"News and Notes" is published periodically during the academic year. Topics of typical issues are rotated to include each of the several social science disciplines and social science education. Usually included are: 1) A lead article focusing on what's new in the social sciences; 2) Descriptions of social studies/social science classroom…

"This Fragile Earth" is the theme portrayed in this newsletter from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. Since we are being faced with the problem of survival because of the deterioration of the environment, it is suggested that the fragile quality of the environment can serve as a means of impressing upon young people their…

The American Sociological Association's sub-committee on liaison with East European sociologists has started publishing this newsletter 6 times a year to inform social scientists of professional events. Sections in the newsletter are directed to professional meetings in countries of this area, research opportunities, grants awarded, publications…

The objectives of this study were to design a self-instructional or programmed learning instrument that would enable the learner to obtain training in what the newsletter can do and how to produce an effective newsletter. Programmed instruction is defined and discussed, and the use of programmed instruction in adult education is referenced.…

The Social Science Research Council's (SSRC) purpose is to sponsor social science research programs and research projects and administer grants to institutions and individuals for research and post-graduate academic training. The tri-annual newsletter contents include: brief articles; announcements of research grants and scholarships made by SSRS…

This newsletter contains a supplementary directory of alternative schools in the United States and Canada, grouped alphabetically by State or Province including the name, address, and grade levels of each listed new school. Corrections to SO 001 788, the Directory of New, Innovative Schools, are in a second section. Finally, regional…

Compiled in this newsletter are activities, viewpoints, reports, extracts from speeches, and book reviews by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Principal items deal with the 11th General Assembly of the IUCN held September, 1972 in Banff, Alberta, Canada. A general summary of the meeting is reported as…

This publication of the Commission on Undergraduate Education in the Biological Sciences contains the final report of activities of the Commission during the years 1963-1972. The Commission was established to narrow the gap between current biological research and undergraduate biology teaching. In keeping with this objective, the report is divided…

The aim of this newsletter, issued six times a year, is to help social studies teachers and supervisors define issues or questions concerning social studies program planning and suggest directions for dealing with issues. Suppositions for the teacher concerning their instructional programs are offered, followed by suggestions to consider in each…

This 55-page annotated bibliography of teacher training is divided into four sections. Each section contains an alphabetical listing of items; each item is assigned a number. The four sections are as follows: a) Packaged Programs and Guides (self-contained modules, guides, and "how-to-do-it" manuals, #100-299); b) Articles (descriptions of aspects…

The use of Bayesian statistics as the basis of classical analysis of data is described. Bayesian analysis is a set of procedures for changing opinions about a given phenomenon based upon rational observation of a set of data. The Bayesian arrives at a set of prior beliefs regarding some states of nature; he observes data in a study and then…

Approximately 150 newsletters, newspapers, and other periodicals are cited in this bibliography of current sources of information about or directed toward North American Indians. One-sentence descriptions of content, ordering information, and frequency of publication are provided. The majority of the periodicals cited emphasize current events of…

Short notes on the progress of five science and four mathematics curriculum projects in Britain; reports of conferences on mathematics and science education, educational technology, and the Mathematics Association; reports on the activities of a number of educational and professional associations; comments on examination procedures, a teachers'…

A new format for newsletters that makes effective school-parent communication possible with a reasonable amount of teacher effort is suggested. (CM)

Describes the process of redesigning an association's monthly newsletter. (AEA)