While most microeconomics curriculums contain no reference to the use of microcomputers, spreadsheet packages adapt well to microeconomics courses. This presentation examines the following topics in the context of a microeconomics course: (1) The Microcomputer Spreadsheet Package--LOTUS; (2) The Spreadsheet Anatomy--cells, commands, menus; (3)…

To determine whether scientific diagrams are helpful to students, researchers involved students in a mind probing investigation. Specifically, researchers wanted to know what goes on (and does not go on) in the minds of students when they encounter diagrams during science instruction. Based upon the results of these studies, suggestions are made…

Methods are offered for adapting traditional techniques for teaching more communicative listening and speaking skills in a foreign language. New vocabulary is introduced by using pictures, either prepared or teacher-developed, illustrating the desired lesson. Written statements about the characters, activities, and objects in the pictures are used…

Article described the use of kits, a packaged collection of related materials designed to teach the user a predetermined content specific to the arts in conceptual, historical, critical, or aesthetic dimensions, and caboodles, a variation of a kit, which present important visual arts concepts to students. (Author/RK)

Describes the ecological balance which exists between animal life on the savannah. Offers a series of photographic slides to support this point. (CP)

This article describes various attempts at teaching and learning cross-cultural understanding through workshops; preparing instructional materials, including magazine advertisements, to be analyzed; and interdisciplinary lectures and programs. Aspects of German culture are emphasized. (CHK)

This article describes the system used at the Metropolitan Campus of Cuyahoga Community College (Ohio) to prepare single-concept slide sets for a course in introductory chemistry for students with poor verbal and quantitative skills. (DC)

This is an interview with the director of an instructional film on Baudelaire. Questions and answers deal with the use of sound, images, interviews and with general theory. (Text is in French.) (AM)

Multiple-image projection, an exciting new audiovisual technology, offers more effective learning environments today, 360-degree training simulations tomorrow. (Author)

Intended for teachers, this book provides a valuable guide to the role of pictures and other visual materials in language teaching. It brings together a wealth of ideas on how to use pictures in a wide range of language learning situations. The first section discusses the contribution visuals can make to all classroom settings in providing real…

A familiar and effective way to provide classroom practice of foreign language skills in a meaningful context is role-playing. One variation, spontaneous group role-playing, offers a bridge between textbook dialogues and real-world dialogues. Especially appropriate for beginning and intermediate students, simultaneous group role-playing is a…

The geography lesson plans included in this packet of materials were prepared for middle school students. Lessons are divided into three categories according to the present school social studies curriculum: world cultures, United States history, and interdisciplinary focus. The lesson plans incorporate the five fundamental themes of location,…

Part of an international series of amply illustrated, colorful, small size books for children ages 5 to 10, this volume outlines the step-by-step process of building a cathedral in the Middle Ages. Terms are defined and artisan techniques explained for each step on the way to building the edifice. The text also relates the story of how families…