Traditional problems in language instruction include competing methodological approaches, excessive cognitive content, and ineffectual teacher and student roles. A new combination of cognitive, direct, and confluent methodological approaches uses classroom time for acquisition activities, reduces grammar learning requirements, and gives students…

A reading teacher discusses ways to make the reading lab an enjoyable place to be. She suggests the use of nontraditional reading materials, such as TV guides, newspapers, and excerpts of old basal readers recovered to make thin books. Parent participation is stressed. (CL)

The history of attitudes toward homework is reviewed, as well as research about homework. New findings reveal that homework improves achievement. The author provides suggestions and cautions in assigning homework. (MD)

Presents eleven ideas for family studies which encompass a wide variety of skill tasks for elementary and secondary students. Each set of tasks requires planning, notetaking, interviewing data organization, and evaluation. (Author)

Describes a management plan for thirty individualized learning studios in the general music class. (Editor/RK)

Describes the use of the pieces and movements of chess to teach French vocabulary of direction and motion. (CHK)

Describes an exercise in analyzing an editorial which illustrates linguistic principles. (DD)

This paper discusses the book, "Guide to Social Studies Teaching in Secondary Schools," (Leonard S. Kenworthy), as a social studies teaching resource containing activities and ideas. The paper notes that Kenworthy defines motivation in two different ways: in its inclusive sense, motivation is everything that teachers understand about…

This book is intended for teachers and parents who want to give their students and children inspiring models to imitate in developing positive character traits and attitudes. In the book are individuals from today (like Bill Cosby) or people in the past (like Abraham Lincoln) who will inspire children. In all, the book portrays 75 people of…

We present two vignettes of classroom episodes that exemplify new activity structures for introducing core algebra ideas such as linear functions, slope as rate and parametric variation within a new educational technology environment that combines two kinds of classroom technology affordances, one based in dynamic representation and the other…

This lesson plan provides background on six significant historical documents: (1) "Meeting at Runnymede--The Story of King John and the Magna Carta"; (2) "The Mayflower Compact"; (3) "The Declaration of Independence and Natural Rights"; (4) "The Federalist Papers"; (5) "Aristotle: In Search of the Best…

"Preparing the Next Generation of Oral Historians" is a resource to educators seeking to bring history alive for students at all levels. The anthology opens with chapters on the fundamentals of oral history and its place in the classroom, but its heart lies in nearly two dozen insightful personal essays by educators who have successfully…

This software product is designed to teach spelling. The software may be used without the printed text, but educators will appreciate the added dimension and greater convenience that the lesson plans provide. Along with the 12 lesson plans are worksheets, templates, and other materials needed to complete the activities. Teachers are encouraged to…