The goals of the Beginning Teacher Induction Center at Glassboro State College, New Jersey, include providing beginning teachers with information based on research and development, as well as training, and technical assistance. The program provides support for beginning teachers by expanding professional learning experiences and helping beginning…

This document consists of nine issues of the National LOGO Exchange Newsletter (NLX). Each issue contains several articles as well as regular features and departments. The lead articles in this volume are entitled: (1) "Twenty Powerful Ideas" (Molly Watt); (2) "Multiple Turtles without Sprites" (James Hurley); (3)…

Student speech clinicians adhered to very rigid schedules in order to service a wide variety of clients and gain a range of experiences in many settings. As a result, it was often difficult for adequate communication to take place between the student diagnostic speech clinician and the parents of the 10 preschool children enrolled in the speech…

This newsletter consists of two parts; the first includes two briefs related to many European countries, and the second with reports from 12 individual countries. The first part includes a resolution on the preparation of young people for working life and brief comments on initiatives taken by the Education Ministers. Among the articles from the…

A project was undertaken jointly by the Seattle Public Library and Seattle University's Community Resource Center to establish a method of making pertinent information available to community group members. Activities of the Community Resource Center were to: (1) coordinate a computerized directory of community groups, (2) publish a newsletter, (3)…

RESEARCH STUDIES CONCERNED WITH THE APPROPRIATENESS AND EFFECTIVE UTILIZATION OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE CURRICULUM STUDY (BSCS) MATERIALS ARE DESCRIBED IN THIS NEWSLETTER. BSCS TESTS WERE ANALYZED AND RELATED TO OTHER TESTING INSTRUMENTS USED IN CONNECTION WITH THE BSCS PROGRAMS. DATA COLLECTED FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF TEST NORMS WERE ALSO USED IN A…

This document contains (1) a bibliography of precollege psychology textbooks; (2) a newsletter and historical correspondence of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Special Interest Group (SIG) of Psychology Educators; and (3) the tabular results of a comparative study of high school psychology teachers certified in social studies,…

Designed for use at the local level, this manual gives instructions for indexing newspapers and newsletters. Rules and procedures are given for deciding what kinds of information to index and what to avoid; storing and preserving the newspaper; reading and marking the paper; preparing cards, card sets, continuation cards, and cross references;…

A lead article, Approaches to Values Education, written by Douglas Superka, lists six problems and describes eight approaches to teaching values education. These appraoches include evocation, inculcation, awarness, moral reasoning, analysis, clarification, commitment, and union. Other inclusions in the newsletter are: (1) announcement of new…

This newsletter contains student experiments and demonstrations suitable for secondary chemistry instruction as well as laboratory safety tips, book reviews and several activities involving the chemistry of winemaking and crime detection. Articles include those on carbon disulfide bonding, the electrolysis of sodium chloride, a simple and accurate…

This report describes the wide variety of materials developed by the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS). These materials extend from kindergarten to college and include specific programs for the broad range of student abilities. The currently available BSCS learning programs are listed and described. These descriptions include a brief…

This issue of the newsletter of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is devoted to reports by seven members of the AAAS Consortium of Regional Environmental Education Councils, as well as other miscellaneous environmental news. Each report includes information on the progress of environmental education in that region and…

This self-instructional learning packet is one part of a competency-guided program for instructional supervisor preparation developed by the Special Education Supervisor Training (SEST) project. This packet deals with the task of promoting a favorable public image of school programs through effective use of the news media. The packet consists of…

This issue of the newsletter of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) presents articles related to such topics as standardized tests, population education projects, and male dominance in educational success in mathematics and science. Five articles presented relate to higher education and its role in improving instruction…

Intended for individuals and institutions wishing to establish inexpensively a library of reference materials and periodicals on the use of computing in teaching and learning activities, this document serves as a guide to selected materials in thet area. Three sections are included: (1) periodicals available free or by subscription of $8.00 or…