The author describes a fifth grade typewriting course at Glen Ridge, New Jersey, Middle School and the study made to measure student improvement in language skills as a result of the typing materials and writing exercises used, concluding that the typewriter is a valuable tool in language-skill instruction. (MF)

The consistency and variability of reading test performance was examined with 243 sixth grade students in a New York City public elementary school. (IM)

Discussed is the role in special education of behavior therapy as an effective technology for dealing with the problems presented by a physical handicap. (DLS)

Describes and gives a resource bibliography for a simulation on the "fall" of China to communism in 1949. By staging a mock senatorial investigation, students learn (1) how the Chinese Communist Party rose to power, (2) how facts can be manipulated in various ways, and (3) how to perform research and analysis of written material. (Author/AV)

A look at some of the State's 21 recommendations on high school graduation standards and NJEA's policy on high school graduation and basic skills. ( Editor)

Senior medical students served simultaneously as programmed simulated patients and skill preceptors in an approach designed to combine (1) an optimum opportunity for the student consistently to receive immediate, direct feedback regarding skill performance, and (2) the recognized advantages of simulated patients in teaching these skills. (LBH)

Cites examples to show that helping students master fundamental science skills will lead to improved reading. Discusses the relationships between reading and science. (CP)

Describes a project which integrates subject matter with decision-making techniques and encourages students to become knowledgeable, interested, and sensitive decision makers. Journal available from Pennsylvania Council for the Social Studies, P.O. Box 6637, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19149. (Author/DB)

Challenges the belief that knowledge of economics will help students make more intelligent decisions in their roles as citizens. Questions the usefulness of current research by economic educators. Urges that the tools of economic analysis which they teach about should also be used in the study of economics teaching itself. (Author/AV)

Recommends that projected growth in the technical-vocational sector of education in the Soviet Union be accompanied by qualitative improvements in areas of political socialization, cultural transmission, and technical development. (Author/DB)

Relationships between cognitive style, conceptual tempo, and problem solving strategies of 81 fifth-grade students were examined. While cognitive style was not related to strategies used in problem solving, conceptual tempo influenced time spent and quality and quantity of questions asked. Effective training techniques were also described.…

Describes a planning system to meet the training requirements of specialized project personnel. This training planning system provides for an organized assessment of personnel training needs and the use of all available training media. It also provides mechanisms to document acquired training and to develop new training resources. (EM)

A project carried out in Peterborough County, Canada, resulted in the systematic development, implementation, and evaluation of a K-10 mathematics program and a steady increase in achievement among students in the county. (SK)

Three training programs for girl-shy males were designed. The effectiveness of a response-acquisition treatment was compared with a cognitive self-statement modification treatment, a combination of these two, and a waiting-list control group. The results indicated that subjects trained in cognitive self-statement modification showed significantly…

Single-subject reversal designs were used in teaching elderly nursing-home residents to change dependency behavior and to reacquire and maintain self-feeding skills. Fast control of self-feeding was obtained. Results are discussed. (Author)