Intended for use in inservice workshops, the packet provides teachers with ideas, materials, activities, and resources for teaching spelling at the elementary grade level. Directions are given for using a diagnostic spelling test to pinpoint error patterns. Provided are an outline of spelling rules and of kinesthetic spelling techniques. Included…

Describes a videotape exchange between students in a New York City school and a classroom of students in Charleston, South Carolina, explaining what the students learned about themselves and others from the personally-made tapes. (RB)

Tells the whys and hows of using video tape recordings as a vehicle for increasing student self-understanding and communication. (RB)

Describes a college level educational psychology course, which aimed at increasing student interest. Objectives were to: (1) deemphasize laboratory research on animals; (2) focus on the nature of individuals rather than group effects; (3) emphasize teaching; and (4) team teach educational psychology as part of the teacher education curriculum.…

Urges English teachers to adopt an approach to career education based on individual actualization; suggests several activities to accomplish this. (DD)

Describes a game in which the symbol omega becomes equivalent to the word ohm, and is then modified or incorporated into a picture to represent a common word or phrase. Recommends the game as a way of humanizing the beginning course. (GA)

Provides an account of an animation film project that was conducted in a public alternative school for teenage drug abusers. Demonstrates how students can plan and shoot a film with a minimum of teacher involvement or direction. (RL)

Describes instructional techniques, materials, and activities used in an intensive technical writing course taught to personnel at an Air Force Base during three weekends. (GW)

Results of the present experiments on raising expectations are consistent with previous experiments in that the generalization effect, while significant, is smaller in magnitude than the direct effect. (Author)

The ideas presented include a number line activity for addition and subtraction of integers, a game involving polynomials that encourages mathematical guesswork and deduction, and an introductory story for parabolas. (JT)

According to the author, a teacher can create an atmosphere in any classroom situation conducive to values clarification skill development. She presents some classroom activities to help this skill development and gives examples she has used in teaching child care. (MF)

Steps in planning and promoting a model office in the business education department are described. (MF)

Explains an exercise useful for basic speech course instruction designed to facilitate interaction with strangers. (MH)

A motivational game providing practice in computing and problem solving is described. (JT)

A one-year introductory data processing course for high school juniors and seniors at McHenry West High School (Illinois) teachers unit-record equipment as a foundation for more advanced study. The cardpunch machine, sorter, reproducer, interpreter, and accounting machine are used. Other activities are games with punched cards, visits to observe…