Describes an alternative to lecturing in the introductory college-level sociology class. The alternative is an "active" course involving students in teaching others, having students look for and evaluate information, and encouraging students to work together.

Describes how semantic mapping and semantic features analysis were used to teach reading skills and social studies in two eighth grade classes. In mapping the word "transportation," students listed examples of and relationships between vehicles, fuel, and place concepts. In the semantic features analysis, they compared characteristics of…

Presents nine tips to help music education graduates find their first jobs. Suggestions cover educational preparation and personality characteristics which make graduates more desirable in the job market. Job search strategies, working abroad, and interview techniques are discussed. (AM)

Reviews the research on vocational assessment instruments for evaluating the mentally retarded and suggests that school psychologists, vocational educators, and special educators can work effectively in developing procedures for meaningful evaluation of the mentally retarded students. (Editor/CT)

Reveals that reticence does not necessarily impede group process; however, reticent individuals are seen as less effective participants and they are less likely to emerge as group leaders. Reviews research on reticence in group interaction and provides suggestions to instructors of small group courses on how to help reticent students participate.…

Addresses those readers who are not familiar with EAP, offering an introductory discussion of its objectives and methods, in two parts. Devotes the first part to the needs that justify an EAP approach, and the second to its methodology, with particular attention to interdisciplinary, task-oriented instruction. Societe Nouvelle Didier Erudition, 40…

Students at Qinghua University in China participate in real project design tasks. Thesis design in conjunction with real projects helps students to understand step-by-step the whole process of design work and the role of a qualified architect. A housing design course is included in the curriculum. (MLW)

Two studies dealing with length conservation and measurement indicate that caution needs to be used when one looks at and makes claims about children's cognitive ability and development with regard to conservation. (MP)

Summarizes contents of a guide titled "Teaching Chemistry to Physically Handicapped Students," designed primarily for college-level teachers and intended to familiarize teachers with the practical aspects of teaching chemistry in the classroom and laboratory to students with physical handicaps. (CS)

Describes an educational research study which was undertaken to determine and assess use of recitation in the elementary school classroom as a teaching technique, particularly in social studies and mathematics education units. Findings indicated that recitation should be used more often in the classroom because it does permit some degree of…

This is a reaction paper to TM 506 168. The author sees school psychology as offering crucial insights to the educational system. In addition, some degree of self-perspective along with a conceptual framework is necessary to further school psychology while avoiding fads. (Author/GK)

Analyzes an affirmative action questionnaire sent to counselor education programs asking respondents to identify activities used to recruit, admit, and support members of four minority groups. Results indicate that in the absence of federal mandates, counselor education programs engage in a limited number of affirmative action activities. (Author)

Calls for intellectual training very different from that which produces the traditional British literary intellectual. Asks that higher education produce critical intellectuals of a practical kind. Shows how film study provides practical knowledge with an assessment of the production of knowledge and the realm of thought itself. (PD)

Presents a strategy for improving labor transactions in the local labor market. An interorganizational network perspective is suggested which involves a shift from developing and maintaining contacts with individual firms to a network of firms in the same industry which share a dependence on the local labor market. (CT)

Described the adult development of 23 police officers. Found that subjects passed through a series of psychosocial stages and that stress and stress management were an important part of this process. Training and administrative implications are discussed. (JAC)