This brief overview of some vocabulary control schemes in non-scientific fields is intended to suggest that the complexity of the design problem increases with the newness of the field involved. (Author/NH)

Suggestions are offered to give direction to classroom teachers who desire to turn their spelling program around and provide meaningful instruction based on the written communication needs of each student. (Author/MB)

Interviews with project directors of various research and development centers provide information on programs intended to give teachers practical help in teaching mentally retarded children. (GW)

Article supported in part by a grant from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (VM)

Research supported in part by a National Science Foundation Grant. (VM)

Teachers, through raising their eyes from textbooks and looking at living language as it influences the lives of individual people and the course of human events, can help children preserve their early zest for language. (Author)

Authors suggest the development of learning experiences which bridge the boundaries suggested by conventional grade level divisions. (Editor/MB)

Reviews the importance of reading and several aspects of the present situation in reading instruction. Emphasizes the role of the individual and the need for leadership as the field of reading moves into the future. (MB)