Sources of free and inexpensive display materials for library and classroom bulletin boards are listed alphabetically under 169 subject areas. Subject areas include various geographic areas, occupations, diseases, health, biology, food, social studies, the arts, industries and technology. Over 1,000 items are listed from 185 sources, and include…

THE LEARNING CENTER CONSISTS OF PHYSICAL FACILITIES APPROPRIATE AND RESPONSIVE TO THE ENERGIZING CONCEPTS OF EDUCATION BASED ON HOW STUDENTS LEARN. INSTEAD OF STRUCTURING THE FACILITIES INTO SIMILAR SIZED CLASSROOM SPACES, THE CENTER PROGRAMS FACILITIES FOR LARGE GROUP SPACES ACCOMMODATING 150 OR MORE STUDENTS, SMALL GROUP COMMUNICATION AREAS OF…

This preliminary report covers the first stage of research into teacher preferences for teaching situations. It assessed preferences of teacher trainees and determined any change in their attitude after an intensive teacher training program. Two sets of line drawings were used, the first showing ten arrangements of classroom furniture and the…

This monograph, illustrated with photographs and diagrams, explains how to use physical space to encourage children to involve themselves constructively in particular program activities. Program goals should be stated in specific and concrete terms to allow self-direction of young children and teacher flexibility. Analysis is made of the parts of…

The concept of behavioral effectiveness and why it is important to understand and measure relative to what teachers do and the way classrooms are designed are discussed. Aspects covered include the following: (1) which classroom behaviors relate to learning and how they are organized; (2) the significance of classroom behavior as the first thing…

Of the many areas of instruction offered in a comprehensive high school, business education lends itself most readily to the open space concept for two reasons. First, business education is so organized that the interchange of subject matter lends itself to team teaching, individualized instruction, and other aspects usually incorporated into an…

Instructors whose students sit in a traditional classroom arrangement use space differently than those whose students sit in non-traditional arrangements. One study investigated relationships between teachers' spatial use and seating arrangements, interpersonal relationships, personality characteristics, and sex. The observation system utilized…

The Farallones Designs group is dedicated to "helping ourselves and other people create more human places for living, learning, working, playing,...to returning architecture to its roots in each person,...to creating access to the design process and tools." The Scrapbook is a "partial record of eighteen months together helping kids and teachers to…

This resource guide is designed for teachers of introductory college chemistry classes. The topics chosen represent those areas most frequently studied. For each of the 33 topics, the following are included: content errors which have appeared in textbooks, references (primarily paperback), films, teaching aids, selected lecture demonstrations, and…

This document reviews the research literature concerning class size and related issues raised by the research. The literature is divided into major areas of concern: lack of a consistent definition, criterion to be measured, the relationship between class size and method of instruction, teachers' and pupils' attitudes on class size, class size and…

A study of classroom organization showed that it affected the social status of fifth- and sixth-grade boys, especially when the teachers' perceptions of the boys' academic abilities were reinforced in ability-grouped classes. (Editor)

Describes 17 attributes of excellent teachers identified in a recent study by Ruth Tschudin. (JMB)

Every teacher knows the value of "make-its"--those recycled discardables turned into learning aids. Here are pages of them. Browse through, find the ones that fit or can be altered, and make a wealth of learning aids. (Author)