The author has succeeded in holding students' interest in poetry by comparing and contrasting traditional poets with familiar modern, even pop'' poets. (PG)

The major conclusion derived from questionnaires mailed to a random sample of New York teachers evaluating the eleventh grade curriculum revealed that teachers felt the quality of teaching was affected by the excessive quantity of materials; most placed emphasis on only four of seven topic areas; and a majority agreed too much material was…

A California teacher discusses state standards and their relation to program content. (SP)

Describes a course in teacher education that provides a multimedia instruction kit and an interaction laboratory package. (Author/PG)

The author advocates directed change as constrasted with change for its own sake in the present quest for relevance at all levels of mathematics education. (CP)

The rate of technological change demands a systems approach for continued proficient training. (Editor)

A modular'' course is composed of bits of self-consistent knowledge,'' which can be put together in a predefined pattern to attain the desired objective; author gives a theory of modular course construction. (Author/SP)

A college teacher describes the organization of his course in fundamentals of speech. (SP)

The author reviews the relevance and importance of including the entire range of piano skills in the curriculum of non-piano music majors. (JG)

Center course around pupils' problems and surroundings; turn classroom into problem-solving laboratory. (Editor)