Statistical analysis indicates that a note-taking group performed significantly better overall than a no-notes group on both an immediate and a delayed quiz although both groups showed a significant decline in performance in the latter quiz. (JMF)

Proposes the use of word games to promote the enjoyment of literature studies by second language learners. (AM)

Recommends how social studies teachers can combine information and concepts from economics and history to help students understand historical events. The basis of the approach is to review and utilize source materials normally used to enrich current texts. (Author/DB)

Describes two teaching procedures, one designed to combine word recognition practice with syntactic (word order) skill development, the other designed to help children develop sequencing comprehension. (AEA)

Three examples are given illustrating the use of the calculator in problems where determining patterns and making conjectures are stressed. (MP)

Discusses the use of puzzles as supplementary activity in the language classroom. (AM)

The ability to listen attentively and critically is crucial. Describes two techniques for improving listening skills. (Editor/RK)

Concrete materials lead young students to abstract conclusions. (Editor)

An illustrative case problem and questions for discussion are presented to provide a classroom situation which provides students with an opportunity to gain experience typical of that which characterizes employment in business organizations. Focus is on use of the technique in graduate and undergraduate programs designed to train teachers of…

Argues slavery has historically impacted children, and that children need to reflect on this practice, study its forms, look for examples of subjugation and domination in their own lives, and decide whether and how they might eradicate the need to subjugate others. Suggests procedures, activities, lesson sequence, materials, and expected outcomes…

Describes an exploration of how light-up shoes work in which students become a community of scientists through debating, questioning, experimenting, formulating ideas, researching, collaborating, and communicating their understandings. (JRH)

Suggests that a good strategy for helping English language learners to develop communicative competence in English is by pairing them with native English speakers. In such conversation programs, conversation partners should be provided with topics and activities that incorporate the goals, interests, and experiences of the learners. Recommends…

Presents a study, focusing on 15-year old students, that demonstrates how an experimental reading program improved students' abilities using four reading activities: (1) looking for key fragments, (2) paying attention to structure marking elements, (3) making up questions, and (4) mapping important information from a text. Demonstrates an…

Describes the "Numbers Game"--a collaborative simulation to prepare students for participation in a full collaborative writing project. (RS)

Discussed is the tendency of students to equate the concepts of continuity and connected graphs based on their lack of an understanding of such concepts as limit points, closed sets, and connected sets. Included is a theorem with three lemmas with their proofs. (KR)