Article from TRAINING TECHNOLOGY, v9 n9 pS24-S28, Sep 1969, a supplement to EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY.

A university laboratory school uses grouping within primary, intermediate, and middle-school levels to accommodate the needs of students gifted in reading, spelling, math, and social studies. Such a program in a regular elementary school would require review of materials by teachers and school-wide planning. (CL)

Compares the advantages of using chickens over rats in college-level introductory psychology lab courses. Chicks are cheaper, gentler, easier to handle, and require less time to adapt to laboratory conditions than rats. They are also easy to condition and impervious to distraction by room noise. (AM)

Describes an experiment using the method of magnitude estimation to scale odorant intensities when the subject is in a nonadapted state, in an adapted state, and in a cross-adapted state. (Author/KC)

Discusses Concordia University Colloquium in July 1981 whose theme was a renaissance for the language laboratory. The primary conclusion was that the language laboratory of the past is destined to become the open learning center of the future and that communicative drills must replace mechanical manipulations of language. (Author/BK)