The advantages of video tape recorders in improving a teacher's innate talents are presented. (CK)

Describes a directory to simulations and games available for educational use, Guide to Simulation Games for Education and Training," edited by the authors; appears as Part II of a two-part supplement on simulation games. (Editor/SW)

Elementary children can be introduced to the historical processes of evaluating and interpreting materials within the existing curriculum. Activities for teachers and students are suggested. (AM)

Demonstrates the relevance of values probing strategies for helping high school and college students understand values issues. In this approach, students react to a conflict issue from their own perspectives and justify their reactions, clarify and evaluate their arguments and alternative viewpoints, discover the values that give rise to the…

Explains how elementary school social studies classroom teachers can use baseball cards as vehicles to teach children various skills and concepts from a variety of subject fields. Card-related activities include analyzing statistical data on the back of cards, finding cities where teams are located on maps and globes, and measuring distances…

A curriculum unit on optical lenses is described for gifted students in grades two to five. Major content-related and method-related concepts are noted as are five instructional objectives. Eight sample instructional activities (using productive thinking, communication, and brainstorming skills) are described. Unit evaluation suggestions…

Discusses several current children's books with "pop-up" illustrations and includes directions for making a pop-up card. (HTH)

Presents an exercise for use in political science courses on the college level that requires students to solve a frequently occurring problem--the provision of a collective good and the allocation of its costs. To solve the problem, students answer questions such as "Why do we have governments?" and "What constitutes a just policy?" (Author/DB)

Presents teaching methods and learning activities to help high school students examine the extent of sex stereotyping and sex bias in their schools. Students investigate classroom dynamics, analyze the school yearbook, and interview administrators. They then make summary statements and form hypotheses. Sample forms are included. (KC)

Proposed are several new directions that encourage the variety and flexibility of haphazard teaching and the precision of one objective-one activity teaching in the design of activities for handicapped preschoolers. Journal availability: see EC 133 846. (Author)

The author reviews factors related to successful application of J. Renzulli's Enrichment Triad Model for gifted students. She notes that success in model based projects depends on such aspects as sufficient time taken to determine the interests of students, adequate training of teachers, and administrative commitment. (CL)