A suggested plan for teaching business education to the disadvantaged student. This article is a portion of a talk given by Mrs. Warner at the American Vocational Association meeting in Boston. (Editor)

Twenty-four academically deficient male sophomore cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy were divided into two groups. The experimental group received a behaviorally oriented study skills program and showed a mean increase of .54 in grade point average; the control group showed an increase of .02. (Author/BW)

The artfully inviting teacher utilizes both personal and professional teaching strategies and is thus most successful at maximizing student development. Personally inviting behaviors send messages which communicate caring and positive regard. Professionally inviting behaviors increase the recipients' efficacy, competence, and independence.…

The author advocates science teaching that fosters curiosity, inquiry, and hands-on experience. (Condensed from "Virginia Journal of Education," May 1981, p13-15.) (Editor/SJL)

The author outlines the main features of the Instructional Design model and advocates it as a practical system for improving instruction at any level. (SJL)

The author outlines four main orientations in the history of aesthetics and relates each to a specific theoretical orientation in psychology. He suggests that these four alignments can serve as categories for distinctive teaching traditions presented in the literature of art education. (SJL)

Describes the government-financed preschool program in the Netherlands. (SB)

A systematic, coherent reading program leads to improvement in the achievement of an entire elementary school. (DD)

Supplemental Instruction (SI) provides regularly scheduled, out-of-class, peer-facilitated review sessions. In this model, the collective knowledge of successful students and of the whole group becomes the primary source for reconstructing the professor's lecture and for encouraging critical thinking leading to correct answers and ultimately, to…

A panel of experts proposed and rated categories and indicators of constructivist-compatible principles for Internet-based courses. The categories and associated indicators provide an initial framework that may help educators apply constructivist principles to the development of Internet-based courses. (EV)

Finds the film "Dead Poets Society" superficial, misleading, and seriously flawed. Examines seven pedagogical issues raised by the film, including (1) should a teacher who suspects that students are about to break school rules connive at their misconduct? and (2) are "sensitivity games" likely to have a lasting effect on…