Lists and discusses 10 tips to improve science instruction. Areas addressed include questioning techniques, seat assignments, use of chalkboard and overhead projector, communication skills, explaining why a topic is being covered, use of demonstrations, and stopping a lecture on time. (JN)

Children must learn to discriminate among the visual stimuli they experience and to recognize the existence of a visual language. Learning activities to help young children develop a sense of visual literacy are suggested. (PP)

With the increasing presence of computers in the elementary school classroom, it becomes necessary that students know how to type. This article offers beginning typing lessons and games that teachers can use with their students. Particular typing and touch typing software available are also discussed. (JMK)

Children's natural enthusiasm for science is too often destroyed by the way the subject is taught. An elementary school teacher explains how to instill in young students an interest in science and a desire to understand why things happen as they do. (PP)

Teaching about reading and writing should be flip sides of the same coin. Writing reinforces and develops skills traditionally thought of as reading skills. (PP)

Sixth graders in primary prevention groups were taught various skills--interpersonal, decision making, problem solving and self-instructional--and facts about tobacco smoking to help them avoid cigarette smoking. Follow-up data showed that students trained this way smoked far less than those in a control group a year later. (Author/PP)

Three methods for teaching writing are proving effective in metropolitan Atlanta schools: (1) using small groups to help students diagnose and review their own papers; (2) assigning brief writing exercises and journals to develop fluency; and (3) deriving lessons in grammar and punctuation from students' own papers to improve mastery of standard…

Presents an overview of behavioral effects of neurological disorders. Presents Gagne's model of the learning sequence (apprehension, acquisition, storage, and retrieval) to aid in the identification, design, and evaluation of instructional intervention techniques for neurologically impaired adults. (Author/SK)

Studied interviewer reliability, validity, and strategy for information integration. Candidates (N=412) for selection to a military division were interviewed and assessed. Results indicated that interviewers functioned in a similar fashion. Analyses of individual interviewers indicated higher reliability and individual differences among…

Many secondary/college textbook authors define current explicitly or implicitly, by the diagrams, in terms of negative-charge motion. Discusses several reasons why the "conventional current" direction is preferred. (JN)

Making Cryptograms is designed to give middle grade students practice in using the FIND and REPLACE features on their word processors. An activity sheet (which may be duplicated for class use) is provided. Instructional strategies are also provided. (JN)

This exploratory paper analyzes the federal policy for an impact study of research and development projects in vocational education. Positive effects were found on student outcomes, project personnel, and on occupational education practices. (Author)

Awareness of future career patterns and how present secretarial training relates to future needs will aid in determining areas in the curriculum that need change. Flexible teaching methods should be implemented so that the curriculum can evolve to suit changing career patterns and social changes. (JOW)

Evaluates a correctional treatment program to demonstrate how the research design and not the treatment intervention may be responsible for outcomes. The program, Project Papillon, used group counseling and rational emotive therapy to treat drug abuse. Suggestions are offered for designing future evaluations more accurately. (Author/JAC)

Summarized employer (N=341) ratings of 16 assertive job-seeking behaviors in terms of whether each would enhance or diminish the applicant's chances for employment. Some behaviors are clearly adaptive; others may be self-defeating. The applicant's sex proved irrelevant. Company size influenced the employment potential of five assertive behaviors.…