The first step in teaching a play by Shakespeare is to acquaint the class with the meaning of the words. Frequent interruptions in the reading of a play in the beginning to insure understanding is another advisable technique. Reading with a colleague, student dramatization and choral reading are other useful oral methods. Filmstrips, stimulating…

Because the lecture format is usually an unsatisfactory teaching technique, this author uses an active experiential learning technique, the parts party which provides students of varied interpersonal sophistication with a working knowledge of personality theory and dynamics. (Author/JR)

This method of teaching the division of fractions emphasizes the use of concrete materials and helps students understand what division of fractions means. (MP)

A small-group tutorial technique is described that develops creative thinking in students having difficulties in problem solving. (MP)

Describes five types of language research projects that enable students to examine language for themselves. (DD)

Introduces an approach to teaching amino acids that employs the use of a poem containing information on the structure and properties of amino acids, and of slides illustrating the poem. Student response to the method was positive. (MA)

This manipulative model using counters involves balancing the number of counters on either side of the equals sign. (MP)

The programable calculator is suggested as a means of introducing elementary school students to certain features of computers. A one-hour presentation is described. (MP)

Ideas, suggestions and activities for preschool through the early primary grades. This issue focuses on the use of fairy tales and folktales to stimulate student learning. (Editor/RK)

Presents both an argument and a suggestion for making the teaching of "thought" a visible and substantial component of the English curriculum. (Author/RK)

Presents eight exercises which involve budgeting skills. These can be incorporated into political science courses to illustrate the way in which city governments raise, allocate, and manage their financial resources. (Author/AV)

Undergraduate history students can gain insight into the historical process from a short exercise using copies of documents that give conflicting interpretations of the same event. Explains how to lead class discussions based on two letters about lawlessness in Arizona in the 1880s. (Author/AV)

Suggestions are made for teaching retarded children to read. Described are ways to teach word meaning, sentence formation, vocabulary, and comprehension through game-like activities. (CL)

Describes several activities a teacher may employ in meeting the individual needs of early adolescent students in a social studies classroom. (Author/RK)