Discusses how oral history can motivate elementary students in the social studies. Suggests oral history learning activities and procedures to help students recreate events from the past. (CK)

The article describes the Saturday Workshop program run by the Gifted Child Society in New Jersey, which offers gifted and talented students 50 different classes that are not available from the public schools. (DLS)

A teacher of primary grade gifted students describes the class's reactions to a six-week unit on the handicapped. Activities are said to have focused on the meaning of specific conditions, the range of careers in working with the handicapped, and observation of a preschool class for deaf students. (CL)

Seven easy projects to get you through the last of the winter blahs! (Editor)

Take a pawn. Check the king. Children joust with an age-old game and come up winners. (Editor)

Describes the Arizona Consortium for Individualized Learning (ACIL) program, which has been implemented in 52 Arizona schools in grades K-6. (JG)

The Ethics Forum at Buffalo State College (New York), a program in which new ideas for addressing long-standing problems are fostered among faculty and staff, is described in the framework of a situational leadership model. The model allows analysis of the groups's highly directed, coaching, supporting, and autonomous activities. (MSE)

Describes four mentoring programs: Atlanta's Project Success; and in Washington, D.C., Mentors Inc., the Community of Hope, and the Futures 500 Club. Most are school-based programs providing guidance and inspiration in a one-to-one relationship. The best programs also provide training for mentors. (DM)

Describes the Recognizing and Recording Reform in Mathematics Education Project created to monitor the implementation of the NCTM Standards and monitor a broader program of research and development. Discusses key issues in mathematics reform and describes the methodology of the project. (Contains 10 references.) (MKR)

This report seeks to raise awareness of the critical importance of chronic early absence, synthesize available data on the scope of the challenge, and share emerging insights about how schools and communities can use chronic early absence to identify and address challenges affecting the social, educational and physical well-being of children and…

This booklet focuses on effective mathematics teaching. Drawing on a wide range of research, it describes the kinds of pedagogical approaches that engage learners and lead to desirable outcomes. The aim of the booklet is to deepen the understanding of practitioners, teacher educators, and policy makers and assist them to optimize opportunities for…

Development of numerous materials projects and programs is a continuing characteristics of environmental education. Most have been modest, local in scope, and short-lived. But in recent years many have become more ambitious, substantive, and sophisticated, more effectively designed and better positioned to make significant educational impacts on…

This paper discusses the problems associated with mathematics anxiety, and provides detailed information on the history and structure of the Mathematics Anxiety Program at the University of Minnesota. The seven parts concern: (1) the Continuing Education for Women Program, (2) the development of the Math Anxiety Program, (3) the symptoms of…

In the past few years, numerous states have initiated school improvement programs. These programs have included any or all of the following characteristics: (1) teacher and administrator certification and competency tests; (2) school-based planning; (3) staff development; (4) student assessment; (5) revised curricula and instructional strategies;…

A description of the ERIC system for secondary level theatre arts educators. (CH)