Examples illustrate the use of APL for teaching selected topics from logic, set theory, algebra, number theory, and calculus using the glass box approach. (MP)

A discussion is presented on the role of secondary teachers in public schools, followed by a sequence for teaching oxidation-reduction in secondary school chemistry courses. (BB)

Discussed is the importance of effective writing in engineering management as well as the effectiveness of lecture, seminar, and tutorial types of improvement programs. (CS)

The inclusion of Watson's "The Double Helix" in a high school biology DNA unit is described. (BB)

Identifies trends in teaching local history on the college level, including quantative studies, urban history, and redefinition of historical movements. Maintains that local history should be included in the college curriculum because it is a valuable discipline, helps integrate historical knowledge into the mainstream of society, and encourages…

Traces development of teacher education programs in Iowa in the late 19th century and relates Iowa's history during this period to national educational developments. (DB)

Suggests that caution should be used by college level history teachers in employing nontraditional teaching methods. Suggests that a topical approach involving lecture and discussion can increase student interest and nurture that interest with personalized instruction. (Author/DB)

Presents background information on creative and destructive conflict between and among nations, treaty negotiations, political decision making, environmental conflicts, and research and training in conflict resolution. Suggestions for individual and group involvement are presented. (DB)

Describes an experiment in teaching research methods to undergraduate students in political science. The experiment centered around a data lab that met weekly and provided students with information pertaining to data processing and statistics. Information on student evaluation of the experiment is included. (Author/DB)

An experiment was conducted to determine the conditions under which selective imitation of relative clauses could be produced in preschool. Imitation training was more effective than modeling alone, and instructions and reinforcements were effective in an additive manner. Implications for the role of imitation in language development are…

A procedure is outlined by which all students, not just one spokesman, report back to the class on small group projects, thus increasing participation in class discussions. (SJL)

The author comments on the theory of adult education as a scientific discipline and the establishment of a special academic discipline in the university for teaching and doing research in adult education. Focus is on the interrelationships between the fields investigating adult and youth education. (MF)

Presents training budget ideas which meet these criteria: (1) minimal cost, (2) minimal time consumption, and (3) convey skill or concept. Ideas include learning from attendance at free training demonstrations, sales meetings, professional groups, college/university courses, staff and division trainer meetings, visitations, cotraining sessions,…

The Ontario Assessment Instrument Pool, sponsored by the Ministry of Education, will contain a variety of assessment methods and instruments. Its purpose is to assist program evaluation at the provincial and local levels and to assist in classroom evaluation of student achievement for both diagnostic and summative purposes. (Author)

Seventy-five deaf students (9-16 years old) responded to items from P. Menyuk's Test of Grammatical Competence in an investigation of the degree to which deaf individuals draw on internalized grammatical rules and/or memory, and the effect of language teaching method, sex, and age on written English language ability. (Author/SBH)