Reviews literature on the sources of math anxiety. Decribes San Bernardino Valley College's course, "Math Without Fear," which is team-taught by a mathematician and psychologist, introduces relaxation exercises, employs guest speakers with math anxiety experiences, and discusses the nature and history of math. Examines results. (DMM)

Investigated how state officials most directly involved in hunter education programs perceive problems associated with these programs. Major concerns and constraints focused on: program instruction; course content; and program communication, funding, and evaluation. Includes recommendations (based on analyses of concerns/constraints) to…

Examines how movies have formed history by (1) analyzing theories of history; (2) comparing historical perspectives in certain films; and (3) exploring how film language and techniques reflect history. Focuses on films from the United States, Europe, Japan, or Brazil. (PD)

Argues that teachers must bring works of the Holocaust to the classroom and focus discussion around its revelations. (FL)

Details useful and interesting extra credit exercises that maintain student interest in a media ethics course. (CRH)

Argues that by exposing students to basic techniques of graphics, the technical writing teacher can encourage them to include simple illustrations and diagrams in their reports, and that more advanced students may enhance their works by hiring professional artists or photographers to do these tasks. (FL)

Discusses the emergence of a new discipline and the obstacles to developing a managerial communication course. (PD)

Describes a course that uses the "people are implicit social scientists and rhetoricians" metaphor to weave together topics now standard for interpersonal texts: perception, language, self-concept, nonverbal communication, conflict, etc. (PD)

Reveals that the University of Pittsburgh now requires all future English teachers to take an internship in the university's writing workshop while they are taking a methods and theory course in the teaching of composition. Discusses the effects on the program on the teacher candidates. (FL)

This article explores the relationship between the academic fields of gerontology and recreation and parks. Findings suggest that the majority of four-year institutions surveyed address programs for the aged in the parks and recreation curriculum, but a separate emphasis on aging and leisure is rare. (DF)

Presents a course in film planning (preproduction made up of the following units: (1) evaluating the concept; (2) preparing the script; (3) budgeting; and (4) financing. Includes readings for each unit. (PD)

The responsibility of connecting theory and practice when developing physical education units falls on the teacher rather than on the theorist. The teacher is most familiar with the students and environment where the program takes place. Suggestions for connecting theory and practice are discussed. (DF)

A training seminar in clinical hypnosis was given to eight health professionals and paraprofessionals. The seminar involved lectures, clinical induction, and the use of hypnosis in supervised settings. A session-by-session account of seminar activities is provided. (Author/PP)

The author argues that the existence and uniqueness theorems of elementary differential equations must be taught prior to some simple initial value problems. (SD)

Discusses the fact that freshman chemistry courses are becoming more quantitative, and recommends that qualitative and empirical topics not be excluded from such curricula. (MLH)