Describes the problems of bias and stereotyping in teaching Soviet politics and suggests techniques for overcoming these problems. (JR)

Outlines approaches for introducing science and engineering students to a social choice interpretation of politics relating to their own environment. (JR)

More attention should focus on sample sizes and the concept of statistical power in research in the field of health, physical education, and recreation. (JD)

Examples of various nonverbal communications training techniques are described that have been developed for use in the Los Alamos, New Mexico, public school system. (MJB)

Traces the origin of the Values Clarification movement in education in Carl Roger's clien-centered therapy and exposes its unwarranted extreme ethical stance. Examines a model episode of values clarification and shows how the theoretical confusions of the Values Clarification proponents are reflected in their actual teaching strategies. (Editor/RK)

Examines possible relationships between the analytic/global dimension of cognitive style, as defined by Davis and Klausmeier (1970) and measured by the Children's Embedded Figures Test (CEFT), and two modes of instruction varying in the level of written guidance (Intermediate and Maximal) provided the learner. (Author/RK)

Discusses the reasons for considering integration of Social Security benefits into the company pension plan and the approaches to and methods of integration, and how they apply to various types of plans. (Editor/TA)

This study found that the three variables, suggestion, synchronized music and breathing, had a large positive effect on the learning and retention of 50 Spanish words. Available from: Society for Suggestive-Accelerative Learning and Teaching, 2740 Richmond Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50319. (CFM)

An Americanized version of Suggestopedia was used to teach eighth grade science in a public junior high school. The method used waking suggestions and unusual presentation styles to accelerate learning. Available from: Society for Suggestive-Accelerative Learning and Teaching, 2740 Richmond Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50319. (Author/CFM)

This article is a brief discussion of some exercises in guided translation and comparative analysis designed not only to increase students' competence in translation and knowledge of French but also to make them more attentive to their English. (CFM)

This article maintains that the generative analysis of English phonology can fill a long-empty and little-recognized gap in ESL (English as a second language) pronunciation instruction. One must understand where generative phonology fits into the teaching of pronunciation and how generative insights can be translated into a pedagogically useful…

The literature and research on values are examined in terms of the implications for teaching values at the baccalaureate level. Instructional strategies that are compatible with the valuing process are suggested. (Author/LBH)

The American Board of Internal Medicine's experience with the evaluation of clinical skills from 1971 to 1975 based on visits with the administrators of 166 residency training programs is described. Included are the evaluative methods employed by the programs, minimum standards of performance, and the benefits to training in internal medicine…

Students in undergraduate surgery at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston participated in a comparison study of bedside teaching and small group seminars. No special advantage for bedside teaching could be documented when two very similar groups of students were evaluated. (LBH)

In response to an earlier article advocating the elimination of fractions from the curriculum, the author argues for their retention. He points out examples of their use in music and physic, and discusses methods of presenting operations on fractions. (SD)