A brief critical commentary on several current viewpoints on the teaching of French culture introduces the article which stresses the concept that linguistic behavior and culture are intimately related and emphasizes the necessity of applying this concept in the foreign language classroom. Basic French nouns, pronouns, and phrases are examined to…

An "investigative method" can be used by the English education specialist to determine both content of a curriculum and the organization and instruction of courses. Assuming that the purpose of teaching is to produce desired changes within learners, the method of the English teacher is to (1) decide the content of a new course which will develop…

Reports on a study of 110 secondary social studies teachers and the variables that affect the use of learner-centered teaching strategies. Found that methods used in the preservice social studies methods courses had a significant impact on methods used by teachers. Concluded that teacher educators should increase the use of learner-centered…

Statistics education is under review at all educational levels. Statistical concepts, as well as the use of statistical methods and techniques, can be taught in at least two contrasting ways. Specifically, (1) teaching can be theoretically and mathematically oriented, or (2) it can be less mathematically oriented being focused, instead, on…

The shift from a centrally-controlled to a market-oriented economy in the early 1990s put pressure on the Romanian education system to reform both the curriculum and methods of instruction employed in primary and secondary education. At least part of the pressure to implement educational reforms came from the relatively poor performance of…

In this article I use a combination of feminist and psychoanalytic theories to understand the surfacing of sexualized discourse in secondary classrooms as a manifestation of suppressed pedagogical eroticism. I illustrate this phenomenon with an incident that Sheila, one of my participants in a study of sexual dynamics in pre-service teachers'…

Three practical ways to get the meaning from printed words quickly and efficiently are: (1) previewing; (2) skimming; and (3) clustering. Previewing and skimming are ways of getting through a lot of reading material without reading every word. Previewing is especially helpful for heavy reading like long articles, business reports, and nonfiction…

Sherry Schrut, a well-known Los Angeles artist, demonstrated her methods in creating cloisonne enamelling and explained the interesting historical background of this vibrant art. (Author/RK)

The first section of this paper outlines the aims of the socio-semiotic way of looking at cross-cultural lexicology, including its ability to affect research methodology, objects, and goals, and argues that it is in accordance with an integral concept of linguistics. In the second section, the socio-semiotic approach is contrasted with the…

This article discusses two popular techniques used in the high jump. (JS)

THIS STUDY CRITICALLY EVALUATED MAJOR PUBLISHED STUDIES DEALING WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EDUCATIONAL ASPECTS OF MENTAL RETARDATION AND PREPARED AN EXTENSIVE, DETAILED ANALYSIS OF RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ON THIS SUBJECT. THIS WAS A LIBRARY RESEARCH PROJECT IN WHICH A GREAT BODY OF LITERATURE WAS SURVEYED, ESPECIALLY PERIODICALS. SELECTED CLUSTERS OF…

THIS PAPER CONSTITUTES A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF THE POSSIBLE USES OF DICTATION AS A LANGUAGE LEARNING ACTIVITY, AS WELL AS A BRIEF EXAMINATION OF THE PEDAGOGICAL PRINCIPLES INVOLVED. THE AUTHOR OBSERVES THAT STUDENTS WHO ARE EXPOSED TO PROPERLY HANDLED DICTATION EXERCISES NOT ONLY LEARN TO RECOGNIZE THE RELATIONSHIP OF SPEECH TO WRITING AT AN…

Details are given on the necessary computer processing services required to produce a NASA thesaurus. These services included (1) keypunching the terminology to specifications from approximately 19,000 Term Review Forms furnished by NASA; (2) modifying a set of programs to satisfy NASA specifications, principally to accommodate 42 character terms…