As digital devices play a more critical role in daily life than ever, more opportunities arise for innovative learning technologies--a trend on full display in the "Educational Media and Technology Yearbook" for 2013. This latest edition from the Association for Education, Communication, and Technology (AECT) notes the most current…

Colleges and universities have survived a decade of financial exigency because of the resilience they developed. The primary problem to be confronted in the 1980s is still inflation, not declining enrollment, but inflation in the next ten years will not be as bad as recently. References and other resources on response to financial exigency are…

Use of medications that target specific behaviors affecting learning and social development has been the most extensively studied form of intervention available to children with behavioral and learning problems. Drawing from extensive research literature spanning the past 30 years, this guide for psychologists and other professionals who work with…

Discusses activities involved in a six-hour workshop program on creativity. Also describes: (1) sources of background information on creativity; (2) ways to evaluate skills in creativity; (3) articles and ideas on creativity and problem-solving, including predictors of problem-solving success; and (4) how to find time to teach problem-solving. (JN)

An overview of books, journals, and other resources for information about the law as it applies to higher education institutions is provided. (MSE)

Recognizing the need to fill the gap of knowledge concerning currency restrictions, a survey was conducted with the aim of creating a database and directory listing currency restrictions in the world, and also to alert overseas advisers and their U.S. counterparts to the difficulties international students may encounter when trying to obtain funds…

Discusses where the future of medical education is leading and uses two approaches: (1) the evolutionary approach focusing on different learning types introduced to curricula; and (2) the revolutionary view of the future of medical education. (Contains 73 references.) (YDS)

This paper describes a course taken by elementary student teachers at Central Missouri State University, with particular emphasis on the action research projects that are a part of the course requirements. The intent of the course and the action research is to foster in the student teachers reflective decision making in their own classrooms.…

Lists the 200 issues, controversies, and court cases involving the student press that were described by John C. Behrens in the Fall 1977 issue of this journal (see EJ 173 477), and categorizes them according to 16 topics, including censorship, funding, litigations, and publication guidelines. Provides ordering information for materials relating to…

Many chemists want to be effective teachers but have little background in psychology or education on which to build successful practices. The primary audience for this book is chemistry teachers at the secondary and tertiary levels, and its purpose is to encourage readers to construct a new understanding of how their students learn. This book is…

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA), otherwise known as the Buckley Amendment, is an amendment passed by Congress to protect the privacy and rights of postsecondary students. Researchers seeking information about FERPA have faced difficulty in finding pertinent source materials on the subject. This compendium gathers…

This SMSG study guide is designed to aid the teacher in acquiring familiarity with digital computer concepts or to further his/her knowledge of the field. Suitable references for important topics are categorized as central, peripheral, or advanced. Topics covered include: (1) nature and organization of computers; (2) problem analysis; (3)…

The four chapters in this resource book provide general considerations for the development of teacher-made achievement tests in science for students with visual, hearing, and/or orthopedic impairments. Chapter 1 focuses on changes in classroom testing by considering the testing of handicapped students, norm-referenced versus criterion-referenced…

This book offers an in-depth look at U.S. culture during a 45-year period when the threat of nuclear war loomed over millions worldwide, and post-World War II ideological tensions took form as an ever-deepening chasm separating two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union. The book finds that the national and global societies that…

This book, intended to serve as a resource guide for teachers wishing to implement computer-based learning in their own classrooms, is a collection of 29 classroom tested instructional programs designed to supplement an introductory chemistry course, regardless of text or approach. The programs cover a wide range of topics, from metric units of…