The first and major portion of this report of a film study project in Evanston, Illinois, lists films selected for use in grades 1-8, together with plot summaries of varying lengths, special uses for the films, suggested study questions and activities, sample student responses to questions and assignments, running times, appropriate age levels,…

The training manual is intended to serve as an aid for men who are seeking to acquire the theoretical knowledge and the operational skills required of candidates for advancement to Illustrator Draftsman First Class (DM 1) or Chief Illustrator Draftsman (DMC). It includes subject matter that is related to both the knowledge factors and the…

This volume is one of a series in an intensive audiolingual course in Russian designed for Air Force students. The course, consisting of 133 lessons in 26 volumes and taught in 37 weeks, seeks to train native English language speakers to a level 3 proficiency in comprehension and a level 2 proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing. Tapes are…

Each of the four lessons in this volume of basic Russian curriculum materials developed by the Defense Language Institute is arranged in six sections. They include: (1) structural features; (2) basic text--reading and narration; (3) grammar--homework; (4) structural drills--translations; (5) conversation--questions, answers, and interpreting; and…

Surveys television cartoons for preschoolers to analyze how they present the female gender. Finds that infant, shrew, eccentric, mother, frump, vamp, and twin role models dominate; argues that these stereotypes limit children's imagination of other possibilities. Notes that the repertoire of female characters seems to have become more…

This annotated subject guide to Web sites for grades K-8 focuses on chemistry, U.S. Civil War, drawing and cartooning, gravity and magnetism, motion, pets, science fiction and fantasy literature, and calendar connections for May observances. Specific grade levels are indicated for each annotation. (LRW)

The aims were, first, to identify behavioural, cognitive, emotional, and social coping responses to traumatic and stressful situations, and second, to examine how the nature and severity of traumatic events are associated with coping dimensions. Third, the effectiveness of coping dimensions was evaluated for their ability to buffer the children's…

The manual contains over eighty career education lesson plans which are aimed at instilling readiness for decision making in first and fifth grade students. The lessons are intended to go beyond the provision of occupational information and to focus on teaching students how to gather, evaluate, and integrate information. Lesson plans are keyed to…

Ways in which institutions of higher education can provide more meaningful information to students, especially prospective students, were studied. The specific study objective was to investigate the meaningfulness/understandability and comparability of written formats and to explore possible differences associated with age, ethnicity,…

The purpose of this pilot study was to provide data from which tentative conclusions could be made about adults and their ability to handle literary abstractions. A sample of 93 inmates (all male, 26 Negro, 67 white) at Sumter Correctional Institution was randomly chosen and asked to verbalize their reactions to four comic strips and to write…

This primer picture book may be used in various games and activities to extend the child's vocabulary and to provide pre-reading practice in letter and sound identification, categorization, and audio-visual discrimination. (Author/SK)

This is the first volume of the Intermediate Phase (lessons 16-92) of the German Basic Course developed by the Defense Language Institute. The course, normally requiring 19 weeks of training, focuses on developing mastery of structural elements of German through the audiolingual method. Dialogues are based on life situations and progress towards…

This study investigated the accuracy and types of interpretations that fifth, eighth, and eleventh graders gave to 24 editorial cartoons in four issue areas and the effect of intelligence on political cartoon interpretation. Numerous misinterpretations and no interpretations indicates assumptions that cartoons are an effective teaching medium…

The Status of Women section of the Proceedings contains the following 8 papers: "Coverage of Mars Exploration: Media Messages about Women Scientists" (Karon R. Speckman and Lois A. Bichler); "The Case of President Clinton and the Feminists: Discourses of Feminism in the News" (Dustin Harp); "Liberal Feminist Theory and…

Ideas for classroom activities and student-developed materials for immigrant English programs are drawn from worker's discussion of feelings and perceptions of the workplace. They include sociodrama, singing, photography, and cartoons. (MSE)