The development and evaluation of materials for a series of three workshops designed to increase the interpersonal communication skills of the librarian during the reference interview are described. The completed package for this project, "Librarians Communicate," consisted of a three-part 51-minute videocassette tape and a 50-page…

This classroom guide for metric education included a brief rationale and history of metrics, a preliminary metric quiz, a symbol summary, and a list of recommended instructional materials. The guide is comprised primarily of four sections covering the topics of: weight, length, volume, and temperature. Each of these sections contains goals and…

This handbook describes inexpensive or easy to make metric measuring materials for use by teachers of grades K-12. Materials for teaching length, area, volume, and temperature concepts are suggested. In addition, there is a chapter on games and aids and a bibliography which provides further references. The introduction includes some hints on…

This elementary curriculum is a vehicle to provide manipulative activities that reinforce academic skills through meaningful, relevant, activity-based awareness of modern society. The twenty-six activity plans included in the curriculum place a major emphasis upon realistic or concrete experiences that deal with the manipulation and exploration of…

THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY (SUPPLEMENT I) LISTS MATERIALS ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT. EIGHTY-TWO UNANNOTATED REFERENCES ARE PROVIDED FOR DOCUMENTS DATING FROM 1961 TO 1966. BOOKS, JOURNALS, REPORT MATERIALS, AND SOME UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPTS ARE LISTED IN SUCH AREAS AS EDUCATIONAL GAMES, CURRICULUM CHANGE, CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT, PROGRAM…

Intended for use by teachers who are seeking techniques for involving the reluctant reader, this resource booklet contains 29 teaching ideas that emphasize reading as a pleasurable activity. The ideas include games, multimedia activities, and writing exercises that focus on survival reading materials, newspapers, reference materials, vocabulary…

These 57 game cards were developed to help teachers build their resource files for word-attack skills. Cards are keyed to skills suggested by the Wisconsin Design for Reading Skill Development and are color-coded according to their appropriateness for children in kindergarten through grade three. The front of each card gives the name of the skill,…

The author explores the utility of educational games in elementary and secondary social studies classes. Separate sections of the paper discuss types of games, similarities among formal games and social studies topics, educational game design, and examples, advantages, and limitations of educational games. Game playing in society is described as…

Educational games present the complex realities of simultaneous interactive processes more accurately and effectively than serial processes such as lecturing and reading. Objectives of educational gaming are to motivate students by presenting relevant and realistic problems and to induce more efficient and active understanding of information.…

This booklet, one of a series of teacher aids exploring the practical aspects of teaching, provides guidelines and techniques for encouraging spelling accuracy. Encoding English, the Initial Teaching Alphabet, understanding spelling, and the spellings of English sounds are discussed. Strategies for improving spelling include the use of wordlists,…

Games and simulations can be thought of as experiential learning activities for classroom use. Games are activities in which people agree to abide by a set of conditions in order to attain a desired state or end, and simulations are activities that model reality. In this publication, it is suggested that five dimensions be considered in…

Ways for teachers to implement peer-teaching activities, both same-age within a classroom and cross-age with other classrooms or schools are described. A guide for training students in interpersonal skills and teaching methods is provided. A section on games in the classroom and directions for making games for students to take home is included.…

This report describes the development of a complete set of curriculum materials that uses the Teams-Games-Tournament (TGT) instructional process for elementary language arts instruction for grades four through six. The TGT instructional process is a cooperative group-teaching method that requires materials to be objective based and presented in…

This booklet is one in a series designed to bridge the gap between theory and practice by suggesting specific classroom activities based on current educational theory and research. Designed for elementary school teachers, it is divided into two sections. The first section discusses such topics as providing a healthy classroom environment for free…

Articles in this issue are concerned with reading instruction aimed at preventing reading disability. Topics discussed in the six articles are: classroom practices which aggravate reading problems, a model for individualized reading instruction which allows for several levels of individualization, a data based instructional system for improving…