Determining learning readiness, diagnosing difficulties, and organizing classroom atmosphere are recognized as prerequisite tasks to effective teaching. Examples of techniques, games, problems, and devices that have been successfully used are given. (LS)

Four activities focus on estimation and mental computation. Each consists of a game that can be used on an overhead projector. The content involved finding costs and estimating sums, products, and percents. (MNS)

Gives details of a simulated boardroom exercise for communication studies students, which illustrates aspects of role-playing, group processes, and mass media as the board decides on the amount and distribution of cuts for their local television station, taking into consideration competition from other television stations. (EAO)

This package of patriotic learning activities refers to historic tales about colonial days, Black history, and the contributions of the states to America's wealth and history. Poems, skits, riddles about states and presidents, and a play featuring mock presidential interviews are included. A Save-the-Statue-of-Liberty project is noted. (PP)

Offers teaching suggestions for public relations, media history, mass communications, broadcast journalism, and journalism education. (HOD)

Four games and documentation in a computer assisted mathematics program (Applesoft Basic) are reviewed. Although the games do not teach mathematical concepts, they do serve to reinforce concepts/skills students already possess. The intended audience is elementary/junior high school students, but the programs could be used for mathematics…

Offers seven teaching ideas concerning aids for adult nonreaders, remedial reading in content areas, study skills workshops, video games, and vocabulary projects. (AEA)

Provided are details for a game designed to help secondary school or college students understand the types of problems encountered in applied hydrobiology and the financial and time constraints involved in their solution. (PB)

Describes a small-group activity, the German "circle games," which turn grammatical exercises into meaningful communicative activities by introducing pantomime, props, and pictures for providing contexts. Students drill specific grammatical features while communicating real information. The multisensory experience and the contextualization of…

Contains four articles concerning: the semantic opposition "Intense-Intesif"; vocabulary enrichment based on authentic documents; descriptions of personal characteristics and group activities; word-games promoting linguistic creativity; and various aspects of the expressions of quantity. (MES)

Describes a school district's efforts to make teachers, parents, and students more aware of the importance and fun of reading. (RL)

Teachers, and their organizations are promoting a professional structure modeled after the legal and medical professions. Such a model excludes the community from providing input into policy decisions. An alternative is to divide issues into those which are clearly competitive versus those which should be cooperative. (Author)

Described is an action research project in sentence combining which is helping to revise the language arts curriculum in Madison County, Georgia. It is suggested that there are benefits to classroom research projects. (KC)

Describes how to construct a game for elementary children who need to acquire skills in ordering or sequencing of items. Suggestions for its use in instruction are given. (SA)

Specific French teaching curriculum goals are suggested for grades 3-5. Several classroom games are presented for motivating students and encouraging use of new structures and vocabulary. Five evaluation techniques are presented; activities for each grade are discussed. (CHK)