Guidelines for prospective conference proposal writers offer techniques that may help in having papers accepted at academic meetings. (DF)

A conference on academic library services to disabled students is summarized. Presentations which focused on the global context of library services and the information role of library personnel, the need to develop qualitative and quantitative standards dealing with technical as well as service aspects, the growing body of information resources on…

To demonstrate that rhetoric can be useful and challenging, a course in rhetorical criticism was designed with a public conference as a major component. This article describes and evaluates the first annual James Madison University Rhetorical Criticism Conference, April 2-3, 1981. (PD)

Increasingly, researchers are acknowledging the importance of administrators in the school improvement process. The results of one research conference that focused on the high school are reported. (CJH)

Each spring, the Friends of the Library of the University of Waterloo Library invite the campus community to join in an event celebrating the creative process. The event reflects the day-to-day work of the library staff: bringing together information from a diverse range of disciplines for the purpose of creating new knowledge. This book includes…

Presents suggestions to help teachers improve their chances of being selected to speak at educational conferences. Ideas include speaking locally, applying for short sessions, creating catchy titles, being specific, being flexible, and not overselling. Though conferences are often expensive, many teachers participate to share with their…

This issue of the journal of the Colorado Council of Teachers of Mathematics focuses on the role of technology--in particular, computers--in teaching mathematics, with overall philosophical issues of technology in education considered as well. Fourteen articles deal with the topics of: (1) Computers in American Schools: Philosophical and Political…

How the computer as a metaphor affects our understanding of the processes of learning and teaching is explored. After describing reflection and recursion in mathematics and their roles in thinking and learning, models of the mind and teaching effects are discussed, with self-awareness as a theme. (MNS)

This brief summary of a discussion paper for an international conference considers a series of key issues facing school mathematics in the 1990s. Technology, social goals, and educational concerns are addressed, with five sets of specific questions to be discussed. (MNS)

Summarizes papers presented at the Sixth Biennial Conference on Chemical Education in the area of "Doing Chemistry," i.e., demonstrations and student experiments. A bibliography of 21 presented papers in this area is attached. (CS)

Through a Beacon grant from the American Association of Community Colleges and the Kellogg Foundation, Rockland Community College, in association with nine other Mid-Atlantic community colleges, organized two conferences for student scholars at two-year colleges. Students were invited to submit papers in all disciplines (e.g., the humanities,…

The papers in this report represent the imagination, analysis, and experiences of many people involved in recent curricular studies in secondary school mathematics. It differs from reports that seek broad agreement on conservative, traditional curricula, representing instead the point of view of those working with emerging electronic technology…

Conferences are defined and distinguished from other academic and professional meetings, and their formats and general aims are discussed in relation to participants' expectations and attitudes. An analysis of conference reports provides insight into conferences as an educational medium. Future technological developments and their effect on…

This paper is designed to provide the young professional working in the field of vocational education with insights that will encourage and facilitate the development of paper presentations. Discussed first are the structure and objectives of the following three organizations that are of particular importance to industrial educators: the American…

This resource book provides a variety of materials that were presented at a national workshop on the development, organization, and activities of two-year college alumni associations. The first section, which looks at the organization of alumni programs, presents information related to Clinton Community College's (Ohio) Alumni Association,…