This activity and answer book is designed for children who will be serving as witnesses in court cases. It uses three child characters. The book defines the role of each of the following: judge, prosecutor, victim's advocate, defense attorney, witness, court reporter, clerk of court, and jury. Also explained is the courthouse itself; a drawing of…

This dictionary is written for students who are learning Swahili as a second language. The 1,837 words that are defined in it are words likely to be encountered by a primary school student in East Africa who is learning Swahili. Most of the English words in the definitions have been taken from among the English words taught during the first four…

The first two of 16 booklets designed for use in an Open University course about handicapped children and their education in the United Kingdom, these texts present an overview of the course and a glossary of special education terms. The overview booklet outlines the course's major themes: understanding special education, meeting special needs in…

Offers examples of innovative approaches to teaching the new microcomputer vocabulary. (Available from: Modern Learning Publishers, Inc., 6517 Liggett, Oakland, CA 94611, $14.) (AEA)

This monograph examines sociological perspectives and their applications. It is intended to help the college student coming to sociology for the first time to recognize that there are several perspectives within sociology and to disentangle the mass of terms associated with each. The first distinctive sociological perspective came from the work of…

This textbook is the fifth volume in a series of readers. New words are defined, and selections are preceded by suggested points to consider.

This textbook is the sixth volume in a series of readers. New words are defined, and selections are preceded by suggested points to consider.

This textbook is a fifth reader covering biographical, historical, geographical, scientific, and literary allusions or references; spelling and pronunciation; grammar; definitions, synonyms, and paraphrases; and style and thought in reading selections. Selections from classic literature are included. Writings by authors such as Benjamin Franklin,…

This textbook is a fourth reader covering biographical, historical, geographical, scientific, and literary allusions or references; spelling and pronunciation; grammar; definitions, synonyms, and paraphrases; and style and thought in reading selections. Selections from classic literature are included. Writings by authors such as Benjamin Franklin,…

Offers a revision exercise intended to remind students of some economic terminology associated with taxation and welfare. Provides a set of definitions for which students are to supply matching terms. Includes an answer list and suggests related exercises. (SG)

This bilingual glossary of the biological/life sciences is one in a series developed to help high school students who are literate in their native Vietnamese, but not in English, to meet graduation requirements. Major biological science concepts and definitions of important and commonly used terms are provided, first in Vietnamese and then in…

Information and suggestions are presented in this guide to assist the re-entering female student in her adjustment to college. First, the guide looks at reasons for attending college and provides an overview of some of the barriers and problems to be overcome by a woman with a family who has been away from school for some time. Some of the…

This textbook is the fourth volume in a series of readers. New words are defined and phrases to discuss with the teacher are included.

A learning module to introduce nurses to the main medical abbreviations and often-used prefixes and suffixes is presented. Learning objectives of the module are: to provide the definitions of often-used suffixes and prefixes, and to identify definitions of medical abbreviations. The following materials are presented: a pretest consisting of 30…

Lists informal definitions for 130 terms dealing with recombinant DNA research. (CS)