An instructor of freshman composition at Ohio University always teaches a section on music in her courses because freshmen jump at the chance to discuss a part of their youth culture that they readily identify with. The problem, however, has been how to incorporate rap music successfully into these discussions with a classroom full of white…

Article lists the report of the Seventy-Eighth Annual Meeting of the Commission on Secondary Schools as well as different committee assignments, the composition of state reviewing committees and the actions those committees have taken on annual reports. (RK)

Discussion allows students to work through the key research in a field, thus enabling them to understand concepts as working tools rather than mere abstractions. (Author)

This article is a recorded discussion by an undergraduate aesthetics class at Longwood College, Farmville, Virginia. (Editor)

Message sidedness had no significant effect on perceived source credibility; inclusion of evidence significantly increased perceived source credibility'' in the study described. (Author)

Author compares and analyzes the objectives and methods of T groups and discussion ( learning'') groups; he finds the latter more open, with reality less centered in the life of the group.'' (Author/SP)

Five innovative approaches to library service are discussed: CAI Experiment, Operation Whistle Stop, Mailbox Library, Read to Me Club, and Family Forums. (7 references) (SJ)

In adult education the two basic methods are group discussion and the lecture. Both of these are economical and both are extremely versatile. The author believes the formal lecture does not produce as good results as the active teaching method, discussion. (Author/AS)

Suggestions for effective group communications are made briefly for the hearing impaired member of the group, the group leader, and the hearing members of the group. (CB)

Describes some of the problems involved in police-community relations and some of the approaches used to overcome them. (AN)