The faculties of the postsecondary institutions in Florida, using the authority of the State Board of Education, have implemented a testing program that increases the assurance that all students who complete their sophomore year in college have achieved the communication and computation skills expected of them. (Author/MLW)

Advisory committees, with representatives of various campus groups, have been effective in developing and maintaining working relationships between campus communities and bookstores that serve them. A committee often has more clout when confronting the administration on issues or with specific requests. (MLW)

The article describes "Teaching, Learning, and Caring" (TLC), a program designed for partially mainstreamed behavior disordered adolescents (ages 14-18). Eight TLC skill areas are the focus of interpersonal skills training: communication mode, empathy, goal identification, cue sensitivity, alternative thinking, skills implementation, consequential…

The article includes a brief description of the project "Reckoning with Mathematics." The project is grounded in the belief that reliance in American schools on "textbook as technology" is outdated and counterproductive. A sample student worksheet is included. (PK)

The pilot six-week program helped five deaf-blind adults develop techniques for increased community participation including coping and problem solving, in-hand American Sign Language interpreting, Braille, Braille writers, tactilely marked appliances, mobility, and group sharing. (DB)

Outlines the evolution of thinking and the development of materials related to the biological component of the Science Education Project. Examines the context of the project within Southern African society and its relationship to curriculum development theory. Discusses possible models for the dissemination of knowledge. (RT)

Describes eight experiments involving the use of common consumer products that could be incorporated into quantitative and instrumental analysis laboratories. Discusses these activities in terms of illustration of principles, awareness, and critical thinking. (CW)

Examines some of the assumptions associated with attempts to define the "engineering method." Critiques a previously stated definition of this method, and offers an alternative definition that attempts to include the ideas put forth in the previous definition. Discusses the use of engineering heuristics in both definitions. (TW)

Reports on the status of environmental studies programs, as determined at a workshop held in conjunction with the 1986 annual conference of the North American Association for Environmental Education. Focuses on environmental studies program development since 1976. (TW)

Suggests that the mathematics curriculum for young children can grow from children's literature. Examples given encourage children to use a variety of thinking skills including classifying, forming hypotheses, selecting strategies, and creating problems. (PK)

Presents three traditional problems from discrete mathematics with alternative solutions and discussion of those solutions. (PK)

Outlines some classroom techniques and learning modes for helping children manage change. Activities should emphasize the exercise of choice and the possibility of alternative "right" answers. Creative lessons, class discussions, and writing activities help students make decisions and gain some control over their life directions. (MLH)

The key to an employee-supported evaluation system is involving a significant majority of those affected in the planning process. This article describes the development of a new evaluation system for 200 administrators and supervisiors based on attitude surveys and a large administrator-dominated steering committee. (MLH)

Dartmouth Medical School offers a problem-based internal medicine clerkship structured to give students an opportunity to think critically through real patient cases with unknown diagnoses and allow faculty to evaluate students' problem-solving skills, clinical judgments, and reasoning without the influence of residents. (MSE)

Discusses the features and advantages of the computer language PROLOG, and explains the approach taken in teaching it as a first computer language. Includes an example of the use of PROLOG in programming a science lesson on elements for junior high students. (ML)