Islands. (5) In the case of a State agency which is directly responsible for providing free public education for handicapped children (including mentally retarded, hard of hearing, deaf, speech impaired, visually handicapped, seriously emotionally disturbed, crippled, or other health impaired children who by reason thereof require special education...
Page 82 - ... 1. An inability to learn that cannot be explained by intellectual, sensory, or health factors; 2. An inability to build or maintain satisfactory interpersonal relationships with peers and teachers; 3. Inappropriate types of behavior or feelings under normal circumstances; 4. A general pervasive mood of unhappiness or depression; 5. A tendency to develop physical symptoms or fears associated with personal or school problems.
Page 103 - Chinese-American children in the pre-kiudergarten and kindergarten classes will receive curricular instruction in Chinese and in English, while the Puerto Rican children will receive curricular instruction in Spanish and in English. Each group will also receive intensive instruction in oral English and reading readiness activities. English-speaking children will have the opportunity to participate in the non-English instruction of the other children. A similar format will be followed in grades one...
Page 103 - ... cooperation with existing Head Start programs, foster grandparents programs, and special training efforts under the Education Professions Development Act. Title : Building Bilingual Bridges. Director : Daniel Friedman. Grantee : Two Bridges Model School District Funds obligated : $139,000. Description : Providing bilingual education in an integrated classroom setting which emphasizes individualized instruction rather than segregating children by language is the aim of an inner-city program where...
Page 103 - Cherokee by a teaching team of a certified teacher and a bilingual Cherokee aide; (2) Prospective teachers attending or planning to attend Northeastern State College and bilingual members of the community who have never been motivated to attend college will be given opportunity to improve their knowledge of Cherokee through college-level classes as they meet requirements for teaching certification. Currently employed elementary teachers may also participate; (3) Parents or guardians of Cherokee children...
Page 113 - A 25 percent service charge, calculated to the nearest cent, must accompany orders from outside the United States, its territories, and possessions. This service charge is applicable to orders for microfiche (MF) and hard copy (HC).
Page 96 - ... mother tongue), to pursue ordinary school subjects in either language, but it will teach the language arts and mathematics to N-EMT children in that tongue only enough to avoid retardation. One project seeks 'to develop his (the child's) ability to function in and through two languages' and develop his 'competence needed to employ two linguistic systems separately and consciously as mediums for speaking (reading and writing) and thinking in the total curriculum . . . ' But in the third year of...
Page 103 - ... non-English instruction of the other children. A similar format will be followed in grades one and two where the English component will consist of oral language, reading readiness and beginning reading, and the native language component will consist of an IPI (Individually Prescribed Instruction) mathematics program. Subject-matter instruction in the two languages will be conducted by bilingual teachers. Weekly inservice meetings will be held with the project staff, and periodic progress discussions...

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