This booklet is a product of the Dan O'Brien Education Program, which was created in 1993 by the Educational Resources Information Center Clearinghouse on Educational Management. The program was designed to help young people gain the most from their education. It outlines five lessons for setting and achieving goals: (1) window of opportunity; (2)…

A cooperative effort, Project LOEX (Library Orientation Exchange), designed to exchange ideas and information relating to orientation and instruction in academic libraries is discussed. (Author/SJ)

Groups assigned to the High Orientation condition'', wherein a confederate manipulated behavior, were significantly closer to concensus after discussion than groups in either the Low or No Orientation conditions''; thirty groups were involved in the study. (Author/SP)

Describes process of placing poems on paper so that images emerge when the poems are viewed through an old-style stereoopticon. (SP)

Activities to be used in teaching children to distinguish between their left and right hands and to understand the concept of left to right are given. (DB)

Agrees with Ralph Tyler that instructional intent can and should be precise to the extent that some desired behavioral objectives can be defined. (DE)

The author comments on the freedom available to students under traditional educational systems and in free schools. (AK)

Beginning teachers need to be exposed to gifted and handicapped children on an experimental basis before they are faced with the responsibility of teaching them in the classroom. A plan to fulfill this need is presented. (CK)

Children explore, test, and play in their recreational activities, but present playgrounds do not allow for adequate exploration of spatial relationships. (RA)