Paper prepared under contract with the English Language Branch--Defense Language Institute, Lackland Air Force Base, Lackland, Texas, and delivered in 1971 to staff members of the Branch. (VM)

The simple game and discussion experiment encourages learning at the behavioral levels of application, analysis, and synthesis as well as the knowledge level. It has wide applicability in college principles of economics, advanced microeconomics courses, or high school economics. (Author/SE)

School schedules are relaxed as teachers and students (slow learners included) explore occupations in a variety of preplanned, class-related activities. (Editor)

A short story relating the introspection of a teacher during his literature lecture. (RD)

Special section commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of National Children's Book Week, November 16-22.

Described is a newspaper project in which elementary students report life as it was in the Middle Ages. Students are involved in a variety of language-centered activities. For example, they gather and evaluate information about medieval times and write, edit, and proofread articles for the newspaper. (RM)

Describes strategies for using cultural awareness programs in the schools. Reviews society's perspective on intercultural appreciation, presents a rationale for intervention strategies, and describes four strategies to improve intercultural awareness including student questionnaires, group discussions of culture, a true-false cultural awareness…

Discusses some of the practical aspects of adult ESL classes including activities, structure, variety, carry-over, individualizing materials, and grouping. (EKN)

A study investigated whether activities could be designed to elicit seven specific language functions in kindergartners: self-maintaining, directing, reporting, towards logical reasoning, predicting, projecting, and imagining. Language functions were not equally elicited by all activities, but changing activity was effective in varying language…

This feature blends children's literature with in-class cooking ideas to add spice to reading programs at various times of the year. A seasonal list of reading books appropriate for elementary school-age children is coordinated with recipes for dishes that complement the stories. (PP)

Guidelines for teachers to develop learning resources that both stimulate and identify gifted students are presented. The guidelines, developed by teachers in Coydon, England, include suggestions for objectives, class activities, extension activities for more able pupils, and resources. (Author/MC)