Reports a project designed to catalogue state and private lands in the United States suitable for ecosystem study areas. (AL)

Children learn best in a classroom that contains students with varied abilities and levels of intelligence. (CK)

In this, the second of a series of articles on basic tools that could be useful in setting up a non-print collection, additional sources for films and bibliographies of filmstrips are discussed. The first article (EJ 008 746) described sources for film selection. (Author/JB)

"An informal personal summary of a censorship episode which recently occurred in the McMurry College Library, written by the former director. (Author/JB)

Reprinted from Film News (N.Y.), February 1969, p11-12, and March 1969, p22-23.

Encourages the use of transparencies along with student participation for teaching vocabulary, grammar, reading and writing skills to developmental studies students. (CAM)

The article points out ways in which special education teachers can use advertising techniques to select curriculum materials. Suggested criteria include the product's design and image, testimonials, promise and benefits, newness and novelty, headlines, brand names and companies, and pricing. A checklist of nine questions for material evaluation…

Presents a standard textbook adoption process orchestrated by a textbook selection committee. The committee conducts a needs survey, reviews materials, selects three series finalists, arranges for the publishers of the selected materials to make presentations to the faculty, visits schools using the materials, and makes a final choice. (Author/WD)