Offers information designed to provide a good starting place for searches on the World Wide Web regarding research and teaching in the field of communication. Highlights some of the most useful and time saving tools currently available. (PA)

Describes how educational facilities can be renovated to meet future changes. Examines the different ways that technology is used in teaching and what administrators should consider when planning infrastructure for communications technology. Discusses the importance of advisory committees and of collecting data regarding school staffs' levels of…

A review of research on second-language speaking and its instruction focuses on (1) methodological issues concerning the form/function dichotomy and their implications for teacher and learner interaction; (2) the nature and scope of current teaching materials, particularly with regard to their representations of speaking interaction; and (3)…

Libraries are the logical place to model gender-equitable practices, broadening the scope of technology and equipping young people with skills to succeed in a diverse and changing environment. This article discusses gender attitudes about technology and library and teaching issues related to technology and gender. Argues that separate Internet…

A study of three children (ages 2-3) with developmental delays used functional analyses and concurrent-schedule assessments to identify the behavioral functions of problem behavior that occurred in the presence of multiple maintaining stimuli. The assessments identified preference between reinforcers, and successful treatments were based on these…

A study used direct and indirect methods to assess and treat several topographies of the aggression of a 7-year-old boy with severe mental retardation and pervasive personality disorder. Functional communication training with extinction reduced all forms of aggression except chin grinding, which was reduced by an alternative treatment. (Author/CR)

Considers a new approach to construction of single-valued measures for evaluation of search results. A general statement of the order preservation property is given, and all considered single-valued measures are analyzed for the existence of this property. Problems of legitimacy of the use of single-valued measures in various situations are…

Presents ways that early childhood educators can use classroom activities and routines to portray values related to ecology and to teach children respect for the planet. Describes strategies such as recycling materials, opening a milk and juice bar where children could purchase drinks rather than use small juice boxes, using cloth napkins, and…

Argues that curriculum reforms within developed nations do not define standards for student achievement in the visual arts and do little toward assisting the achievement of consistent and meaningful judgments of students' studio work. Proposes a "community as arbiter of quality" concept as an assessment strategy for visual arts. (DSK)

Supports the views espoused by Doug Boughton in his accompanying essay. Argues that there is an imperative to establish some form of generalizable standards in visual arts education in the face of pressures to cut less essential programs from school budgets. Expands on some of Boughton's points. (DSK)

Outlines nine objectives students should be able to accomplish after completing the activities in the unit on typography presented in the previous articles in this journal. Offers eight tips for teaching typography. Includes a short list of books about typography and a list of seven organizations. (SR)

Presents a case study for use in business communication classes to help students understand and learn both the context and the strategies for communication with business and management. Deals with an electrical company that finds itself with an environmental crisis on its hands. Includes five assignments as well as five samples. (SR)

Presents a case study for use in business communication classes to help students understand and learn both the context and the strategies for communication with business and management. Discusses a successful entertainment amphitheater's problems with noise complaints, a city council's reluctance to spend money for an acoustical study, and the…

Presents a case study for use in business communication classes to help students understand and learn both the context and the strategies for communication with business and management. Deals with situation in a sports training equipment firm in which a new president and the board decided to cut a successful and popular sales training program.…

Describes how a professor teaching a "Writing Arguments" course focused on two cases involving the death penalty to show students how arguments are constructed, and how students can form strong arguments of their own. Notes that this approach does not force students to choose sides when they stand somewhere in the middle. Describes four…