Individual short stories are to encourage role playing are presented.

The article discusses the use of videotape recordings in education programs for college sociology teachers. Examined are the characteristics of videotaping which make it an effective tool for improving college teaching, three applications of videotaping in teacher training, and a description of videotape uses at the Texas Woman's University.…

The development of resource centers as aids to education should not obscure their usefulness as parish resources. (RC)

During World War II, the Women's Air Force Service Pilots (WASP) substituted for male pilots in domestic flying missions. This article describes a high school aviation course developed by one of these former WASPs. (MA)

While affective education holds major promise, it defies a coherent integrated description at the curricular or programatic level, because so many models exist. A basic issue is how to incorporate affective education into the cognitive and psychomotor domains. The bibliography includes readers, curriculum activities, research summaries, teacher…

A course on information and resources should be a basic component of any rehabilitation program for newly blinded individuals. (Author)

The patterns of the coefficients in the expansion of (x + y +z)n are discussed, and a recursive property is developed as a generalization of the Pascal triangle. (MP)

This article shows how an inexpensive calculator can be used advantageously to determine repeating decimals. Even the decimal representations of numbers, such as one-seventeenth and one-nineteenth, can be easily computed. Many examples are given, and some theoretical discussion is included. (Author/MP)

An alternative development of the quadratic formula via paper squares and rectangles is presented. A physical model is constructed to demonstrate the constant term needed to complete the square. (MP)

The functions of the center include preparing annotated bibliographies, research listings, and information bulletins. The address of the center and a bibliography for instruction with hand-held calculators, K-12, are given. (MP)

Although helium is the second most abundant element in the universe, very little is found in the earth. This article discusses the geochemical cycle of helium and attempts to account for the scarcity of helium. (MA)

Recommendations concerning the use of calculators in school are given along with the identification of important calculator features and functions with regard to present and expected curricular needs. (MN)

Among the light elements, nuclei with unequal numbers of protons and neutrons are highly unstable. Some survive just long enough to be detected and exhibit unusual regimes of radioactive decay. ( Autor/MA)

Discussed are the seed dispersal mechanisms of six different plants: big-leaf maple, pincushion tree, tree of heaven, squirting cucumber, digger pine, and bull thistle. Elaborate color and black-and-white drawings illustrate the text. (MA)