Provides the minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Council of Representatives February 16-18, 2007, Washington, DC, and August 9 and 13, 2007, San Francisco, CA, and minutes of the February, June, August, and December 2007 meetings of the Board of Directors. These minutes are the official record of the actions of the American Psychological…

This annual report of the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) contains an overview of activities of the Council between July 1, 2006 and June 30, 2007. These include programs, awards, publications, advisory groups, grants and contracts, and financial statements. It also includes a list of staff, a letter from the chairperson Paula…

The authors conducted a study of effective teaching using structured interviews of 29 university professors who had won teaching awards. They found that effective teaching is more than a bundle of techniques used in a masterful manner. Indeed, it embodies an elusive quality that the authors call caring. Caring, they found, reveals itself in two…

A citation from the 23rd P/A Awards Program for the design of an educational environment for 160 children between the ages of two and one-half and five years. (Author/MLF)

"People Pockets" located throughout a two-building complex encourage interaction between students. (Author/MLF)

Building design facilitates interaction between research, teaching, academics, and patient care. (Author/MLF)

Some 40,000 animals of various species and sizes are cared for at this facility used primarily for cancer research. (Author/MLF)

The Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Teaching were awarded for the first time in October 1983. This bulletin spotlights the two Oregon mathematics teachers who were nominated by the state for the national award. Sue McGraw and Fred Board are master teachers with unique, individual, and exceptional classroom teaching…

Intended to make more accessible the writing of special merit by Canadian reporters and writers about subjects that were particularly important or interesting at the time, this book contains the articles that received the National Newspaper Awards. Following each story is an interview with the winning author. Also included are winning feature and…

The central element of this teaching museum is an open sculpture gallery on the third-floor level, beyond the reach of vandals. (Author/MLF)

An English committee read and evaluated 85 children's books and chose ten of them for the 1975 list of notable English-Canadian children's books. All forms of fiction and non-fiction were considered, and selection criteria included evaluation of the theme, setting, plot, characters, style, illustrations, and factual information. Entries are…

Complete procedural outlines for the operation of the Hamilton County (Ohio) interscholastic athletic program are presented. Recommendations for dealing with such eventualities as the energy crisis and wet playing grounds are included. Criteria are set for all-star selection in various school sports, and rules for the award of special recognition…

A biennial compilation of honors awarded in the children's book field, this book includes major international and foreign awards of English-speaking countries. The awards are arranged alphabetically. Each entry includes a brief history of the award and, with a few exceptions, the titles of all winners from the first to the most recent, as of June…

A P/A research award was given to a HUD-sponsored study that forms the basis for a revised national standard for barrier-free design. (Author/MLF)