Effects of Public Law 94-142 on school media centers and ideas/materials that could be used with hearing impaired/deaf, blind, and physically handicapped students were discussed in part one (February 1982 issue of this journal). This part focuses on materials/ideas and programs to help mentally handicapped students in the school media center.…

Marine hermit crabs are a simple and exciting way to introduce landlocked students to the ocean. Tips for keeping the crabs in the classroom, crab anatomy/behavior, and student activities (including a challenge to students to race their crabs) are discussed. (Author/JN)

History students can edit and revise their own writing by using two sample editing guides. They can use one guide to evaluate their own writing. They can use the second guide to work in groups and to evaluate each other's writing. (AM)

Discusses problems professional teachers had in producing videotape materials for an organic chemistry course. Indicates that the tape program is a valuable addition to the organic lab course--its projected long lifetime compensating for the considerable task of its preparation. (Author/JN)

The movement to reinstate systematic inorganic reaction (descriptive) chemistry into the curriculum is gaining momentum. Offers suggestions and strategies showing that the change is desirable and easy, even for instructors with little experience with systematic fundamental and industrial inorganic chemistry. (Author/JN)

Investigated attitudes and learning of students (N=816) in 31 museum tours. Concluded that students (grades 5-7) had greater cognitive learning when participating in structured tours (led by museum docent). However, more positive attitudes were found when students participated in less structured tours lead by their classroom teacher. (JN)

By consciously applying evaluation techniques before they adopt a new program, health educators can increase the likelihood that the program will meet their needs. Guidelines are provided for posing questions about the new program, that are normally raised at the program's end, as part of summative evaluation. (Authors/PP)

A technique for evaluating the relationship between game statistics and outcomes of contests is proposed. The technique can be used to determine the relationship between selected game factors and winning or to determine how often various results of certain instances of play occur in a contest. (PP)

A systematic approach for managers to make data-based decisions using management information systems in human services delivery settings is described. It involves a behavioral definition of management information use, the identification of behavior disruptions in information use, and an intervention designed to reduce disruptions and promote use.…

Evaluation as a meta-activity is a process which assumes that the definition of problems is itself problematic. In evaluation as a technical activity, agreed criteria are applied to agreed policy problems. This distinction has important implications for the role of universities and research funding. (Author/CM)

Reveals a clear relationship between teachers' aims and objectives and choice of class organization and that pupils taught in classes in which reading is heard in groups achieve higher reading standards than do those taught individually. Shows also the effects of time on the quality of instruction. (FL)

Offers guidelines for use by teachers in choosing the best supplementary reading materials for classroom use. (FL)

Discusses story grammar and story schema. Demonstrates how two schema-based strategies--semantic webbing and the Directed Reading-Thinking Activity--can aid in improving comprehension. (FL)

Discusses shell classification exercises. Through keying students advanced from the "I know what a shell looks like" stage to become involved in the classification process: observing, labeling, making decisions about categories, and identifying marine animals. (Author/JN)

A series of audiovisual presentations of laboratory techniques, instructions, and principles for intelligent operation of instrumentation have been developed. Discusses utilization of these slide/tapes educational benefits, and comparison with commercial tapes. Titles of the slide/tapes are provided. (Author/JN)