Curriculum approaches were examined to determine effectiveness in increasing college students' responsibility toward alcohol. Experiential peer facilitated approach significantly increased students' responsible attitudes and decreased negative consequences of drinking. Shows that an academic course on alcohol abuse can be an important part of a…

Assessed the relative effects of contracted abstinence and a class in alcoholism on college students' attitudes and behavior toward alcohol use. The alcohol class was effective in modifying self-reported drinking behavior,while contracted abstinence was an effective tool when used in the context of an alcohol class. (Author)

This report reviews some goals for laboratory activities in contemporary science teaching, discusses an investigation that analyzed and compared laboratory activities from two major physics guides, and discusses the implications of the goals and analysis for physics teaching. Six major deficiencies in the two laboratory handbooks are identified.…

The computer industry is viewed on a collision course with a human resources crisis. Changes expected during the next decade are outlined, with expectations noted that merging of hardware and software skills will be met in a technician's skill set. Essential curricula components of a computer system technology program are detailed. (MP)

A proposal for curriculum criticism contains three characteristics: (1) Criticism provides a view of curricula from the perspective of the student; (2) Criticism provides an assessment from the viewpoint of the critic; and (3) Criticism reveals the common interactions of students with facets of the curricula. (JN)

Reviews findings from change process research connecting current issues in the microcomputer movement. Concludes with a call for descriptive studies emphasizing development of hypotheses and theory building, particularly in further research and development efforts around software and implementation issues. (MP)

Some important issues related to teaching problem solving in the elementary grades are addressed, with particular emphasis on the intermediate grades. Presents one point of view and some specific questions often raised by teachers who wish to incorporate problem solving into the mathematics program. (MP)

The process of metrication is seen ultimately to require a grass-roots movement to change traditional behavior patterns. The creation of metric leaders is viewed as a tool for speeding the process of acceptance. A model for the design and execution of leader-training sessions is detailed. (MP)

Argues that traditional classroom practices and educational policies constitute an assault on children. Among the practices considered are standardized testing, homogeneous grouping, drill, fragmented curricula, and restrictions on peer interaction in the classroom. (Author/DB)

Presents the process by which a sex education course was proposed, developed, and accepted by a school district. (MA)

In this introductory article to a theme issue on multicultural education, the author argues for an across-the-curriculum multicultural policy based on fundamental liberal and humanistic values rather than on currently fashionable prescriptions which overemphasize race and racism or which fossilize the cultures of immigrant groups. (Editor/SJL)

Maintains that teachers trained to nurture children and to educate the whole child successfully integrate handicapped children into a classroom with other normally developing children. (Author/DB)

The president of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) projects forward to 2001 and speaks of changes that began in 1990 that restored mathematics education in the United States. The material speaks directly to needed changes and problems in 1981. (MP)

Although teaching is an old and noble profession, teacher training institutions are not professional schools. Pedagogy is a clinical rather than a theoretical study and should not be confused with general education or with graduate study. Ideological divisions dissipate the energies that would be better used to attain a new pedagogical design. (FG)

Reports on the positive effects of coordinating a journalism research course emphasizing survey methodology with upper-level courses in news writing. (RL)