Describes a project with two aims: (1) to develop, with the help of practicing teachers, strategies and ideas that would be of benefit to young socially handicapped children, and (2) to evaluate these strategies in a controlled environment. (CT)

This article presents ideas for simulation activities through which home economics students can experience age-related changes. In these activities, students are physically impaired by using a variety of devices and materials and then are required to complete common day-to-day tasks. (CT)

Reported a self-report measure of adolescents' assertiveness. Items for the scale were presented to sixth-grade students. Factor analysis revealed factors of submissiveness, aggressiveness, and assertiveness. After the validational study, a small assertiveness training program indicated that training effects were obtained and could be generalized…

Offers examples of texts and assignments that reinforce an appreciation for the importance of context in the study of vocabulary. (RL)

Outlines an approach to teaching technical writing that combines the traditional lecture/discussion and the conference/tutorial methods and emphasizes a great deal of writing practice across various writing forms. (RL)

Describes the elements and application of a teacher-made performance-based assessment tool for teachers of beginning readers or nonreaders. A sample performance assessment checklist is included. (HTH)

The mentoring role at Empire State College is examined on the basis of mentors' behavior responses to mentor-defined problems. The critical incident technique was used to elicit reported and recalled incidents that either facilitated or impeded mentoring. (Author/MLW)

Determined was the effect of autotutorial instruction in the laboratory portion of a general biology course designed for nonbiology majors. Results indicate positive effects in enrollment, increased retention, and improved student achievement. (CS)

Suggests that social studies teachers on all levels include material on energy in their curricula. Reviews various ways in which this material can be presented (interdisciplinary approach, current events, subject area perspective, skills approach, and/or social studies skills). (DB)

Enumerates ways in which social studies classroom teachers can increase student interest in American history by incorporating studies of ethnic groups at various points in history into the curriculum. (DB)

Describes a four-week college history unit on Hiroshima designed to stimulate creativity and imagination in a large class. Activities included readings, films, short essays, and dramatizations and emphasized a multisided approach. (CK)

Suggests that the most important aspect of successful school desegregation in Seattle was the quality of the political process. Identifies main participants and their organizations which comprise the public decision-making system. Discusses these in light of the political values which characterize Seattle's political culture. (Author/GC)

A teacher recounts her problems in trying to implement in a real classroom the individualized instruction theory she learned in college. (SJL)

Music study should be construed primarily as an experience of its feeling content. Taught so, it can reach for the inner core of the early adolescent, to pierce that sometimes hard outer surface that protects the vulnerable inner life. Attempts to intellectualize music with young teens are doomed. (Author/SJL)

A teacher describes her experiences in trying to reduce sex role stereotypes in her first and second grade classroom. Following this article is a test for teachers to determine whether they are unconsciously promoting sexism in the classroom. (KC)