Brief suggestions are given on the following topics of interest to chemistry teachers: rate of reaction anaologies, a buffer effect demonstration on the overhead projector, and a year-end activity in general chemistry based on the student's laboratory skills. (BB)

Stating that mainstreaming is particularly appropriate for a typing class, the authors describe some materials, devices, and methods for teaching handicapped students how to type. They also offer grading and career guidance suggestions. (MF)

In response to an expressed need for inexpensive biological models for blind students, the American Printing House for the Blind has developed a set of 19 plastic models (schematics), which illustrate representative species of the major invertebrate phyla and component structures of flowering plants. (Author)

Shortcuts to use when performing operations with the calculator are given. Algorithms discussed include reciprocals, powers, parentheses, infinite series, and synthetic division. (MP)

The courses for a self-instructional electronics curriculum designed for remote-learning are presented through written materials, home-laboratory kits, TV broadcasts, telephone tutoring, periodic sessions, and seminars. Development and implementation of instructional materials are discussed, as are cost considerations for the courses, and the…

Rationale for implementation of typographic cuing and its effectiveness are discussed, as well as strategies for experimenter-provided and learner-generated cues. Suggestions for selecting cue-worthy information are included. (RAO)

Eleven teaching aids designed to help primary students master basic mathematics concepts. (CM)

Recommendations concerning the use of calculators in school are given along with the identification of important calculator features and functions with regard to present and expected curricular needs. (MN)

Discusses classes of decision makers, factors that determine selection, the role of economic analysis, general considerations in planning and proposing a new educational media project at a national level, and decision making at the project management level. (JEG)

A diagrammatic climate key is presented as an attempt to simplify the teaching of climate classification. The chart emphasizes four critical temperatures in the Koppen classification and shows their relationships to various climate types. (Author)

Gives a typology of various possible approaches to grammar teaching, involving grammars for learning, for skill acquisition, and those which look at course organization, media and teaching aids. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Discusses the four-year-old Health Education Project (HEP) established at the College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark. Notes the use of bilingual, community-oriented videotapes as teaching tools to inform consumers about critical health care information and explores the use of these tapes with health education discussion groups.…

The media field relies on federal funding to a greater extent than do other areas of the education field. Federal programs are discussed for K-12 as well as higher education. (Author/STS)

Beginning in 1975, the Head Start Program expanded its services to include special education for preschool children who are handicapped (each state must allocate 10 percent of its enrollment opportunities to handicapped children). Head Start has also developed a needs assessment kit to aid personnel in recognizing and dealing with handicapping…