Discusses a cooperative effort between Gulf Oil Corporation and Chatham College in Pittsburgh to offer a career development program for women. Details the organization, content, and assessment of the program. (JOW)

The writing skills workshops of the Johns Hopkins University Program for Verbally Gifted Youth (PVGY) are described. Students who have taken the workshops score high on such tests as the College Board Advanced Placement English Language and Composition Test. (DB)

Several programs to alleviate math anxiety are now being conducted for elementary and secondary teachers, as well as for high school and college students. (Author/MLF)

Sets forth some essential facts about the aging process and discusses issues of concern to those who teach art workshops to older adults. (FL)

Describes the use of television as a tool to start parents and kids talking to each other about sensitive, serious issues. (Author/JM)

Presented are 11 sources of literature relating to inservice courses, programs; training materials, and workshop descriptions to aid classroom teachers in the mainstreaming of handicapped students. (LH)

Describes a successful five-day writing workshop held at West Chester State College (Pennsylvania) for teachers from a variety of departments, which increased the participants' insights into the writing process and changed their attitudes about writing instruction. (DD)

Describes a series of "Writing across the Curriculum Workshops" for faculty members at Michigan Technological University. (DD)

Reviews the XIIth International Conference of the International Society for Music Education (ISME), held in Montreux, Switzerland, July 10-17, 1976. (Editor/RK)

Discusses the importance for teachers of conflict resolution through negotiation and describes a model teachers' workshop on conflict resolution. (JG)

A facilitator of workshops and assemblies on social skills recounts revealing dialogs with elementary and middle-level students. Discussion, often accompanied by singing and guitar music, focuses on the issues of belonging, fitting in, making friends, offering support, and practicing empathy. The music is the vehicle for helping students express…

To facilitate effective group learning, adult educators should understand group dynamics, group size and structure, process, expectations and ground rules, and learning styles. Cooperation, active learning, and creative problem solving are enhanced in group instruction. (SK)

Residential workshops make a unique contribution to learning. They provide detachment and continuity, creating an atmosphere that enables breadth and depth of experience. (SK)

Outlines a workshop to develop and discuss strategies for formative evaluation of courseware and to create evaluation tools appropriate to those strategies. After watching a software demonstration, small groups devised evaluation strategies. Two approaches were identified: one to evaluate the software and printed material separately and together,…

A school board member in Gilman, Wisconsin, started a literary awards program to improve student writing. Students compete for prizes, and at the end of each year the winning entries are published in a literary magazine. (MLF)