Procedures are suggested for helping students to revise their papers. (JH)

Presents ideas for teaching basic skills. Includes strategies for teaching about human rights, directions for making an adding machine to use in addition and subtraction drill, activities for developing effective discussion skills, and suggestions for teaching place-name geography. (JMB)

SYNCON is a tool to examine future options; it is a process that begins with small groups, merges to larger composite groups, and finally one total group so that all members of a group can contribute towards the solution of a complex problem. (Author)

This study was undertaken to develop an affective, small-group experience for helping children cope with death and to investigate the effectiveness of the experience in reducing children's anxieties about death. The generally positive results suggest that affective death education experiences such as this one should be made available to children.…

Tests the assumption that the aspects of a group's behavior that lead to judgments of quality probably are equally important and assesses the theoretical import of a discovery indicating differences in the relative impact of different variables on perceptions of the quality of decision making discussions. (MH)

Six persons of differing professional experience discuss the issue of advocacy as it relates to student volunteer programs. (MF)

This article describes a three-hour group meeting in which an orientation session is combined with a selection interview for applicants to a counselor education program. The faculty members give information about the program and the university. There is a group discussion period and then individual interviews. (Author/JEL)

Describes the reactions of students, all veterans, to a Joseph Conrad story involving moral dilemma during war. (MKM)

Using concrete examples, it is shown how the language laboratory can be used for preparation for and follow-up of discussions (e.g., of the British educational system). This is meant to be an alternative to the customary use of the lab for language drill. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

This article promotes the use of the socratic tutorial in making the study of physiology more appropriate to the needs of medical students. Data are also presented on the use of tutorials in physiology. (MR)

The author found that college students felt that a mid-quarter course evaluation caused some changes in their courses if the instructor conducted discussions of the evaluation results. (ED.)

"Exploring Female Images Through Movement," a course at Skidmore College, features activities that help students reexamine their attitudes toward their bodies, improve their self-image, and, through a combination of physical education and women's studies, experiment with new activities and ideas about themselves as women. (MB)

A study examined three different approaches to the teaching of economic concepts and the development of problem-solving skills: a real life problem-solving experience, a contrived experience using simulation and gaming, and a discussion-workbook experience. (Author/JR)

This paper focuses on how the sociological perspective can make significant contributions in providing a meaningful conceptual framework for analyzing self concept changes. Insight in explaining why only certain kinds of limited changes typically occur among sensitivity group participants is presented. (Author)