Presents a needs assessment questionnaire for school administrators who want to give listening instruction a broader base in their total curriculum. The questionnaire specifically addresses teacher training and teaching methods. (MBR)

The Chairman of the Business Education Department at Oak Park-River Forest High School in Illinois and head of the school's consumer education program speaks of the development of consumer awareness among his students over the past seven years and suggests some possible directions for consumer education in the future. (Editor/RK)

The author surveys the era of science innovation initiated by a bonanza of National Science Foundation funding from 1956 to 1976. He looks at the methods and materials that were developed and considers the extent to which this unprecedented national effort met, or is still pursuing, its goals. (Editor/SJL)

Discusses poor quality of current school science curriculum; presents generalizations from a national survey that provide direction for new, improved curriculum developments; presents features of a "desired" science program formulated by Project Synthesis; and discusses the direction science programs for the 80s will take with their…