Presidential Address, NCTE Convention, Minneapolis, November 23, 1972. (MM)

Author approves of the first two-thirds of the Russell Reports recommendations but finds the final third on future development inadequate. (RK)

In the middle years of schooling, size, measurement, shape and form build up a child's mathematical and visual concepts. A restless drive to create, to see what happens in making something, can provide the driving force in crafts. (Editor)

A plan whereby high school students can have the experience of a variety of courses of study, cutting across the usual academic boundaries. (Editor)

A comparison of three methods used in teaching science with a discussion of the meaning of these terms and the psychological assumptions which are used to justify them. (DF)

A list of books and articles, periodicals, centers, and clearinghouses dealing with educational alternatives. (JF)

Authors explore the feasibility of camping programs for incorporation into the state hospital system of Texas. (CB)

The Akron Neighborhood Faculty Program is described which provides a course on The Black Experience" for prospective teachers. (MB)

Describes a movement behavior program. Through touching, tumbling, jumping, and other basic movements -- all in interaction with other children and supportive adults -- the participants demonstrated a significant decrease in anxiety and an increased capacity to reveal their feelings during and immediately after the experimental program. (Author/JF)

Article suggests implications for the management of foreign and minority workers. (Author/MM)

Elementary school teachers need to evolve a science program which integrates the three theories of learning: namely, learning by conditioning, discovery, or equilibration. Opportunity for self-directed learning should be supplemented by introduction of new concepts. Science Curriculum Improvement Study materials are suggested as suitable examples…

The term surrogate experience" is a broad term that includes within its territory such events as role-taking, simulations, and academic games. (Authors)

Organizing content, structuring word lists, course outlines, curriculum guides, and chronological textbook composition are used as examples and students' rights to put things together for themselves is defended. (JB)