Developmental characteristics of students in middle schools (grades 5-8) are detailed and a social studies curriculum tailored to their particular needs is outlined. (JMF)

The camera can be a complementary evaluation tool for evaluations of student affairs programs. It is particularly suitable for evaluations designed to portray programs. It has potential as an evocative aid and can clearly be used in reporting results. (Author)

Movement programs have the potential to make a significant contribution to the goals of aesthetic education. Movement professionals must be prepared to articulate and to demonstrate physical education's contributions towards the realization of these goals. (CJ)

Presents a model for generating knowledge that will allow the student personnel workers to understand and to intervene in environments they consider important. Examples of created knowledge are presented. (Author)

The middle school's function as a "transition" school is discussed in this article. Emphasized are the opportunities for students that are made possible by this transitional function. (BE)

Presents a model for coordinating all activities of student development into a career education center in order to create a staying environment for students. This model for career education was developed at Western Piedmont Community College. It is designed to evolve with the institution and with changing demands of society. (Author/BEF)

Consultation is a potentially effective method for creating change in a large multilevel system. University counseling centers are shown to be good sources of internal consulting assistance. The consultation process, forms of consultation often used in university settings, and a case example are presented and discussed. (Author/CC)

It is pointed out that researchers must articulate clearly both the implications of their data for policy and the limitations of those data. Both researchers and policy-makers should remember that each student is more than a collection of variables. (Author/AF)

The Association for Values Education and Research (AVER) is an interdisciplinary group of researchers located at the University of British Columbia. Focuses on the competencies necessary for a morally educated person and the teaching/learning units that have been developed in order to expose students to values issues. (Editor/RK)

What should a student activities program be? What should it provide? Who should be responsible for its organization and smooth operation? Answers these questions in a discussion of this important part of every school's total program. (Editor/RK)

Discusses laboratory results and other relevant material on possibly the most important period of decline in cardiorespiratory endurance and increase in obesity--the school-age years. (Author/RK)

States that our country is overrun with economic illiteracy and presents facts to support that position. Discusses the reasons for its existence and how to develop economic literacy. (Author/RK)

The author's discussion centers on the need to reassess the values of industrial arts, noting that the primary task should be teaching students to use tools and machines safely and effectively; to repair, select, and care for industrial goods; and to test their self-concepts. (Editor/TA)

Describes a high school curriculum which fuses mathematics skills with skills necessary for an individual to function effectively in the community, regardless of his or her occupational choice. (TA)

Most handicaps go undetected until children become school age. To discover effective and efficient child find procedures, several variables must be examined: (1) population to be screened, (2) massive campaign vs. specific contact, (3) agency effort vs. community-based effort, and (4) referral mode vs. screening mode. (Author)