Questions of disarmament and the legitimacy of the nation-state system should be the core of peace education and should comprise a major aspect of citizenship education. The approach to peace education should be cognitive and affective, intellectual and political, and should be initiated in the early elementary years. (Author/KC)

Notes that cooperative goal structures, which imply that a student can reach his/her goal only if other persons within the structure can meet theirs, seldom exist in university classrooms. Outlines a process for setting up such a structure and notes consequences for students and teachers. (KC)

Three areas in the religious education debate are: the religious developmental stages of the child, the concept of religious experience, and the language of religious education. In a compromise view, religion may be presented objectively, as a controversial issue. (SJL)

Points out weaknesses in research studies purporting to show that there is no transfer value to the teaching of grammar; presents 21 pointers to aid in establishing a good grammar program. (DD)

Individuals face problems in school and society. Thus, pupils need to become proficient in the area of problem solving. Learners need to perceive purpose in these kinds of learning activities within the framework of a stimulating environment. (Author)

The role of the special resource teacher can be seen as that of a consultant to the classroom teacher in increasing the teacher's awareness of his or her own problem-solving experiences with the learning disabled child. (Author/PHR)

The path to increasing certainty becomes not the single excellent study, which is nonetheless weak in one or more respects, but the convergence of findings from many studies, which are also weak, but in many different ways. The dissimilar or nonreplicated weaknesses leave the replicated finding more secure. (Author/IRT)

At Ohio State University, an undergraduate course extends the course sequence in biopharmaceutics and pharmacokinetics to application to problems in optimizing drug therapy. Course content, structure, instructional methods, and student term projects are described, and a course outline, typical projects, and some behavioral objectives are appended.…

Examines the feasibility of intensive instruction (II) in either the observation of details or hypothesis generation, utilizing a discrepant event filmloop, as a model for improving the open exploration skills of ninth graders. (Author/GA)

Offers a moving portrait of their experiences as art instructors in an urban community college whose students represent the minorities of Chicago as well as those who for other reasons have been excluded from regular school experiences. Authors believe that experience in art class is helpful not only for their future as students but also as…

Giving children the opportunity to get out their hurts, rather than bottling them up, will not only make them happier with themselves and help them get along better with each other, but also help free their attention for learning reading, writing, math and other learning activities. (Author/RK)

Discusses some characteristics and possible sources of homework problems to be used in business communication courses. (RL)

Assesses an effort by a university department of political science to involve graduate students in a seminar on teaching and to provide students experience in teaching undergraduates. Objectives of the seminar were to (1) examine some issues of teaching political science; (2) critique some perspectives on learning; and (3) design a teaching…

Ten nursery school children who knew how to count but were unacquainted with arithmetic were taught a simple algorithm for solving single-digit addition problems and were then given extended practice. The reaction time on the final block of extended practice suggested that subjects had invented a more efficient procedure to replace the original…

Behavioral objectives should be regarded as one of several tools available to educators. Research should be directed toward determining their advantages and limitations, as well as the conditions under which they can be used more effectively. Conditions vary depending upon student awareness of and interest in stated objectives; clarity,…