A six-week Nursing Assistant Training Program is described which emphasizes the importance of developing communication skills for improving nurse-patient interaction. (CB)

A lesson involving tape recorders and group discussions dealing with the implications of noise for the individual and society.'' (Author/SP)

Suggests that one way to democratize the learning process is to use the Learning Through Discussion (LTD) technique which applies the concepts of group dynamics and group development to the classroom. (DS)

Subjects discussed or studied situations involving conflicts between universalistic and particularistic obligations, or they discussed items dealing with physical education. A shift toward greater universalism was obtained only in the condition where subjects discussed the conflicts. (RB)

Focusing on practical procedures that counselors have found effective and describing the objectives and who, when, where and how of a technique, this column describes the use of Dear Abby" discussion groups to assist students in explaining personal problems in a classroom setting. (Author/CG)

Author searched for the essence of Thanksgiving so that her young students could better understand the real meaning of the holiday. (RK)

The author advocates a trust-and-work-with approach" for administrators of schools plagued by student disruptions using student-faculty and student-administrator discussion groups to ease tensions. (AN)

Great Decisions, a project of the Foreign Policy Association, is an annual, nationwide program involving local citizens in discussions of national foreign policy. (MS)

High school underachievers are aided in redirecting their self-images by use of group discussion seminars. (DB)

A look at what can be done to present good books in such a way that young people will want to read them. (Author/AK)