Recounts the details of a teacher's feelings about leaving her class to go on jury duty. Tells how she related her jury experiences to the class and had the students interpret information from a short story in a mock courtroom presentation. (RL)

Undergraduate engineering students were required to write research papers and present them to the class, which would prepare appraisals and discuss the work. The original authors would then rework their papers. An analysis of this approach is presented and indicates that it is a useful educational strategy. (Author/JMD)

Discusses a demonstration in which the near and far focusing distances of a student volunteer are measured and his or her glasses prescription is computed. (HM)

Experiences of two British secondary mathematics teachers as they try curricular and instructional innovations are related. Suggestions for the teaching of several topics and specific examples of student reaction to these topics are given. (MK)

Reports that a conference for professional chemists, educators in chemistry, and students was held to explore the issue of teaching chemistry to handicapped students. The ideas generated from the participants are intended to be used in preparing a manual of guidelines. (Author/SA)

Pleads for carefully designed learning activities and teaching-learning strategies for developing semantic and speech-functional competence, to improve the spoken English of German students. (IFS/WGA)

Describes the functions, specific uses, syntactic structure, and typographical characteristics of titles, discussing examples from newspapers, books, films, and scientific journals. Analysis of the semantic relationship between title and text is followed by the description of various instructional techniques for the production of titles and the…

Proposes a number of activities designed to acquaint students with the notions, vocabulary, and formulas connected with the use of the telephone. Describes oral and written exercises based on a telephone book and its informational contents, as a preparation for simulated phone conversations. (MES)

Problems in improving the reliability of essay marks are examined in this Australian study that considers the markings of 338 essays, each marked by one of 13 graders. It is concluded that improvement is needed but the changes necessary for the improvement are not feasible. (LC)

The importance of assisting students to be realistic judges of their own performance is discussed. Implications of self-assessment are examined, based on a study of the self-appraisal abilities of 23 engineering students, the majority or whom were found to be competent. Less assessment for marks and more for diagnostic feedback is advocated. (LC)

Literature on assessment in Australian tertiary institutions during the past five years is examined in light of: who and what are assessed and in what way and for what purpose assessments are made. Conferences on assessment are noted and a 50-item bibliography is included. (LC)

Discusses historical events influencing the development of the British Columbia assessment program. Examines the program's goals, organization, and impact including a review of specific follow-up actions which have occurred at provincial and school district levels since the program's inception. Examines difficulties in the design and…

The use of a "constructivist approach" in introducing the concept of equation in algebra is promoted and presented. (MP)

Presents an annotated list of resource materials useful for developing programs and materials about aging for elementary and secondary students. The list is divided into five categories: curriculum development, films/filmstrips, resource guides, organizations, and children's books. (KC)

Suggests that a phenomenological "model of man" can help secondary school teachers of geography emphasize the subjective nature of human experience and the importance of values. Phenomenology is examined and the relationship of phenomenology to geography is illustrated. (DB)