Three substitute teachers give six suggestions for making substitute teachers feel more welcome, more effective, and more useful. (MT)

Describes how to organize a large second-language class so that all students can participate in games or activities better suited to smaller groups. Also offers a partial list of games and activities. (EKN)

Focuses on some ideas for improving the quality and applicability of instruction provided in the marketing and distributive education-related class. Discusses sources of instruction, instructional ideas for the related class, weekly job reports, and a suggested schedule for the related class. (CT)

Briefly describes three new research studies focusing on the following aspects of teaching: planning, standardized tests, and teacher observation. (CM)

The importance of visual orientation and mobility skill training for visually impaired students is emphasized, and suggestions are made for the vision teacher to involve the classroom teacher in providing a meaningful classroom environment for the mainstreamed student. Among strategies listed are keeping recognizable order to the location of…

TWENTY-SEVEN STUDIES ON INTERCLASS GROUPING AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL ARE SUMMARIZED. IT IS POINTED OUT THAT THE SUMMARY IS NEITHER EXHAUSTIVE NOR DELIBERATELY SLANTED. STUDIES POORLY DONE IN TERMS OF SAMPLE OR TREATMENT WERE NOT INCLUDED. THE STUDIES ARE GROUPED ACCORDING TO TWO QUESTIONS--(1) IS ACHIEVEMENT INCREASED BY GROUPING AND (2) ARE…

THE PROJECT WAS INITIATED TO DEVELOP, BY COMPUTER, A MASTER SCHEDULE FOR HIGH SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES IN ORDER TO FREE ADMINISTRATORS FROM THE DETAILS OF THIS BURDENSOME TASK. THE RESEARCH WAS SEPARATED FROM PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS OF EDUCATIONAL SCHEDULING SYSTEMS AND THE GENERATION OF A MASTER SCHEDULE BY COMPUTER WAS EMPHASIZED. THE GENERATED…

"BLOCK SCHEDULING," DEFINED AS PLACING A GROUP OF STUDENTS IN A COMMON BLOCK OF BASIC COURSES TO SHARE THE SAME DAILY CLASS SCHEDULE, PERMITS INSTRUCTORS TO MEET A MORE COHENSIVE GROUP. IT ALSO SIMPLIFIES REGISTRATION AND SCHEDULING, AS STUDENTS ACCEPT A PREPARED GROUP OF COURSES INSTEAD OF INDIVIDUALLY SELECTED ONES. FOR THE STUDENT, IT MEANS…

Presents the negative effects the classroom, as a way of structuring education, has on teachers and students, and suggests reorganizing the schools along the lines of research hospitals. (IRT)

Prevocational education for mentally handicapped students can be integrated with normal class activities if the teacher focuses on activities and values that are common to the worlds of school and work. (GW)

This book addresses the issue of classroom organization in primary education, explaining evidence that it asserts should prompt primary schools to re-think the contexts in which children are expected to concentrate and learn. New ways of arranging classrooms are illustrated through case studies of teachers who take a flexible and strategic…