Discusses the role of instructional leaders and suggests resources that can aid leaders in enhancing learning. (JG)

Examines the experience of instructors using one major CAD (computer-assisted design) system, VersaCAD. The author provides an overview of the variety of training, funding, and curriculum opportunities available to those teaching CAD. (CT)

The directory of technology resources for the disabled lists 15 information clearinghouses, 11 publications, 147 commercial vendors, and 13 conferences. (DB)

Presents some guidelines for software evaluation. These involve locating software packages, matching software and hardware, placing orders for software, designing an evaluation guide, reading accompanying documentation, running the program, and selecting software. Guidelines for developing a software evaluation form are included. (CT)

Highlights eight resources available from ERIC for teaching about the U.S. Constitution. (Author/BSR)

High school language laboratories have been modernized and redefined to become "Language Resource Centers" which should serve not only as language laboratories but also as resource centers, the focal point for all language instruction, and as a clearinghouse for multiple, flexible instructional approaches. (Author/CB)

Northwestern University strives to balance quantitative and qualitative approaches in its graduate sociology program. The program is student-centered and emphasizes student participation in the definition of intellectual and career objectives. The program's core is concentrated in the first year to enable development of student research interests…

Discusses the need for counselor training on the use of computers, potential benefits of training, development of counselor training resources, the content of counselor training, training alternatives (preservice training, inservice training workshops, onsite inservice training, technological training resources), and factors influencing the future…

Describes recent materials useful for secondary classes in economic education available through the National Specialized Economic Education Center for Business Education. (CH)

The author looks at learning theory and the elements of a training workshop that encourage involvement and lead to application so that organizational and participant needs are satisfied and results are achieved. The article covers structuring the workshop flow, designing exercises, creating insight, and using resources and evaluations. (CT)

Describes how public television and radio can be utilized to help students prepare for forensic competition. (PD)

Including nonpurchased resources and differences in school sizes in the calculation of educational costs provides evidence that inequities exist in distribution of resources in New York State school districts. (JW)

This report provides an update on the work of the California Postsecondary Education Commission's Program Review Committee that periodically makes recommendations for enhancing the Commission's program review procedures. In adopting the report, the Commission concurred with the following recommendations: (1) criteria related to social need should…

The object of study in geography is the earth, and more precisely, the earth as the home of man. Literacy, as applied to geography, involves a fresh new layer on the educational itinerary. It presumes that a person already has the ability to read and write and to communicate verbally. This dictionary of geographic literacy enhances this learning…

This annotated bibliography identifies French language resources endorsed for the K-12 grade levels by all Western Canadian Protocol (WCP) jurisdictions implementing the Common Curriculum Framework for K- 12 Mathematics. Resources were selected through a collaborative review process based on their high level of fidelity with the rationale,…