A brief checklist of relevant issues for school board members, school administrators, and others purchasing microcomputers for use in the schools. (JJD)

Describes a program designed by a practicing inventor to systematically teach gifted and talented elementary school students how to be inventive. Examples of typical student inventions and an appendix listing steps or keys in inventing are included. (Author/RH)

Describes an analysis of the possibilities open to the designer of class teaching materials based on the use of a microcomputer. Program design and use are related to the facilities the computer offers, aspects of teaching to which they contribute, and to the problems of making materials easy to use. (Author/CHC)

An objective educational security evaluation by a qualified consultant will result in a lessening of security risks. Guidelines are offered for selecting and working with a consultant. (Author/MLF)

This article focuses on the implications for preschool facilities of several types of legislation designed to secure and protect the rights of the disabled. A checklist pertinent to accessibility for handicapped children is included. (Author/DB)

Lists 12 performance standards, each with defining behavior indicators, that constitute competencies for instructors at the Bell System Center for Technical Education and that support goals and objectives of the Center's training program. Included is the Instructor Effectiveness Feedback Checklist used by training managers during observations of…

The author outlines steps for organizing a successful workshop. A planning checklist and flow chart are included. (SJL)

Provides a checklist that considers "learnability" factors as well as "understandability" factors to use as an alternative to readability formulas. (MKM)

Offers a checklist for use in evaluating business letters written by students. Contends that the checklist can simplify paper checking, objectify grading, help students better prepare their letter assignments, and facilitate their understanding of letter writing principles. (FL)

Multidimensional scaling procedures were applied to checklist measures of stages from the Tiedeman-O'Hara decision-making paradigm. Responses from two adolescent samples were analyzed to test the hypothesis that stages are ordered and represent the dominant psychological states. Results did not support stage dominance theory. (Author/RC)

Outlines an approach to identifying and helping children with learning disabilities. (CM)

Presents a checklist which can be used in the development of materials and activities to develop visual abilities; and includes a visual preference survey designed to provide data needed in responding to some of the checklist items, especially those related to learner abilities and preferences. (CMV)

Contains a bibliography of reference books and a checklist of suggestions that focus on professional growth and on the creation of a more student-centered approach to the teaching of English in the 80s. (DD)

Briefly presents 20 premises about educators' function and roles in the teaching/learning process. (MLF)

Principals should familiarize teachers with the benefits of nonverbal procedures for classroom management and discipline enforcement. A behavior-management checklist of nonverbal techniques (eye contact, touching, smiling, and frowning) can be used in a series of short visits. At least 75% of control techniques should be nonverbal. Relying on…