Life skills education has not been a meaningful part of most individuals' education experience. This has caused many social problems because the individual does not know how to cope with life. Presented a framework to illustrate how and why life skills can and should be incorporated into curricula. (Author)

Reviews the advantages of teaching reading through a mastery reading program and examines the role of the mastery teacher. (JM)

Describes a game construction model which can be applied to an instructional game or a simulation game for elementary and junior high social studies classes. The game deals with motivations and hardships of the Pilgrims as they traveled to the New World. Journal availability: see SO 507 149. (Author/DB)

As dictation skills are becoming more important in controlling business correspondence costs, the article presents approaches to teaching dictation practice after students have learned letter organization in business communication classes. Approaches include cooperative projects with office procedures and shorthand classes, using dictation…

Discusses the advantages of teaching history sequentially, considering factual, methodological, and conceptual relationships. (CK)

Reports results of a study of the story reading skills employed by television actors, student teachers, and practicing teachers. The results are arranged in the following categories: selection of material, preliminary work, performance, and evaluatory activities. (GT)

It is suggested that reading is not a unitary process, but the acquisition of a succession of skills. Different retarded readers may break down at different stages in the acquisition of these. Each disability type may be associated with a particular type of deficiency in conceptual thinking. (Author/SJL)

Supervision and evaluation, contained within a due process framework, are beneficial to both the teacher and the educational administrator. (LH)

Teaching methods for the improvement of reading skills within the context of junior and senior high school regular content reading are suggested. (LH)

Reports results of a national survey on methods used to develop leadership skills. Since leadership is so important, institutions of higher education must provide programs designed to assist students in developing these skills. (Author)

A career education program for visually impaired elementary school children is presented. The rationale and brief descriptions of units in foods, construction, hand tools, entertainment projects, and other careers are included. (Author/PHR)

The three main barriers a physically handicapped child faces when mainstreamed are physical, emotional, and social. Journal availability: see EC 114 865. (PHR)

The author discusses the role of the teacher in integrating reading as communication in the social studies. Suggestions for directing a reading lesson and a discussion about reading skills that most relate to social studies are provided. (JR)

A study conducted to determine whether second-year typewriting students could learn intentionally and incidentally the meanings of technical business terms through the typing of specially written paragraphs in which the terms were defined within the context demonstrated the effectiveness of this procedure. (TA)

After noting the increased use of word processing equipment in business offices, the authors present 13 procedures that can be implemented in office occupations classrooms to enhance the curriculum and provide more relevant skills for students. (SH)