The Association for Values Education and Research (AVER) is an interdisciplinary group of researchers located at the University of British Columbia. Focuses on the competencies necessary for a morally educated person and the teaching/learning units that have been developed in order to expose students to values issues. (Editor/RK)

What should a student activities program be? What should it provide? Who should be responsible for its organization and smooth operation? Answers these questions in a discussion of this important part of every school's total program. (Editor/RK)

Discusses laboratory results and other relevant material on possibly the most important period of decline in cardiorespiratory endurance and increase in obesity--the school-age years. (Author/RK)

States that our country is overrun with economic illiteracy and presents facts to support that position. Discusses the reasons for its existence and how to develop economic literacy. (Author/RK)

The author's discussion centers on the need to reassess the values of industrial arts, noting that the primary task should be teaching students to use tools and machines safely and effectively; to repair, select, and care for industrial goods; and to test their self-concepts. (Editor/TA)

Describes a high school curriculum which fuses mathematics skills with skills necessary for an individual to function effectively in the community, regardless of his or her occupational choice. (TA)

Most handicaps go undetected until children become school age. To discover effective and efficient child find procedures, several variables must be examined: (1) population to be screened, (2) massive campaign vs. specific contact, (3) agency effort vs. community-based effort, and (4) referral mode vs. screening mode. (Author)

This article illustrates how distinct foundations are reflected in all program variables in a unified program. Two unified early childhood education programs are contrasted: a skill development program based upon behaviorist theory, and a cognitive growth program based upon cognitive developmental theory. Implications are discussed. (Author)

Attempts to formulate basic criteria for assessing educational proposals which offer alternatives to the regular and traditional secondary school programs. (Author/RK)

Discusses seven components that comprise a comprehensive vocational education program, and describes Wisconsin's capstone course concept for high school seniors, which provides job training in a vocational area that the student has previously explored as part of the comprehensive vocational program involving career development, exploration, and…

Because students don't learn if teachers can't teach, the Bay Area Writing Project is getting teachers fired up about writing and the teaching of it. (Editor)

When questions about Title 1 ESEA went unanswered, Congress directed NIE to make a comprehensive study of compensatory education and how to improve it. (Editor)

Effective instruction in art fundamentals requires a structure which allows students to master basic concepts and skills before progressing on to more elaborated ones. A matrix designed to illustrate the variety of design relationships realized by combining elements and principles of art was presented. (Author/RK)

Motivation is a complex human phenomenon that is interrelated with learning. A sense of personal adequacy and a positive self-concept are essential before a student can focus attention on learning tasks. Available evidence supports the position that students are motivated when they perceive the learning as meeting their needs. (HD)

The PRIDE Program is an-integral part of the Comprehensive Health Education of the Dade County Schools. Students develop skills in what has become known as the "affective domain." The PRIDE Program encompasses youngsters in grades K-12 and is designed to prevent problems rather than deal with them afterwards. (Author)