Considers the need for meaningfulness in people's impressions of their experiences and discusses this need as it appears in various aspects of foreign language teaching. Discusses learners' failure to learn foreign vocabulary as taught monolingually and learners' resistance to correction. Explains the behaviorist psychology terms "set" and…

Discusses rules of pronunciation and grammar in French. Rules of spoken French are contrasted to those of traditional grammar. A visual method is suggested for teaching "oral grammar." (AM)

This essay emphasizes the impact of instructional materials on the development of the individual's self-esteem. It provides guidelines and checklists for the evaluation of sexism and racism, as well as strategies for increasing awareness in the teaching-learning process to help counteract these biases. (Author/DS)

Describes a test designed to measure outcomes of "inquiry" social studies programs in elementary schools. Results indicate that inquiry students, or those whose teachers use inductive methods to encourage active participation in learning, perform better than noninquiry students on tasks requiring higher cognitive processes. (Author/KC)

The use of a path analysis model to obtain unique, substantively meaningful decomposition of variance among endogenous (independent) variables in the model is argued. This reasoning runs counter to more traditional path analytic work. An example is provided. (Author/JKS)

A model for register description is suggested that can be interactive with the study of language function in certain literary texts. Pupils at several levels can appreciate the nature of literary discourse more fully and make stylistic evaluation when encouraged to recognize situational determinants in language use. (Author)

Lists bibliographies, books, reviews, and articles on technical writing; categorizes articles according to a number of topics, including pedagogy, technical style, writing abstracts and precis, writing proposals, graphic/visual aids, and the technical writing profession. (MAI)

Describes English language texts purchased in China in 1975. (CFM)

Discusses some ways in which computer technology can benefit the language teacher. (AM)

Examines the advancements made by practitioners and researchers in defining and structuring educational outcomes, translating institutional goals into measurable objectives, and measuring and evaluating outcomes. Provides references. (AYC)

Describing recent trends in elementary social studies, this article suggests: expanded content which includes ethnic studies; consideration of social realities; emphasis on inquiry and problem solving; upgraded methodology; and a few reforms initiated by Project Social Studies. (JC)

An account is given of the introduction of multiple-choice and other forms of objective testing into the assessment of a first-year university elementary analysis class. (MP)

This discussion concerns itself with difficulties encountered by students in multiplication and concludes that when children understand a problem they can usually solve it. (MP)

Describes a simple experimental system whereby the comparative actions of long, medium, and short-acting barbiturates can be demonstrated in a relatively short period of time under optical microscopy using pollen grains as the biological test or assay system. (Author/HM)

Investigates which types of reflective activities should be considered as philosophy and reviews how education, experience, and philosophy are interrelated. Journal availability: see SO 507 421. (DB)