This booklet was designed to help primary classroom teachers present a program of movement education. Six aims form the foundation of the program: (1) to help teachers become movement experts within the confines of their classrooms; (2) to suggest ways and means of providing movement experiences in a limited space, thereby relieving children of…

The needs and attitudes of mature professional teachers are different from those of students and beginning teachers. In-service education programs should be structured with this in mind. (JD)

Classroom visits by principals were found to be successful in helping some teachers maintain the use of skills learned in an in-service teacher training program. (Editor/MM)

A music program teaches auditory skills at an English school for mentally handicapped students. (Author/PHR)

A UCLA-San Fernando Valley Medical Program for training residents and interns in interpersonal skills is reported and evaluated. Using a modification of interpersonal process recall (IPR), the teaching technique uses both a structured course format and ongoing videotaping and reviewing of house officer-patient interactions with a faculty member.…

Presents a rationale as well as practical ideas for using movement education as a basis for fostering self-confidence and integrating other learning activities in young children. (CM)

A national survey to determine the extent and characteristics of interpersonal skill (IPS) teaching in medical schools is reported. Eighty percent of IPS programs are less than five years old, are taught by psychiatrists and psychologists, and teach process, information-gathering, and psychological intervention. (LBH)

A new approach to general education at Bowling Green State University based on "essential skills and functional understandings" is discussed. The model includes skills in: problem solving and critical thinking; reading and writing; computation and mathematics; listening and speaking; and decision-making and values-conflict resolution.…

Some dos and don'ts and whys and hows for math games in the classroom. (Editor)

Presented is the case study of a multiply handicapped institutionalized boy (3.8 years old) with presenting problems of self-injury, refusing food, and inability to walk. (IM)

The ability to recognize questions warranting uncertainty was effectively developed in 167 fourth to sixth graders. A three-year followup evaluation measuring transfer of these skills on hard and soft drug use confirmed that students had developed a skeptical analytic attitude, allowing them to ignore peer and parental dogma about drugs.…

Utilizing Michael Polanyi's theory of knowledge as a framework, the author outlines an approach in which illiterate adults might increase their motivation and chances of success in developing reading skill. (EM)

The definition of hierarchical structure is reviewed, together with psychometric and experimental evidence regarding the existence of specific structures. A mathematical model including hierarchical and nonhierarchical options for a two component task is presented, along with an experimental design appropriate for testing the model and related…

A field experience environmental program involving urban high school students in farm, city, wilderness, and independent study situations is described. Concludes that experiential programs are beneficial to students, but that they place strain on public school organization, demand inordinate commitment from faculty and are expensive to administer.…

Because the counseling profession places high value on counselors possessing accurate self-awareness, this study investigated the differences and relationships between counselor education students' self-perceived and measured needs levels. A sample of 107 counselor students estimated their needs levels and then completed the Personality Research…