In the past, researchers believed that reading fluency developed as a result of good word recognition skills; however, it is now believed that fluency must be explicitly taught and practiced orally in order to develop. Readers who are not fluent in reading will be less motivated to practice, have more difficulty learning academic content, and…

Science programs should be such that a child develops a set of skills to explore content, rather than learning the content by rote or by memorizing. (GB)

Outlines the academic premises made in traditional engineering education in comparison with the educational objectives of practice-directed curricula. Suggests that the practice-audit-study learning mode should be adopted in place of the lecture-homework-exam-grade system. (CC)

Discusses the use of a combination of inquiry learning and transactional analysis in physics teaching to provide a student with opportunities to develop more positive attitudes about himself and physics. Included is a detailed description of three major ingredients: Transactional model, process approach, and teaching methods. (CC)

Every day contains those unavoidable waiting periods, but they need not be unproductive. You can convert waiting time to learning with the help of sponge activities---learning activities which "sop up" those precious droplets of time that would otherwise be lost. (Author)

Although the principal virtue of the study group is its collective effort, it is flexible enough to provide help where it is needed in individual skill areas or to foster individual exploration within the over-all subject area. (Author)

A game with dice that can be adapted for use at various levels of understanding is presented. (MS)

LAPs are Learning Activity Packages. (DS)

Author discusses the 12 basic and rather fundamental principles underlying newer teaching accountability concepts. (Author/MB)

Describes several film series on British Creative Education made by Eileen Molony for the BBC. These series are available from Time Life Films, BBC Educational 16 mm Section, 43 West 16th Street, New York, N.Y. 10011. (MB)