Summarizes types and uses of performance appraisal and arguments for and against its effectiveness. A proposal is presented for including this tool in a total program of management communication, goal-setting, and evaluation as they impact on professional development and job satisfaction rather than directly on promotions and salary increases.…

This article is a discussion of the current knowledge about the human brain. The need for new ways to examine and think about the brain is discussed. (Author/SA)

Examples are given of the way computers are introduced to gifted students in Racine, Wisconsin Elementary Schools. (MK)

Bar graph activities appropriate for four stages of development are given. (MK)

A teacher describes her method for putting students in small groups so that optimum learning takes place. (MK)

Examines normative and methodological foundations of teaching international political economy. Stresses the need for a critical value perspective, an historical approach, and a holistic and historically grounded theoretical framework. (Author/DB)

Explains how political scientists in colleges and universities can cooperate with high schools in their communities to help students improve their quantitative skills in an introductory computer course. (Author/DB)

Class size and teaching methods as they affect each other are examined. The theory of class size and ways of determining when small classes are needed are discussed as well as how these factors affect educational goals. (PHR)

Describes a learning module developed to teach child welfare workers conceptual material on social work values and ethics as guides for practice, and skills enabling them to bring value issues to bear in their relationship with clients. (CM)

The elementary science teacher is encouraged to present students with exciting and satisfying learning experiences in order to develop positive attitudes towards science. (CS)

The precision of measurements in today's society is discussed and is related to the range of uncertainty or variation of measurement. Numerous examples provide insight into the margin of error in any measurement. The issue of uncertainty is particularly applicable to levels of toxic chemicals in the environment. (SA)

Reported is a method for the analysis of qualitative data, based on the linguistic device of systemic networks used to represent a structure of possibilities. Some initial applications are described, and work in progress, including a computing system, is outlined. (Author/HM)

Six articles focus on comparative pedagogy in the Soviet Union (which is defined as the study of the organization of education and upbringing of youth in various countries). Topics discussed include content and objectives of comparative pedagogy, school policy, and political education in capitalist and communist nations. (DB)

Describes and evaluates a social science syllabus designed in 1979 to teach social studies to high school students in Papua, New Guinea within the framework of their own society. Advantages of the curriculum for students and teachers are outlined. (DB)

Formative evaluation of a physics curriculum unit (PLON) is reported. Phase one used general ideas and many instruments; phase two focused on specific questions arising from phase one. Findings suggested that relating curriculum content to ability to think about and explain a task was a prerequisite for student satisfaction. (CP)