Describes a process of using audio tapes to provide critiques on student's broadcast journalism projects. Discusses how this approach improves communication with students; permits much greater detail in criticizing student work; assists in better preparing students; provides a solid grading basis; and is a great time saver for faculty. (MG)

This article describes an approach to student discipline which is based on getting students to take responsibility for their own behavior, rather than forcing obedience. Strategies are suggested which offer practical alternatives to less effective control-oriented methods. (IAH)

The study of 21 teacher-child dyads showed that teachers of children (aged 2-8) with severe handicaps adjusted the complexity of their linguistic requests based on the child's communication level and modulated their requests based on children's responses. Teachers' adjustment of language structure was not as closely attuned to children's…

Discusses how a high school writing teacher became increasingly aware of her own writing processes and attitudes toward writing. Reflects on what makes writing worthwhile for her, what prompts her to write, and what part revision plays in her writing. Notes that becoming a reflective writer has changed the way she teaches writing. (RS)

Discusses aspects of one teacher's responses to students' writing that have survived over the years. Argues that students (1) should write for a teenage audience; (2) deserve written and oral responses from their peers; and (3) benefit from successes shared with their parents. Suggests that responses to writing begin with content, which makes…

This article presents practical information to help teachers become an effective force for drug education in their schools. A profile of a second grade teacher is included. She created a program that combines parent involvement and building student self-esteem in an effort to prepare children to refuse drugs in later years. (IAH)

This study examined effects of restitution on object throwing behavior of an adolescent male with severe mental retardation. Restitution was shown to maintain throwing behavior. When the subject was not forced to pick up what he threw (no restitution), throwing dropped to zero and was maintained at a very low rate. (Author/PB)

Students can and should learn to discipline themselves. This article describes results of one teacher's reflective deliberations on how to handle certain problem students by shifting responsibility for appropriate behavior from the teacher to the student. A brief guide for teachers, "Handling Typical Discipline Scenes," is included. (IAH)

An account is given by an eighth-grade English teacher of the ultimately unsuccessful efforts to manage a problem student. Lessons learned from the experience include the realization that classroom teachers can't "fix" every child. (IAH)

Blind children in Sweden are integrated with sighted children in nursery school from the age of two-three years. This paper describes the child's transition to the nursery school environment, play activities, parents' and teachers' reactions to the blind child's behavior, and use of videorecordings to provide feedback to teachers. (JDD)

Teachers' thought processes in interactive class situations were analyzed. Interactive decisions are those teachers make during interaction with students and are made on the spot with limited reaction time for the teacher. This study shows types of reflections-in-action by inservice teachers. (JD)

Findings are presented from a study designed to analyze qualitative differences in perceptual skills, measured in an educational context, between and among experienced, nominally experienced, and inexperienced teachers. Results suggest the groups differed in their ability to perceive and interpret classroom information. (IAH)

Describes an alternative approach to evaluation of computer assisted language learning software in the form of a flexible three-component framework. The approach targets operational description, teacher fit, and learner fit, from which teachers can develop their own evaluation procedures. (Author/CB)

In fall 1993, a Colorado high school scrapped its traditional semester calendar for a trimester schedule. The school year now has 3 12-week grading periods corresponding to the seasons; the school day has 5 class periods of 70 minutes each. The result: fewer and longer classes, impressively reduced class sizes, more flexibility, and improved…

Outlines the range of reactions to the revised National Curriculum Orders for science that are diverse in nature and intense in feeling. Reports that a general reaction from those who teach in schools is one of relief because of the promised moratorium on further change for five years. (JRH)