An assessment of the Gateway Writing Project shows that students whose teachers were trained in a five-week, intensive writing instruction project wrote somewhat better than students whose teachers were not so trained. (HOD)

Advocates oral history as an instructional method for students at all grade levels. Describes existing oral history projects and presents guidelines for interviewing, including use of tape recorders and cameras. Ends with a brief discussion of the use of oral history methods to collect local music. (SJL)

This article describes an introductory physics laboratory program which teaches three skills: (1) the ability to make estimates and order-of-magnitude calculations, and to use these to check experimental work, (2) the ability to use qualitative and quantitative statistics, and (3) the ability to describe an experiment in one's own words.…

Originally part of a symposium on educational media for the deaf, the article describes Project Video Language, a videotaped instructional program for hearing-impaired kindergarten through sixth-grade children. Evaluation of the program showed that the packets are effective and enable teachers to move more rapidly through material. Additionally,…

Describes the teaching methods of the Yazigi Institutes of Brazil, which offer Portuguese instruction to foreigners. (JB)

Describes the development of Media Now, a program for students to develop their own media presentations, including slide and videotape delivery, for building visual literacy and understanding the use and effects of media propaganda. (CMV)

Describes an experimental course in communication arts covering reading and language arts from kindergarten to grade l2 designed to promote cooperative learning between the special educator and the classroom teacher. (CM)

A project was conducted to develop an instructional model for a course in basic marketing. Topics for the course were identified, a literature review was performed, and a strategy was developed. It was concluded that such a model would improve methods of teaching and curricular design. (CT)

The development of Scarborough's Values Education Project is described. The advantages and disadvantages of three reflective teaching methods: values clarification, Kohlberg's cognitive-moral development, and Allen's problem-solving approach, are outlined, and Scarborough's synthesis is discussed. (SJL)

A model is described for preparing graduate students to teach undergraduate biology courses. Features of the program include instruction in using innovative techniques, the use of pre- and in-service components, and the use of experienced biology teaching assistants. (Author/SA)

Describes an individualized Physical Science Study Committee (PSSC) physics program which follows the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) format. The program has a variable-credit option, to provide flexibility to meet students' needs and interest. (GA)

Leadership training is a form of instruction. As such, it should be guided by a model of instruction. Describes how the Three-Stage Model of Instruction (Feldhusen, Ames and Linden, 1973, 1974) was used to guide the development of thirteen units of leadership instruction for high school youth in vocational organizations. (Author/RK)

Exemplary developmental programs are described which attempt to deal with the problem of establishing the relationship of industrial arts manipulative activities and course content to the goals of career education. (Editor/TA)

Describes the basis of treatment at Warleigh School, a private residential unit for 40 severely emotionally disturbed boys, ages seven to 13 years. Available from: William Johnson, 53 Grayshott Road, London, SW11 5TS, England. (Author)

Describes a workshop for solving conflicts and exercises pertinent to the workshop's objective of getting students to know and cooperate with each other in the classroom. (RK)