In recent years, California public schools have been inundated by a flood of non-English speaking students. This influx has forced California schools to look more closely at how best to provide meaningful instruction in English as a Second Language so the non-English speaker may quickly integrate into the American mainstream. Gives techniques for…

A national survey of campus officers and selected professional leaders reveals that the majority of student affairs and academic officers are supportive of a developmental transcript. ACPA leaders are enthusiastic and registrars are moderately supportive. A core of support seems to exist on most types of campuses. (Author)

Thought processes as they are observed during problem solving are discussed. A theoretical framework is designed to establish the correspondence between the tactics the subjects use to solve problems and thinking processes. (NCR)

Examines reasons why educational research has failed to solve educational dilemmas. Explanations include that research cannot solve problems which are political and that research should not be undertaken as a propaganda activity by educational policymakers. (Author/DB)

Asserting that an effective rural social work curriculum begins with faculty commitment to the rural experience, this article describes the undergraduate curriculum at Lock Haven State College, Pennsylvania, a systems/planned change model, a problem-centered teaching approach, and the equasion of professionalism and activism in public social…

Reviews the use of hand held calculators as an alternative to computer assisted instruction at the secondary level in chemistry classes. (SL)

Presents opinions of teachers and administrators in Arlington, Virginia, regarding discipline: (1) most students want to perform well and respond favorably to reasonable, competent teachers; (2) no specific discipline techniques will work with all students; (3) subject matter, teacher attitude, and educational environment affect classroom…

The authors discuss concerns and practical suggestions involved in the education of multiply handicapped children in the following problem areas: first aid, emergency care and disaster planning; sanitation; environment; safety in routine and supplemental activities; therapy procedures; and staff protection, training, orientation, and special…

Evidence is provided for gradual age (and, seemingly, cognitive developmental) changes in the acquisition of complex problem solving strategies. Differential performance as a function of exposure to a child-model exhibiting the best strategy also suggests the role of learning in strategy acquisition. (Author/MV)

Explores three questions that can serve to guide teacher education programs: (1) What should the teacher be able to do? (2) What experiences will help the teacher learn the information necessary to be successful? and (3) How should the experiences be organized? (Author)

The Rational Self-Counseling program, which enables teachers, counselors, social workers, clergymen, and other individuals to become effective in helping high school teachers, is described. (SK)

A 2-year sequence in creative problem solving for college students had no significant effect on memory or evaluation operations, but significantly improved divergent production, convergent production, and cognition. The data support a multidimensional analysis of creativity, involving idea finding, knowing, judging, and implementing ideas.…

Discusses the importance of decision making in daily living and of teaching decision making skills in schools; outlines a decision making strategy; lists a sequence of questions as an example of a decision making approach; and presents a decision making map to help in the decision making process. (Author/JK)

After a review of the book "Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life," by Gail Sheehy, the author presents a lesson plan designed to help students become aware of adult developmental tasks and stresses. (MF)

Interpersonal communications and problem solving is critical and pressing. This aspect is the focus of teacher education programs in which teachers examine their interactions and develop new modes of communications and new skills for problem solving. (Author)