Children often come to school with undesirable social skills. To help the classroom operate more smoothly, good manners are necessary. Activities and ideas to help teachers develop acceptable behaviors in students are offered. (DF)

The first article discusses three types of pair work activities in language classes: (1) role play, (2) "social interaction," and (3) "information gap." The second article describes semiscripted dialogues and dialogues that indicate the structure and direction of the discourse, but allow the speakers to improvise their language as they proceed.…

Discusses four prevalent misconceptions about critical reading and thinking and presents classroom strategies to foster an awareness of each. (EL)

Journals are proving their worth as tools for learning. Students who keep journals for class purposes can think more clearly about what they learn and can define problems for themselves. The use of a journal for 100 percent of a grade is described. (MLW)

Presents strategies helpful in maintaining learner attention (providing response opportunities, providing variety in presentation style, connecting activities clearly); building learner interest (demonstrating results, using humor, using creative examples, using questions, using unpredictability); and developing learner involvement (using…

Reviews two recent articles on computer use in the English classroom. Discusses ways that word processing programs for microcomputers can be used to teach revision. Identifies the equipment and software requirements for using the approach and discusses practical benefits. (DMM)

Using sweeps to find areas, applications of reflections to miniature golf, and zeroing in on zeroes are each considered in the brief articles in this department. (MNS)

Offers a practical model for teaching the extended modifier that is economical and linguistically sound, based on the insights and methodology of transformational generative grammar. Five transformational rules are given for generating extended modifiers from relative clauses. Examples of transformations and two class exercises in German are also…

Simple but innovative strategies that fourth-grade California teachers can use for building student knowledge of California geography while reinforcing map skills throughout a typical fourth-grade state studies curriculum are presented. (RM)

Discusses several experiential education learning models and explores the concept of "processing" as an integral component of experiential learning. Presents a method of approaching the design of processing activities and makes suggestions for successful use of the method. (SB)

Presents a lesson strategy in which students encounter the simulated decision making situation of having to help Ferdinand Magellan plan and choose the food for his voyage around the world in 1519. It is demonstrated that this simulation combines knowledge of geography with economics, health science, and consumer awareness. (MBR)

Describes 10 activities teachers can use to introduce music and movement which foster individual creative expression. The movement in each activity, ordered by level of difficulty, focuses elementary-age students' attention on one of three specific musical concepts: steady beat, tempo, and meter. (DST)

Describes an aid designed to reinforce the meaning of one- and two-digit numbers by building a strong bridge between iconic representation of numbers and their various abstract, symbolic representations. Although most suited for first- and second-grade students, it has been used successfully with kindergartners and in remedial work with older…

Describes activities which involve a four-step approach for using manipulative materials to develop some fundamental concepts in probability and statistics while using ideas about fractions, ratios, proportion, and percentages as an integral part of problem-solving investigations. Steps include introducing the model, establishing a recording…

Presents a variety of journalism classroom techniques, including an editing scavenger hunt, a discovery method for compiling news sources, intense instruction in news technology, criteria for evaluating ad copy, a course combining print and broadcast journalism, use of the Teletext, and teaching ad forms for the new media. (HTH)