Describes an attempt by educators in the USSR to keep up with the knowledge explosion in the sciences by improving the content of the curricula and textbooks to reflect modern developments in all fields of scientific knowledge. Emphasis was placed on balancing theoretical and practical aspects of the content, relating content to learning abilities…

Discusses regional cooperation in education in Europe. Problems include that European nations are intensely nationalistic and differ a great deal in languages, values, and educational objectives. Conditions favoring cooperation include that Europe is committed to increasing international understanding and peace through nongovernmental…

Information from state assessment programs may be utilized to identify the characteristics of schools performing in an exemplary fashion, so that effective practices can be adopted and implemented in other schools. Various effective school practices and findings, revealed by school studies conducted in six states, are distilled in this paper. (AEF)

Analyzes the final report of the President's Commission on Foreign Languages and International Studies, pointing out that the main thrust of its recommendations and proposals for funding is toward development of international studies with or without a foreign language component. Views this as a potential threat to foreign language programs. (MES)

Presents case studies representing various points of view on the question of whether academic institutions can remain neutral. Excerpts are presented from the writings of Kenneth Strike, Robert H. Ennis, John Dewey, and Louis Althusser. (DB)

Describes and evaluates an independent travel-study program at Western Illinois University and examines ways in which travel-study programs can benefit students in college level geography programs. In addition, presents suggestions for improving college level geography programs, including renewing the commitment to a world-oriented regional…

Based on excerpts from written observation reports of social studies classroom performance by a supervisor, the article offers comments on the range and breadth of the social studies. Topics discussed include the use of multimedia, educational games, role playing, behavioral sciences, values, skills, and women's studies. (DB)

Describes the curriculum of a political skills laboratory in which college students in a political science course were given training in specific political skills such as organizational development, leadership, bargaining, stress management, crisis management, and coalition building. Evaluation instruments and results are described. (Author/DB)

This is a preliminary report on research into computational errors made by six- and seven-year-olds. (Author/MK)

Examines educational trends in East-Central European countries during the twentieth century, with emphasis on educational development in Hungary since World War II. Information is presented on objectives, problems, educational level of the working population at various periods, and prognosis for the 1980s. (Author/DB)

Good evaluation shares much with good teaching. What makes an evaluation useful can depend on qualities of teaching brought to the evaluator's role. (Available from: Jossey-Bass, Inc., 433 California St., San Francisco, CA 94104, single issue, $6.95.) (Author)

Suggests that there is need to study scope and sequence in social education and poses questions that need to be asked about the purpose and objectives of social studies education. Information is also presented on the Delphi method for seeking consensus. (DB)

Faculty committees wrote educational objectives for all 23 courses in their undergraduate medical school curriculum. The objectives were used for evaluation of curriculum, student knowledge, and attitudes. (CP)

Discussed are the results of the second National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) mathematics assessment concerning children's ability to solve verbal problems. The data indicate that the commonly held view that children cannot solve word problems may be an oversimplification. (Author/TG) Aspect of National Assessment (NAEP) dealt with in…

Traces major trends in educational sociology since the late 1980s and reviews major findings from sociological literature of various periods. Emphasis is placed on interpretation of "Origins and Destinations: Family, Class and Education in Modern Britain," by A. M. Halsey, A. F. Heath, and J. M. Ridge. (Author/DB)