Describes the results of an effort to introduce elective courses in English to students in form three. (RB)

Reports on EXISTENCE, a program designed to improve spelling through the use of a computer. (RB)

Described is a sex education program for preschool children with emotional and learning problems in a therapeutic center. It is explained that the "Baby Week" method combines experimental and didactic learninq sequences geared to the developmental needs of this age group. The setting, planning, and organization of the program are discussed, and…

At Springfield Technical High School (Massachusetts) tenth grade students are required to spend three six-week periods in writing laboratory classes. As the students write, the teacher moves from student to student for short conferences, checking with each student twice during each class period. Students proceed in a three-step process and are…

This small booklet describes the Affective Education Program established in Philadelphia in 1967. The program uses various classroom techniques such as the problems, plans, and sharing classroom structure to foster student leadership and cooperation; using group roles, feedback, and processing; and being responsive to student concerns. In…

Ten experts in the field of programed instruction have contributed articles to this book. The articles are designed to show what programed learning is, where it is currently being used and with what success, and how to make the most effective use of programed materials. They demonstrate the use of programed instruction in spelling, reading, social…

Describes a five-stage intervisitation program in which teachers within a department visit each other for demonstrations of teaching methods. (IRT)

Here is an inexpensive approach for broadening student knowledge of metal techniques. Electroforming and electroetching are fully described. (Author/RK)

The potter's wheel has been used for centuries as a tool in the production of pitchers, containers for storing and dispensing liquids. Using many traditional and beautiful pitcher shapes as a source of inspiration this potter's wheel project is intended to stimulate creative design concepts, initiate original thought, and encourage experimentation…

Help children identify and use two basic elements in the scientific process. (Editor)

Ten smoking prevention-education programs are profiled in this article. Each profile includes a program description, availability of information, appropriate contacts and, when available, a brief description of program evaluations. (DF)

Describes the activities of nine-year-old students during a six-week session designed to introduce them to computers and to the LOGO programming languages. Sample programs written by the students are included. Indicates that these students needed very little instruction or even assistance. (JN)

The reading instruction methods of Sylvia Ashton-Warner are succeeding in the classrooms of the nine teachers involved in the Vancouver Project. (IRT)

Description of the Change Program for Individually Guided Education (IGE) which was developed by the Institute for Development of Educational Activities. (HMD)