Described is the Instructional Improvement Information Service (IIIS) database which provides information concerning instructional improvement activities, including project evaluations and printed matter such as lab manuals and tests to users at colleges and universities throughout California as well as a few other states. (TG)

Describes projects funded under Part C, Title IV of the Elementary Secondary Education Act. Part C funds projects to develop new and creative approaches to education and projects that adopt the validated programs of other educational sources. Funded social studies programs include citizenship, consumer, environmental, law,…

Suggests three strategies to aid students in understanding content area texts and concepts: (1) the oral reading strategy; (2) the key concept, key terminology, key questions (C/T/Q) strategy; and (3) the question-only strategy. Suggests that a teacher try each strategy three times to positively implement the new techniques. (MKM)

Advances the hypothesis that learning a miniature artificial language (MAL) can be regarded as a means of furthering knowledge on inductive second-language (L2) learning. Suggests that more creative use of MAL methods can have pedagogical manipulation of input. (Author/BK)

Describes an effort to improve the effectiveness of an instructional development program in a dental school by modifying the level of organizational readiness and individual faculty readiness for instructional innovation and change. It is a tactical example of an attempt to alter the setting in a specific educational institution. (Author/JEG)

In order for the microcomputer to be effective in the classroom, methods must be developed that enhance teaching in ways that are evident and that make life easier for the teacher. (MP)

Using mystery and detective fiction in the classroom proved to be an effective method of improving the reading, listening, and comprehension skills of below-average high school readers. (MB)

The author describes the rapid growth in American higher education in the 20 years following the Civil War. Educational characteristics of this era included development of "people's" universities, reshaping of undergraduate curriculum, coeducational and graduate programs, and innovative educational administration. (Author/AV)

Reviews selected ERIC documents pertinent to innovative instructional methods, including personalized and mastery learning, computer-assisted instruction, and educational television. (JDS)

A course for high school students who have completed one semester of geometry explores neutral geometry (no parallel postulate), Lobachevskian, and Riemannian geometries. The teachers believe that students who study several postulational systems gain a better understanding of Euclidean geometry. (SD)

This article reports on implementation efforts of a comprehensive school based health education program. (MM)

The author describes the course on death and dying taught at the University of Maryland, its effects on students, and mythologies about this topic. Presented at the Conference on Death and Dying: Education, Counseling, and Care, December 1-3, 1976, Orlando, Florida. (Author)

Describes a Jewish Community Center's efforts to adapt Gardner's multiple-intelligences theory to a preschool special-education program. Since most students had moderate speech disorders, teachers decided to deemphasize linguistic expression in favor of the other seven intelligences. They created successful units exploring patterns and size…

Describes how the question-finding strategy teaches students to search for questions embedded in the text or "hidden" within the subtext. Notes that the skills of question-finding can be applied to any content area that uses resources and materials that stimulate inquiry learning. (SG)

Notes that a computer equipped with a talking word processor was added to a first grade classroom. Finds that first grade students could successfully use computer technology for literacy support. Notes that this technology enables students to independently read words beyond their normal reading ability and to stay engaged in the literacy task at…