This study was conducted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Ed.D. degree at Colorado State College in 1967.

Suggests five ways that K-12 teachers can use writing activities to teach knowledge and skills in social studies. Writing tasks are designed to help students learn how to form hypotheses, generate new knowledge, conceptualize, reinforce learning, and develop empathy. (AM)

Techniques are given for helping students learn to read for meaning and to relieve their anxieties about reading. A selected bibliography is appended. (LH)

Three types of diction drills are described which are designed to build shorthand skills: (1) The stair-step plan which builds higher speed and increased endurance in graduated steps, (2) the 1-minute speed builder and variations, and (3) spurt diction and progressive diction. (TA)

The following seven practice patterns, which are designed to improve typewriting skills and which fit basic requirements for all practice routines are described: 12-Second Sprints, 30-Second Sprints, 1-Minute Piecemeals, The Blitz, Double Timed Writing, Selective Practice, and Proportional Practice. (TA)

Keyboarding is an important skill that teachers often have limited time to teach. Software packages offer ways to analyze learners' skill levels, identify weaknesses, and generate structured individualized learning materials and prompts. (SK)

Argues that educators have the intent and the means to develop students who can reason and reflect across all content areas. Outlines three principles involved in teaching critical thinking. (RS)

Phonological awareness was explored by examining the effects of two instructional treatments on the development of specific and generalized phonological skills for 66 kindergarten children with low phonological manipulation skills. Instruction in blending and segmenting or with a global array of phonological tasks improved the children's…

Describes a method for developing writing expertise in English-as-a-Second-Language students that involves a sequence of five writing assignments. The method addresses the concerns of writing teachers and researchers and provides students with experience in academic writing. (12 references) (VWL)

There is a Chinese proverb which tells that a child is like a piece of paper: everyone who touches it leaves a mark, so one should make sure those marks are positive. In this article, the author raises an issue which concerns providing for, recognizing and celebrating creativity in children's play. It involves challenging the set of ideas about…

Environmental education (EE) includes a broad range of teaching methods, topics, audiences, and educators. EE professionals have worked over the last 30 years to provide distinct definitions, guides, objectives, and standards that will help educators know how to differentiate environmental education from other educational efforts and how to…

Tactical approaches to teaching are, arguably, still under-utilized in physical education settings, and this may be due to the lack of pertinent assessment materials. The purpose of this article is to present a generic invasion-game unit and to link it to a variety of assessment materials using three tactical components from the Game Performance…

During the past 5 years, we have reexamined what we teach in management education, placing a much stronger emphasis on interpersonal skills than in the past. We must now reexamine how we teach these skills and demonstrate their value quantitatively. This article presents one method of quantifying the "softer side" of management education. It…