By working through a series of problems, undergraduate psychology students in an introductory statistics course discover for themselves the main topic of the lesson. A lecture follows to conceptualize and clarify the topic. (RM)

Offers guidelines for helping children produce their own alphabet books. (FL)

Notes that contemporary poets are writing sensitive and imaginative poetry that offers children insights into life and fun. (FL)

The meaning, characteristics, and applicability of visual literacy for early childhood teaching are examined, and concrete suggestions for introducing photography to the young child are offered along with specific camera-related activities. (MP)

Ways that instructional materials for elementary school students can be taken from room to room or from school to home are described. Ideas include mesh carryall bags, knapsacks, and paper carriers. (CJ)

Presents an innovative approach to teaching vocabulary to high school students. (FL)

Discusses four basic objectives of a quality program for 2-year-old children. Argues that the real world of teaching toddlers centers on the socialization of the children in a safe environment stimulating to cognitive development. Teachers should prepare the physical environment and provide social learning, physical development, and cognitive…

Outlines the theoretical background of repertory grid analysis (respondents describe feelings towards particular points in the environment and articulate these responses into meaningful terms). Demonstrates two applications of this technique: (1) landscape evaluation and (2) agricultural decision-making. (Author/JN)

Examines the theory behind a classroom process for clarifying one's inner voice. Argues for helping students gain control of their lives by questioning and reacting to those controlling them. Concludes that teachers and students will discover that this type of inner voice orientation for teaching is ever-expanding. (FL)

Suggests activities focusing on the relationship between meeting human survival needs and the environment for use with junior high students in geography courses. Students learn about human survival needs, the earth's systems, and the sun's roles as an energy producer. (RM)

Presents a role-playing activity for Canadian upper-elementary and secondary social studies classes on the debate which led to the entry of Newfoundland into the Canadian Confederation in 1949. Historical background, role-cards, and procedures for organizing the activity are included. (AM)

Outdoor environmental education activities were designed as part of a field trip focusing on design concepts. The field trip consisted of four sessions: (1) acclimatization; (2) patterns and layout; (3) form and function; and (4) moods and patterns. Activities related to each session are described and discussed. (JN)

An outline for a fourth grade local history course is presented. A historic study of the local community should focus on social/cultural, political, and economic community roots. An annotated listing of three local history books written specifically for children, which have received accreditation, is provided. (RM)

College students learned English vocabulary words using a keyword or no-strategy control technique. The keyword technique did not enhance recall of the actual vocabulary word when the definition was given unless the vocabulary word per se was integrated in memory before presentation of vocabulary word-definition pairings. (Author/RD)