The article points out ways in which special education teachers can use advertising techniques to select curriculum materials. Suggested criteria include the product's design and image, testimonials, promise and benefits, newness and novelty, headlines, brand names and companies, and pricing. A checklist of nine questions for material evaluation…

Guidelines for selecting electronic audio/video toys and games for children with handicaps are discussed, and information on 13 games (such as "Simon" and "Merlin") is provided. (CL)

The author offers guidelines for ascertaining which instructional materials will best meet the needs of handicapped students. Commercially produced and teacher developed materials particularly useful for integrating handicapped students into regular classes are listed. Information on each material includes title, publisher, and a brief…

Factors to consider in selecting a microcomputer are listed with characteristics of microcomputers at three price ranges. (MNS)

Offers some new approaches to film previewing designed to save time and money for both film distributors and users. (FL)

Foreign language teachers can tap the appeal of video successfully and enjoyably in the foreign language classroom. Potential difficulties include length of feature films and difficulty in understanding the language and story simultaneously. The instructor must select materials and equipment carefully and commit considerable time and energy to…

Guidelines are presented to help teachers apply specific criteria for choosing microcomputer software and adapting courseware from other disciplines to the teaching of disabled readers. The guidelines discuss how to provide individualized instruction by ascertaining the readability of materials and the reading ability of students. Guidelines also…

The response of American law schools to the rapid development of environmental law is examined, and a curricular framework is proposed, covering the basic course content and the organization of available texts. Some possible future directions are suggested. (MSE)

Offers guidelines for choosing teaching materials to be used in English classrooms between sixth and twelfth grades. (JT)

Discusses the influence television has on children's language development and lists television resources that illustrate children's literature, vocabulary and reading skills, mathematics, and study skills. (HTH)

Reprinted from "The Computing Teacher," this document contains software reviews for 23 computer programs that educators could use in the classroom or for administrative purposes. Each review describes the program by listing the program title, subject, producer, grade level (if applicable), hardware required, cost, and reviewer's name and…

Ten teacher guidelines for selecting computer software programs for learning disabled students are outlined. (JW)

Ways in which teachers can help adolescent learning disabled students develop for bypassing obstacles created by their learning problems include selecting relevant materials, expressing acceptance, teaching basic study skills, using calculators and abacuses for math instruction, and allowing tape recorders for language arts activities. (CL)

All language teachers, even those committed to teaching language in context, must occasionally provide examples of grammatical or syntactic structures. When searching for effective examples, teachers can evaluate them by asking the following questions: (1) Considering the context and content, is the use of the target structure appropriate?; (2)…

Meeting the needs of students who are below their grade level in spelling ability is a continual problem for elementary teachers. Much has been learned over the past 15 years about how children learn to spell in the primary grades. Developmental spelling sequences have gained credibility and developmental spelling theory has provided important…