A French version of a guide originally published in Spanish for use in Latin America, this book explains how to develop instructional material for teaching reading to "new readers" in developing nations. The guide was developed to aid the teaching of reading to adults who can already read but who are not yet accomplished readers. The materials…

Presented are winning essays written by junior and senior high school students for the historical paper category of the 1982 National History Day program contest. This unique program encourages young people to explore a historical subject related to a specific theme. The winning papers, responding to the 1982 theme of trade and industry in…

Preschoolers in Maryland show how creativity is served by recycling discarded items into valuable learning materials. (CS)

Fourteen polyurethane foam domes were built on a college campus by students desiring to live in nonconventionalhousing and to build their own living environment. This paper gives a brief history and description of the project and an evaluation of the building process. (JP)

Math and language skills meet at a recipe-menu-measurement food information station. (Editor)

Presented at the Annual Convention of the National Association of Secondary School Principals (53d, San Francisco, February 28 - March 5, 1969).

This book is an anthology of unedited verse and prose written by 14- and 15-year-old students. The book is intended for teachers in training, for their tutors, and for all teachers of English. The verses are classified as undirected and directed poems about nature, places, war, the Egyptian Tomb, up and back again, and people. The prose is…

A computer program is presented that was written by an eighth grade student. It is capable of "writing" 16 bar melodies. A Project Solo module on set theory is also presented which is a tutorial computer-assisted approach to elementary set theory. (JY)

The assumptions behind open education, when applied to television, suggest that children should create their own television programs based on their interests and experiences and that these programs should be disseminated widely. The availability of videotape systems and the rapid development of community cable television (CATV) makes these ideas…

Describes a method for teaching programed instruction in which the instructor helps students translate their views of effective teaching into a suitable programing format. Programs are then written and edited. (VT)