The separate stories told by a man and a woman of the end of their relationship form an authentic drama that can be used in teaching culture and civilization. Partial transcripts and examples of discussion questions are provided. (MSE)

Laments the misguided teaching practices used in the teaching of language and literature, practices reflecting unsatisfactory, superficial, and mechanical educational standards. (RL)

This article discusses epilepsy, its treatment, and its effects for teachers who have epileptic students in their classes. Epileptic students must be made to feel that they can participate in all facets of school life. (CJ)

Contends that the teacher, the single most important variable in learning to read, should use introspection to determine how to improve reading instruction. (DD)

Suggests some ways that teachers can establish and maintain appropriate behavior in preschool children in day care centers. (MP)

College students taught a lesson on number theory in a "clear" manner learned more than those taught in an "unclear" or imprecise manner by the same teacher. (Ed.)

Investigates the relationships of anxiety levels and instruction effects in a creativity-testing situation with sixth-grade students. Results of analysis of variance indicated that anxiety is negatively related to creativity test scores. It is interesting that there is no instruction effect and that the anxiety-instruction interaction is not…

Discusses how teachers' choice of words in speaking to children affects the children's responses and feelings. (CM)

The intention here was to promote the clinical approach to staff development. Attempts to come up with a number or particular personal outcomes which seem to represent a consensus of workshop participants' feelings. (Author/RK)

A study examined the effectiveness of the Power Card Strategy in teaching sportsmanship skills to a 10-year-old girl with autism. The strategy incorporates special interests to teach and reinforce academic, behavior, and social skills. The strategy was effective in teaching sportsmanship skills and the behavioral generalized across multiple…

Discusses how an investigative approach to mathematics can help develop mathematical power in children with behavioral disorders using the story of one such boy. (KHR)

Explores the nature of first-grade students' oral narratives and the connections between teachers' instructional practices and students' narratives. Presents six case studies that describe students' school achievement, their oral narratives, and teachers' practices. Finds certain classroom practices, which either support or narrow opportunities…

Asserts that character is at the core of leadership, and that character development requires behavioral change as well as knowledge acquisition. Discusses how incorporating behavioral change into administrator preparation programs requires faculty to consider recent findings in neuroscience on how the brain learns, and the incorporation of these…

This article examines the origins and nature of reflective teaching as espoused in current debate on teachers' professional education, considers its implications for teacher education practices, and highlights areas in need of research to clarify concepts about what reflection in learning to teach entails. (IAH)

Identifies three reading processes that instructors can model for college level developmental readers: what people do when they read; how people think and talk about what they read; and how people incorporate what they learn from their reading into their own lives. Presents examples and descriptions of modeling these processes. (RS)