Through the North Carolina Rural Renaissance Project, ten community colleges and technical institutes are attempting to provide educational opportunities to an unserved rural population. Primary objectives are staff development and instructional module production and sharing. Teams have produced 140 self-paced instructional modules; 100…

Strategies to individualize instruction in typewriting classes discussed in the article are the multimedia approach, mechanical pacing devices, computer-assisted instruction, learning activity packages, and several project-type devices. (MF)

A description of teacher-made shoe box kits covering science concepts in grades four to eight. (CM)

Reports on a computer batch program that will not only perform routine grading using several grading algorithms, but will also calculate various statistical measures by which the class performance can be evaluated and cumulative data collected. ( Author/CP)

This second article about the long-term effects of the 1964-67 national media demonstration study, Project Discovery, discusses some issues in media management and points out several important factors to be considered in planning the management of media for accessibility. (CMV)

This article finds the use of a videotape-lab format workable in a cartographic drawing class. Close-up views of all demonstrations, the chance to reexamine all or part of a lesson, and the flexibility such a method affords both students and instructor are listed as virtues of the videotape method. (JK)

Student cognitive performance data and affective reactions provided the basis for a formative evaluation of this neuroanatomy curriculum for freshmen medical students. The cerebral hempispheres topic area was marked by poor cognitive performance and low ratings in lecture quality. Videotapes designed to augment neurophysiology also received low…

Examples of the many ways in which educational media can be used in minority studies, in improving relations between races, and in improving the education of the disadvantaged are cited in order to indicate the value of educational media in these areas. (Author/AM)

Presents some principles and techniques to help vocational instructors in working with handicapped students in both classroom and lab, including special techniques for different kinds of handicaps. Special education teachers and consultants are suggested as offering valuable assistance. (MF)

A shop instructor with 25 years of teaching carpentry and cabinetmaking shares his philosophy on running a productive shop, tying his theories to accepted principles of individualized instruction. (Editor/HD)

Reviews 53 of the latest programs in the areas of literature and language arts, personal and group values, social studies, careers, and media. (KS)

For the secondary school, the author discourages the use of dichotomous keys in favor of a punch-card system. The system is readily constructed by students for use in plant and animal classification. (CP)

Laboratory techniques and teaching methods on applied biology topics are described. (CP)

Provides contributed suggestions in applied topics of secondary school physics. Entries include notes on instructional materials, methodology and laboratory techniques. (CP)

After briefly outlining objectives for a one-semester or one-year course in business communication, suggested motivation and teaching techniques for use with the objectives are discussed in the following areas: grammar and punctuation principles, organization and writing of business letters and reports, the psychology of effective communication,…