Three approaches for teaching students to solve inequalities involving absolute values, quadratic expressions, and rational expressions are illustrated. Then one technique that can be used with all of these problems is presented. (MNS)

This packet contains a series of teaching guides on land and people. This series features lessons on Cape Cod, the Everglades, and Los Angeles. Each section is divided into two parts: "For the Student" and "For the Teacher." The student materials give students a focus question to answer and also provide them with information…

This book provides a selection of 23 lesson and seminar outlines designed to encourage the teaching of health statistics. It concentrates on a core of statistical knowledge judged important for all categories of health trainees, including medical students. Emphasis is placed on statistical principles and methods that can help health personnel make…

Demonstrates how teachers can bring poetry and students together, stressing those reading skills needed for an understanding of poetry. (RB)

Author describes ways to give students planned art experiences. (MB)

A demonstration and discussion of the use of improvisational dramatics in teaching English. The author provides some ground rules for this method and suggests projects, including the improvisation of scenes from novels. (JB)

Condensed from "Media & Methods, V (February 1969), 44.

Outlines a three-period unit for secondary school students that aims to link the experience of poetry with the experience of works of art. Includes teacher responses to the outline. (HOD)

This article consists of short lesson ideas contributed by practicing teachers. (SJL)

Presents a six-step problem-solving process which the author has used to present creative science investigations to fourth, fifth, and sixth graders. (Author/SJL)

Reviews and discusses research findings on teaching effectiveness in the field of early childhood education. (MP)

Presents a five-step lesson to teach young children with disabilities to recognize and decode words by actively involving the children in rhythm and movement. The lesson's objectives are provided as well as step-by-step instructions. The lesson calls for students to engage in guided and individual practice. (CR)

Outlines a cyclical process for decision making in math lesson planning: (1) outcomes (curriculum standards and objectives); (2) preskills; (3) instructional delivery; (4) learner engagement; (5) academic and nonacademic needs and supports; (6) accommodations to curricular outcomes; (7) modifications of curriculum outcomes; and (8) evaluation by…

Discusses collaboration between school librarians and teachers and describes teacher inquiry groups, based on those at Project Zero at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The focus of the inquiry group is to examine individual lessons and use them as points of entry for understanding teaching methods and improving instructional practices.…

Discusses the development of a book about Dorothy Heathcote's dramatic approach to education. Describes a lesson on "bullying" that illustrates an attempt to implement Heathcote's "Mantle of the Expert" method. (RS)