Describes the responses of five high school students to a short story. Summarizes other research on student response groups. Proposes ways to use the response process in classroom literature programs. (RL)

A series of evening supper-seminars, launched as a voluntary extracurricular educational experience, were used to teach one aspect of community medicine in an informal setting at the University of Arizona. The area addressed was community medicine as an interface between medical practitioners and community activities and organizations concerned…

Summarizes the views of panel members at a symposium on the place of inorganic chemistry in the undergraduate curriculum. Suggests one semester of intermediate inorganic chemistry, followed by a year of physical chemistry and a semester of advanced inorganic chemistry as a reasonable prescription for the modern undergraduate curriculum. (Author/JN)

The school administrator must instill ethical behavior in both students and employees. These two tasks need not have separate solutions. In working with both students and employees, administrators must eliminate barriers to communication, provide opportunities to engage in ethical discussions and decision making, and represent a model of ethical…

Parent study groups have the potential to reach a large segment of the parent population. These self-help groups do not require a substantial number of professionals to provide help for parents. Parents quickly accept study groups because they can readily see the results of their efforts with their children. (Author)

Suggests discussion or retelling of a story as a vital component in making bibliotherapy work. (MKM)

Illustrates how students can gain access to the Japanese imagination and become familiar with the form and features of the "haiku." (TJ)

Looks at some studies of expressed response after reading and of the process of response while reading. Attempts to demonstrate some current research directions and possibilities in response to literature. (Author/RK)

An attempt was made to ascertain some of the main differences in attitudes towards school between offenders and non-offenders, specifically school-oriented pupils, nonchalant pupils and anti-school pupils attending comprehensive schools in high delinquency areas. (Author/RK)

Suggests that the small discussion group technique is a research method that journalism departments could use to a greater advantage and details the results of one such study, performed at the University of Texas at Austin Center for Communication Research. (KS)

States that inclusion of a workable way to use conversation in the discussion of texts would help integrate Stanley Fish's notions of "interpretive communities" and pedagogical theory concerning "multiple intelligences" into classroom instruction. Describes the "Touchstones Project," designed by St. John's College…

A study examined the ability of six children (ages 8-12) with specific language impairment to participate in a group negotiation task. Each child interacted with two peers to select toys that children their age would enjoy. Subjects produced significantly fewer utterances than peers chronologically similar in age and language ability. (Author/CR)

Reproduces a poem about an urban landscape by Jayne Cortez and reflects on how students are willing to tackle its complexities and its ideas about beauty. Finds that the poem is effective for a discussion of beauty among students. (PA)

Offers practical ideas to make meetings more effective. Stresses the importance of planning and describes the following three types of meetings: information, brainstorming, and decision making. Notes components of successful meetings: an agenda, facilitator, timekeeper, recorder, and effective communication and conflict management skills. Suggests…

Addresses ways of developing a curriculum of caring that helps students connect themselves to others in ever-widening circles of understanding. Describes how, through reading and discussing Walter Dean Myers'"Fallen Angels" and Oleg Yermakov's "Afghan Tales: Stories from Russia's Vietnam," students come to see two unpopular…