Summarizes one approach to constructing economics courses and outlines testing procedures which are congruent with this approach. Concrete examples of test items are presented. (Author)

Information on unit objectives, materials needed, teaching strategies, and activites is given for a model unit focusing on geographical concepts of spatial association and accessibility, changing landscapes, and the local community. (SM)

The author supports the theory that one of the important relationships between literature and knowledge is the language of literature. (MM)

Social Studies Curriculum Guidelines, A Position Statement recently issued by the National Council for the Social Studies, is having a major impact throughout the country. Two educators draw on their years of experience to analyze this important document. (Editor)

Discusses various writings on behavioral objectives for teaching English and wonders why objectives such as concepts, generalizations, insights or understandings are omitted by today's behavioral objectivists. (RB)

A list of 37 objectives is included. (RT)

Most geography teachers are unaccustomed to writing test questions to measure cognitive skills. This paper gives examples of such questions and discusses test design, item classification, and styles of presentation in relation to course objectives. (NH)

The "P.A.C. Game" provides a creative way for preservice teachers to develop their understanding of taxonomies of objectives in the psychomotor, affective, and cognitive domains. The game also helps give teachers feedback about students' progress. (PP)

Views difficulties in determining educational objectives for the 1980s with specificity and precision. A major problem is that educators must formulate objectives more carefully now that education is so strongly influenced by the management-by-objectives movement. Topics discussed include theories of educational objectives, the relationship of…