Describes activities selected from study guides supplied by educational film distributors that provide a feel for the experimental approach to film appreciation and a stimulus for teachers to develop similar activities. (FL)

Brief answers are provided to 50 questions concerning basic reading research and how a parent can help teach reading. (SJL)

Suggests that live plants can brighten up the classroom and can serve as the focus of interdisciplinary learning activities for elementary students. Briefly describes the organization of a "living laboratory" in an elementary school. (SJL)

Argues that the use of semantic webs (a means of organizing a subject visually) can help students focus on the social issues in their reading and discussions of literature. (Author/FL)

A low functioning, nonverbal student who is hearing impaired as well as visually impaired presents special problems in designing instructional activities. Activities which have been used successfully with this type of student to develop attending to visual stimuli, tracking visual stimuli, and discriminating color and shape are described. (Author)

Describes a learning activity involving correctly matching soils with environments. The activity is intended for use in college level physical geography courses. Information is presented on instructional objectives, outline of preparatory lectures, soil test exercise worksheets, procedures, laboratory setting, testing procedures, collecting and…

Reviews various commercial materials for use in preparing story dramatization activities. (FL)

Offers suggestions for differentiation of reading instruction based on Joseph Renzulli's Enrichment Triad Model, which provides for general exploratory activities, group training activities, and individual investigations of real problems. (MKM)

An application of the integration of polynomials is presented as an example of how integrals can be used in areas outside mathematics and mathematical physics. (MP)

The author analyzes variations in composition and feeling apparent in simple sketches of the same object by three different students. (SJL)

A description is given of a session at the 1979 convention of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics in which hands-on experiences were used to overcome computer anxiety. (MK)

Considers learning activities that may be successfully used with most social studies textbooks. Activities include introducing chapters using illustrations, hypothesizing for directed reading, distinguishing fact from opinion, creating examples of glossary term usage, recreating illustration formats, writing editorials, role playing, debating, and…

Discussion of the morale-building as well as the body-building required of a top-level competitive tennis team is presented. (LH)

Offers exercises to assist poor readers as well as good readers in using the dictionary. (DD)

The article describes several instructional activities as they might be conducted with a hypothetical severely/profoundly handicapped six-year-old child. The educational procedures are critically discussed, and suggestions are offered. (Author)