By analyzing nineteenth-century mental health data, college level geography students discover the concept of distance decay, which describes the decrease in intensity of a phenomenon with increasing distance from some central place. (RM)

Sample lessons are provided for helping gifted elementary students learn to accept and cope with the future. Lessons focus on time orientation, world views, and simple prediction. (CL)

Teaching about a multinational corporation (MNC) is a powerful way to raise the global awareness of students. Background information on MNC's and teaching suggestions are provided. (RM)

A language arts teacher describes a successful project for mainstreamed learning disabled students in which spelling words are used to make a design. Three examples are provided. (CL)

A teacher training and supervision program for increasing the involvement of severely handicapped adolescents and adults in functional educational tasks was accompanied by large increases in functional tasks in three classrooms. In two subsequent experiments, surveys provided social validation for the criteria for functional versus nonfunctional…

Describes a hands-on project in which anthropology students play the role of professional physical anthropologist in collecting and analyzing data on a small group of contemporary humans. Use of simulated data to represent ancestral populations results in an analysis of microevolution. (KH)

By using propaganda commercial radio broadcasts which occurred during the Second World War as the basis for classroom activities, teachers can help students capture the emotional drama of various topics of the war, as well as certain themes still applicable in contemporary society, and stimulate student curiosity about the past. (RM)

Presents activities that focus on computer memories, accuracy of computers, making music, and computer functions. Instructional strategies for the activities and program listings (when applicable) are included. (JN)

Accounts from the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, published by the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, Georgia can be integrated with materials from related scientific sources to help college students develop an understanding of the emerging geography of recently discovered diseases. Legionnaires' disease is used as an example. (RM)

Describes the learning experiences of three kindergarten students, providing an account of their teacher overcoming prejudice toward computers. (BJD)

Presents suggestions of what teachers and employees of welfare organizations can do to encourage people's observance of "Be Kind to Animals Week." Includes places to go, people to see, and things to do. (BC)

To describe and analyze the characteristics of learning projects in which physicians engage, a sample of 29 physicians were interviewed. Preliminary results show a high degree of participation in self-directed learning activities and motivation, with journals and collegial consultation serving as the primary information sources. (SK)

The article presents an instructional unit in which gifted students analyze the contributions of Jefferson to American society. Instructional strategies are presented in terms of background assignment, study activities, culminating activities, differentiated activities, and discussion questions based on a text. Filmstrips and other resources are…

Presents a collection of computer-oriented teaching activities for the early grades. They include creating musical tones using Atari PILOT, a simulation of traffic lights, teacher-friendly password protection, drawing the alphabet using Logo, and using the Commodore 64's special character graphics. (JN)

Describes a two-year project in which supplemental computer exercises were developed for an economics statistics course. (Author/RM)