Social Studies Curriculum Guidelines, A Position Statement recently issued by the National Council for the Social Studies, is having a major impact throughout the country. Two educators draw on their years of experience to analyze this important document. (Editor)

Suggests ways by which teachers can develop more humanistic" education by focusing on human experiences and basic human concerns in the education process. (Author)

Discusses various writings on behavioral objectives for teaching English and wonders why objectives such as concepts, generalizations, insights or understandings are omitted by today's behavioral objectivists. (RB)

A list of 37 objectives is included. (RT)

College Placement Services held a pilot program in the philosophy and mechanics dealing with video tapes and the effect it can have on placement, recruitment, and career counseling. (Editor)

The "P.A.C. Game" provides a creative way for preservice teachers to develop their understanding of taxonomies of objectives in the psychomotor, affective, and cognitive domains. The game also helps give teachers feedback about students' progress. (PP)

Lists goals for self-actualization that could be incorporated into a social studies program and provides activities for the achievement of these goals. The activities involve communication and group participation. (KC)

An attempt to attain various high level aims such as "training the mind,""developing judgment," and "achieving independence" within the framework of a first-year physics laboratory course is described. Evaluations of the course and the effectiveness of consequent improvements are discussed. (Author/MLW)

Describes an evaluation of the Hammond Project, a humane society-sponsored humane education program in Indiana. The results show that there was little impact on the attitudes of students, based on the Fireman Tests. (SA)

Suggestions for improving affective factors in remedial reading programs include conveying positive expectations, encouraging student perceptions of success, and maximizing individual achievement. (MKM)

Discusses a study to compare the performances of different item analysis procedures by using five scales covering intellectual and attitudinal domains. Results are presented. (Author/DB)

Examines ways in which learning activities can be designed around trigger films--short, high impact vignettes designed to stimulate learning--to enhance their use in situations dealing with affective learning. Illustrates the use of these films in an undergraduate course, and discusses difficulties tutors experience and guidelines for their…