A teacher of gifted students used various resources, including videotapes, computer programs, toys, and handouts to teach gifted students about principles of mechanics during a summer program. (CB)

Discusses the experiences of a fictitious teacher and events surrounding a fictitious summer institute for writing teachers--experiences which sound a great deal like Alice's adventures in Wonderland. (RS)

Describes a three-week summer theater program for middle and high school students. Discusses the reconstructing of Shakespeare's play "Hamlet" by students in the class from prior viewings of movie versions of the play and from students' past experiences with the play. Includes the play script as rewritten by the students. (CR)

For the last five years Western Illinois University has conducted work experience programs for putting secondary teachers and students with secondary teaching as their objective in direct contact with the business world so they may learn about the value of cooperative work experience programs at the secondary level. (Author)

A description of a Speech Communication Association Summer Institute on teaching interpersonal communication at high schools. (CH)

In an effort to provide services to the teaching of precollege psychology, the Oklahoma State Psychological Association sponsored a survey of state high schools. Of the 478 questionnaires initiated in November, 1972, 209 (43%) were returned by February 1973. The returns revealed that 112 high schools had a psychology program at the time of the…

Describes a six-week summer course in writing instruction for teachers in which secondary school English instructors worked with college level basic writing students in a college writing laboratory. Discusses methods and topics used in the course and provides successive writing samples indicating improvement generated by the course. (HTH)

Described is a two-week summer residential program designed for students who have been identified through one of several middle school talent searches. Discussed are the assumptions and goals, course content and pedagogy, evaluation, and materials of the program. (CW)

Describes the establishment and development, by the American Association of Teachers of German, of a summer camp for the teaching of German language and culture to high school students. This was an experiment in total immersion and included a teacher training workshop. Schedules, content, methods and goals of instruction are given. (TL)

A combination of drills, quizzes, journal writing, and creative class activities was used in a summer program designed to develop the vocabulary of gifted students. (RL)

Recounts how participation in various summer teacher workshops gave the author access to materials for use in teaching about the religious influences in U.S. history. Relates that the National Archives'"Primarily Teaching" workshop revealed primary source documents representing every period in U.S. history. Provides ways these historical…

The multiple activities funded under Title I of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act had two purposes. First, they supplemented the instructional program for educationally disadvantaged children by developing a curriculum and techniques which would raise their achievement level commensurate with their ability. Second, they supported this…

Described is the West Central Minnesota Institute for Creative Study, developed by a group of rural high schools to provide a summer enrichment program for gifted and talented youth. It is noted that the program was designed to bring together outstanding students, teachers, facilities, and materials in an attempt to expand and strengthen the…

TEACHER-PARTICIPANTS IN A WORKSHOP OF THE 1965 NDEA ENGLISH INSTITUTE AT CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY RECOGNIZED COMPOSITION AS THE MOST PROBLEMATIC AREA OF ENGLISH TEACHING. THEY IDENTIFIED LACK OF THOROUGH PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION IN TEACHING COMPOSITION AS THE PRIMARY REASON FOR ITS RELATIVE NEGLECT BY TEACHERS. HIGH STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO,…