Curricular methods and materials on population that should be used by all educators, not just population educators, enable students to learn how to make responsible decisions affecting themselves, their families, and their communities. (Author/JH)

One way to improve spelling skills is to provide ample time and opportunity for children to proofread their work. (JH)

Designed for individualized instruction, this unit contains objectives, materials needed, and assignments for teaching about the future on the secondary level. The unit is designed to take different formats and directions and is applicable to any subject area. Objectives and assignments are both listed in brief numerical order. Some of the 17…

A collection of short essays discussing activities using media for instruction. (HB)

Author developed a metric olympics in order to provide students with exercise, fun and practice with metric measurement. (Author/RK)

This paper reports on a ten-week course, taught twice since the 1972 fall quarter, at the University of California, Irvine, where the computer served extensively as a teaching device. The primary intent of the course was to use the computer not as a resource for learning but rather as a resources for learning about learning. (Author)

Includes learning activities that will help motivate students to ask questions and seek alternative solutions to problems. Children will better understand themselves and the world around them when they begin to relate to time and space, develop such thinking skills as classifying and ordering and make connections between objects and events.…

Discusses the concept "situation," as distinct from "context," distinguishing also between real and fictious situations. Types of situations are discussed, and methodological suggestions are offered as to which types to introduce at which stages of instruction. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Five teachers describe games and methods they use to interest children in spelling. (SB)

Ideas, suggestions and activities for preschool through the early primary grades. (Editor)

Includes suggestions for how to read manuscripts correctly (what parts should be checked) and ways in which teachers can use visual aids to help students learn proofreading marks. (SH)

Describes such Story Workshop activities as beginning recall exercises, word exercises, oral readings, writing assignments, and tutorial conferences. (DD)

Presents ten activity cards which can be used in developing students' defining skills. (DD)