Laid-off music teachers should make sure their educational self-improvement is cost-effective. Some skills can be acquired without formal instruction. If graduate school is indicated, teachers should choose prestigious schools and should try to get scholarships or assistantships. Broader qualifications can also help employment potential. (CS)

Geography must help students understand the interrelationships of people with each other and with their surroundings. Describes a world geography unit for the sixth grade based upon the climatic regions of the world. By asking questions at increasingly higher levels, teachers can raise students' thinking skills. (CS)

Students must develop skills in map reading, map interpretation, and mapping in order to use maps and globes effectively. Presents a compilation of basic map skills and concepts, along with techniques and "tips" for teaching map skills to grades six through eleven. (CS)

Use of a retention test in an investigation regarding the post-knowledge of results (KR) interval provides evidence suggesting that, while activity during the post-KR interval is detrimental to performance, no such assumption can be made about its effect on learning. Implications for motor learning and performance are discussed. (Author/PP)

Presents a sequential model for teaching interview skills based on job interview research. The model integrates objectives of interview training with methods, and teaches students how to prepare for an interview, communicate effectively, identify goals, and reduce anxiety. (JAC)

Describes a teaching unit, "Writing Detective Stories," that stimulates students to want to read and to discover what they want to say and write. Offers suggestions for use by teachers in guiding students through the process of writing. Lists detective stories that children enjoy. (FL)

A Microcounseling Skill Discrimination Scale (MSDS) was developed to measure ability to discriminate between effective and ineffective verbal and nonverbal helping messages. Both trained and naive groups successfully discriminated between effective and ineffective verbal and nonverbal helping messages, with trained raters showing a greater range…

Defines the relationship between theory and practice with specific reference to the inquiry process. Presents a five phase explanation of the inquiry process and provides a practical illustration of each phase. (Author/DB)

Defines placement to include any and all activities designed to assist students accomplish the transition from one career role to the next desired level of career preparation, procurement, or advancement. Priority is given to those activities which are designed to promote student independence in career placement. (WL)

Students using a computer to check their answers to an exercise involving a public health problem found that it was programmed to give instant feedback tailored to their individual learning needs. The author concludes that the computer can serve as a sensitive educational tool for teaching theoretical concepts and their logical application to a…

Techniques for teaching listening and speaking skills in the social studies are discussed. The historical importance of rhetoric in education and its relation to the modern social studies curriculum are stressed. (Author/DB)

Explores the value of workbooks in improving student work-study skills in social studies. Presents an assessment of students' skills, a discussion of conceptualization skills, and describes a balanced skills program. (Author/DB)

This article contains suggestions which secondary history teachers can implement to teach students how to prepare and write a problem-centered research essay in United States history. By applying sound research methodologies to a historical question students develop critical thinking skills. (Author/RM)

Reports on some growth points in the use of microteaching techniques. (Editor)

This paper examines, briefly, the basis and outline of career education in public schools, presents data showing the extent of college graduate job experimentation and provides a possible classroom approach to career education in colleges. (Author)