This annotated bibliography presents resources that will enable parents to fulfill their responsibility for developing their children's abilities to do mathematics, while at the same time encouraging more positive attitudes towards mathematics. The resources are divided into three categories: (1) activities initiated in the home, (2) activities…

This report summarizes the activities of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) during fiscal year (FY) 1990, and includes lists of recipients of fellowships and grants, and programs supported by the Endowment. The report opens with a brief chronology of major events in the endowment's history under the heading, Twenty-fifth…

The Iowa Curriculum Assistance System at the University of Iowa collects and disseminates curriculum materials and information and offers inservice workshops to vocational educators. A third-party evaluation of the system was made through a 3-day site visit by three experts who interviewed personnel from the system, administrators and faculty from…

This directory contains 250 annotated entries for resources available to teachers and all those interested in international development issues. The annotations are organized into four categories: (1) instructional packages explicitly designed for teaching about development; (2) resources that can be used by development educators to develop their…

This sourcebook provides educators with a comprehensive desktop reference to everything they need to identify and acquire funding for school technology programs. It documents hundreds of technology funding sources--federal, state, and local government agencies, corporate foundations, private endowments, and charitable organizations--all concisely…

This digest documents the experiences of faculty, administrators, and staff at several colleges as they addressed a broad range of instructional technology issues. Included in the digest are several approaches suggested by instructors and staff affiliated with various community college technology programs. Plans for implementation, development,…

As the University of Arizona implemented its curriculum reform initiative, faculty became much more planful about their teaching, but also much more demanding of credible advice about instruction. Faculty make sometimes paradoxical demands in these circumstances: demands for tools that make it easy to do new things, and demands that these tools be…

This document consists of the four issues of a newsletter published during 1998. Typical articles explore topics in literacy education, media, and technology: "Not a Myth but a New Reality: What IALS [International Adult Literacy Survey]-like Tests Measure" (John Comings); "Who Will Train the Teachers?" (Winston Emery);…

Historical fiction novels, biographies, history trade books, CD-ROMs, and videotapes published between 1990 and 1998 are listed in this resource guide designed for teachers and librarians. The guide allows educators to easily locate quality materials to supplement world history courses. Titles are listed first according to grade levels within…

This report responds to questions posed by school and community leaders throughout the United States about public school districts that have made competence in the arts, as well as literacy, one of the fundamental goals of education for students. Ninety-one school districts are featured in this report, but hundreds more were identified by state…

Based on a pilot project that promoted statewide career guidance awareness through the establishment of a high school career center, this guide shows New Mexico high school counselors how to develop career centers in their schools. The booklet takes counselors through the process of establishing a career center, providing suggestions for the…

This catalog lists resource materials for energy and environmental education which are available to Minnesota secondary teachers. The listings include both curricular resources with lesson plans and objectives, and noncurricular resources such as books, pamphlets, posters, audiovisual resources, and facilities for environmental education. The…

This guide to resources on China is organized into four sections. The first section lists and describes organizations from around the United States that offer teaching materials on China. The materials offered by specific organizations are listed with each entry. The second section on printed resource materials includes annotated lists of guides…

This document presents the proceedings of a conference devoted to the development of teaching materials on the heritage of Vermont to be used in Vermont's classrooms. The following articles are included: "Everybody Has to be Somewhere, Sometime" (S. Hand); "A Vermont Geography: The Dynamic Map of the State" (S. Farrow);…

This manual, intended for use by tutors working with adults learning to read, offers a consolidated resource of specific instructional techniques and provides additional suggestions not covered in basic tutoring workshops. The manual summarizes a variety of approaches commonly used to instruct adults and provides background for three modes of…