The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) is a federally funded, nationwide information network designed to provide users with ready access to education literature. The mission of the ERIC system is to improve American education by increasing and facilitating the use of educational research and information to improve practice in…

The Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education (ENC) helps teachers by offering a broad assortment of services to enable them to quickly locate educational resources. This theme issue of the serial "ENC Focus" is designed to give educators information on curriculum resources available for teaching math and science in…

The Elementary and Secondary Education Act and other U.S. Department of Education programs are already available to support mathematics instruction and yet these resources, particularly those of Title I, the largest source of federal funding for elementary and secondary schools, remain largely untapped for standards-based mathematics education.…

The report describes the evaluations of the current practices of Educational Technology Services (ETS) at Monroe Community College (New York) by the Customer Service Team. ETS provides all aspects of technology support to the College. The "customers" of ETS include students, faculty and staff. With the goal of developing a Customer…

This report is based on a study conducted by the National Science Board (NSB) and informs the national dialogue on the current state and future direction of the science and engineering (S&E) infrastructure. It highlights the role of the National Science Foundation (NSF) as well as the larger resource and management strategies of interest to…

There are millions of web pages available on the World Wide Web. Using the word "math" or "maths" in one of the many search engines such as Alta Vista brings forth details of many thousands of mathematics web pages. All around the world, mathematicians are more than willing to share their knowledge with others. However, this can present more…

As increased use of technology and empirical science spreads throughout the global community, the use of data and graphs to communicate information increases also. This digest offers resources for teaching and learning about probability and statistics. It begins with key issues and continues with recommendations to overcome the difficulties in the…

With the goal of enhancing cooperation and interaction among youth, youth organizations, and other service providers to the youth sector, this directory aims to give youth, as well as people and organizations involved and interested in youth-related issues, a comprehensive source of information on South African youth organizations and related…

More and more high schools are implementing Advisory programs for a variety of reasons: personalization, academics & study skills, life success skills, self-knowledge, addressing the concern about students feeling "lost" in the high school setting, first line of contact for the parents, and portfolios. But finding a way to schedule advisory can…

Presents a comprehensive, annotated list of new commercial products and publications for elementary and secondary English teachers using audiovisual aids. (RB)

Presents annotated bibliographies of new commercial products and publications on literature by and about white ethnic Americans. (RB)

Presents annotated bibliographies of new commercial products and publications on black literature with direct appeal to adolescents. (RB)

Career concepts should be an integral part of teaching, viewed as the organizing theme for all education. Reliance on human resources is at the heart of the program, while emerging technology and career education materials should be used as supplements. The author's suggestions to teachers will help them locate resources. (Author/AJ)

Describes Paul Walden's history of organic chemistry as a continuation of Carl Graebe's work, covering the period from 1880 to 1935. Indicates that a general intellectual outlook, controlling ideas, and mental furnishings characteristic of his time are revealed besides factual information about the classical age of organic chemistry. (CC)

Suggests some improvements and additional units necessary for the International Metric System to expand its use to all measureable entities and defined quantities, especially in the measurement of time and angles. Included are tables of proposed unit systems in contrast with the presently available systems. (CC)