Situational obstacles stemming from cultural and economic circumstances (migrant status, time away from school for work, etc.) were observed to have at least as much influence on the Mexican American child's educational and occupational aspirations as the more commonly stressed family interaction variables such as parental aspiration and emphasis…

Analyzes the effects of mandated innovations (away from the traditional purely academic curriculum) in Belgian high schools on the rate of educational democratization and on student study commitment. (Author/BE)

A computer program named BUGGY is described. The program is designed to duplicate "traditional" student mathematical mistakes; pupils are to identify the nature of the errors the computer makes. (MP)

The Logic Box, a mathematics laboratory device, is described. Students can solve simple problems, then go on and design moderately complex digital logic circuits in the program presented. (MP)

The author discusses mathematics problems given to a group of primary teachers studying properties of numbers. Using a milk crate and bottles as a problem, the teachers diverted to exploring extrapolations. (MP)

The case method (creation and resolution of hypothetical problems) provides students with an opportunity to use proper problem solving techniques. As the teacher's role is indirect, responsibility for learning is placed on the student. The merits, limitations, and various applications of this technique are discussed. (JN)

Nearly half of college bound students request help in making career decisions. Career indecision is self-defeating. A five-step alternative program teaches that career decisions need not be permanent and helps students learn to face fears, make decisions and take action. (Author/JAC)

Stress can be viewed positively as a challenge or negatively as a threat. The work setting is an appropriate place for teachers to begin a program of making stress work positively for self development. (JD)

Fifteen teachers report on the literary works they use in their classrooms, as well as the teaching methods used with these works. (RL)

Presents a method for devising short routines for presenting written material to a whole class and in which the learner who has been left behind can succeed in front of his classmates. The encouragement for achievement dispels his negative feelings about himself and for English. (Author)

Outlines the common problems of literary/art magazine advisers--meeting costs, time and space limitations, student involvement, magazine content, and layout. (RL)

To find why adults do or do not attend extension programs, the author surveyed a sample of families in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas of Indiana to determine their perceived educational needs, program priorities, and delivery preferences in the major areas of home economics. Survey results and their implications are discussed. (MF)

Describes a study of remedial, freshman English classes that analyzed students' ability, motivation to attend classes, and career choices and compared these factors to achievement levels or grades. (MKM)

Describes a technique of using the collage in teaching single paragraph and experiential writing. The collage is an exciting motivational device that helps students express their thoughts first in pictures and later in words. (CMV)

This research suggests that the relationship between life events and academic performance can be accounted for mainly in terms of the undesirability of the life events.