This library study guide was designed for business marketing students at the University of Wisconsin, Stout. The guide, and its accompanying exercises, were developed as an alternative to providing library instruction to approximately 150 business marketing students each semester. The guide introduces students to basic business reference sources…

A 2-part annotated bibliography is designed to assist school administrators, library media specialists, and teachers in selecting materials for their social studies programs in grades 9 through 12. Resources were selected by Maryland educators according to five criteria: state goals and subgoals for social studies, quality of materials,…

The use of the Remote Associates Test (Mednick & Mednick 1967) is recommended as a way to increase student involvement and enthusiasm in a beginning psychology course. The procedures and results of the test are analyzed as a classroom model for the teacher. (Author/DE)

The article discusses the educational needs of the culturally different gifted child who is defined as a member of a culture other than the dominant culture who shows potential for outstanding achievement in any area of human endeavor. (LC)

American popular music -- ballads, folksongs, and mass media songs -- can be used in an American studies class to trace social history. This takes advantage of young people's loyalty to music and enlists their aural sensitivities in learning about the United States. (JH)

(Article reprinted from "The Linguistic Reporter", vol. 15, no. 4-5, May-June 1973) The Center for Applied Linguistic has recently completed a study on language policy in American Indian Education. The study, prepared for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, will be used as an aid in designing new classroom curricula and materials as well as…

Intended to guide local school systems in the development of a resource center for a career education program, this booklet identifies three kinds of resources which should be included: Human resources, community resources, and material resources. Then in a question/answer format, the guide explains the basic steps in identifying all resources…

Presented for parents of handicapped children is a listing of approximately 600 references. The books in the first section deal with the following five topics relevant to all handicaps: basic information; home teaching and playing techniques; experiences of other parents; and current issues such as advocacy, employment, prevention, and sex…

This bibliography is a collection of citations and illustrative tables which is meant to complement and supplement a 1976 work by the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. That work included an analysis of several social service programs such as food stamps, public welfare, housing, and the education of the poor. The…

In addition to eliminating illicit drug use, rehabilitation programs must help clients find both a meaningful way to spend the time that was formerly spent hustling money for drugs and a legitimate way to earn the money that was formerly provided by hustling. One solution to both these problems is to help ex-addicts make the transition to…

This booklet on curriculum is one of a series in environmental education for grades K-12. In this section, four basic concepts are listed and the behavioral objectives, associated subject areas, and key words and definitions are included for each. Three activity options are given for each concept. Information for the teacher includes materials and…

This booklet on ecosystems is one in a series on environmental education for grades K-12. The activities explore the structure and dynamic nature of ecosystems, as well as the interactions between humans and ecosystems. Four basic behavioral objectives are listed with activity options and appropriate subject areas. Each activity includes materials…

There were special problems in compiling this bibliography on the housing problems of Spanish heritage populations. First, the housing situation of Mexican Americans has not been perceived as an issue by either researchers of housing or researchers engaged in the study of Mexican American populations. Problems of Mexican Americans have been…

Basic information for the development of a consumer and homemaking experience-centered program in the elementary school is provided in this resource guide. Content is presented in outline form to facilitate use by both educators who do and do not have homemaking teachers on their staff. The following sections are included: (1) the homemaking…