The concept of acceleration is explored as a way to develop the talents and potential of gifted students. Reviewed are: acceleration options, curriculum compacting, research on acceleration, objections to acceleration, the importance of flexible pacing, examples of radical acceleration, and the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth at Johns…

Determined high school sophomores are desirable candidates for advanced placement European history courses. One high school's experience in implementing such a program is discussed. (RM)

Describes a program that identifies gifted mathematics students and places them in an accelerated program. (IRT)

Discusses early admissions programs to college work and the guidelines of the admissions process. (Author/RK)

Critical appraisal of the current methodology and instructional materials of secondary school English instruction in Germany. (RS)

Describes the Advanced Placement Program that is offered in high schools for students who want advanced studies in physics. Different aspects of the program, such as the course structure and grading procedures, are described briefly. (PS)

Discusses proposed curriculum reform at the advanced level of academic secondary schools in West Germany. (WB)

Shortened and revised form of an address presented in July 1971 at the Third International Conference of Teachers of German (3. Internationale Deutschlehrertagung) in Salzburg, Austria. (RS)

Translation can be useful in teaching advanced students to make decisions about structure, assess the communicative consequences of those decisions, assess perceptions of language contrasts, and increase feelings for communicative appropriateness. Two methods are suggested: word-for-word or "spoof" translation, and back translation. (Author/MSE)

The use of literature in a U.S. history class can revitalize the curriculum. The applicability of biographies, historical fiction, and contemporary fiction to history classes is discussed. A brief annotated list of appropriate sources, chronologically arranged for reluctant, average, and advanced readers, is included. (AM)

Describes a joint high school/college pilot program planned by Massachusetts foreign language teachers and hosted by M.I.T. The success of the program dubbed "MACH MIT Total Immersion German Weekend" is attributed to the concept of active involvement, which was implemented through games, seminars, shows, cooking and other activities.…

Reports on data gathered in an AATG-sponsored national survey of U.S. high school students enrolled in upper-level German courses, investigating why students select German, continue learning German, and plan to take German in college. The results are discussed and recommendations with regard to affective motivators are made. (AS)

The coordination, articulation, and implementation of informed teaching techniques and objectives will help to overcome the anarchy and confusion that characterize higher education advanced-level foreign language classes, and will begin to produce a pool of highly competent foreign language speakers and writers. (33 references) (CB)

Argues that much of the monetary theory in economics textbooks has not changed in accordance with the facts of monetary history. Contends that by neglecting institutional changes in the monetary system in the 50 years since the publication of Keynes' General Theory, many textbooks are now in danger of seriously misleading their readers. (GEA)