The purpose of this study was to examine the discourse in two different group-work contexts in a diverse Algebra 1 class to better understand what and how students working in small groups learn through talking about mathematics. The researcher gathered data in four categories: participant observation, interviews, collection of artifacts, and…

Two special classes, each containing eight educable mentally retarded students, 9 and 10 years of age, respectively, played a group discussion game twice a week for 3 consecutive weeks in which the teachers presented a discussion topic and reinforced specified good discussion behaviors with high points. (MC)

Self-contained classrooms for emotionally distrubed children provide an ideal setting for teachers to deal with students' behaviors, feelings and attitudes as these factors relate to their membership in a unique group. This paper gives ideas which teachers may find helpful in dealing with pupils' feelings about themselves and others through the…

After a description of the kinds of group experience which lead to greater personal awareness, the author concludes that through the humanistic approach to teaching in sex and sexuality, students are more able to relate their subjective responses regarding how they feel about themselves as sexual persons. (Author/BY)

Issue devoted to the teaching of foreign literatures in the language classroom. (DS)

Article examines some of the processes by which a group of pupils work together to create a group response which will be acceptable to all of them, in the course of this bringing their private responses to a sharper focus. (Author)

Twelve parents, members of a special commission in France on religious training, discuss personal points of view. (DS)

Both the curricula and methodology of preparing principals is the subject of this article. Describing procedures that work, it will interest principals as well as professors of school administration. (Editor)

Builds on previous research with this detailed analysis of multiple decision sequences in two sets of groups: students performing a ranking task and physicians performing a program planning task. Finds support for the Multiple Sequence Descriptive System and isolates types of conflict and idea development patterns. (PD)

A classroom discussion activity is described that uses the teacher as an impartial moderator. Students' written responses to a selected subject are organized and commented on by the group, under the teacher's supervision. Suggestions are given for course organization and sequence, extent of teacher involvement in the discussion, and logistics.…