Seventy-five deaf students (9-16 years old) responded to items from P. Menyuk's Test of Grammatical Competence in an investigation of the degree to which deaf individuals draw on internalized grammatical rules and/or memory, and the effect of language teaching method, sex, and age on written English language ability. (Author/SBH)

Discusses the use of puns, riddles and jokes in building vocabulary, beginning reading, and fostering discussion. Examples are presented and further source materials are suggested. (EJS)

Analyzes the difference between "ultimate-target language" (authentic English in all its varieties), "learner's language" (with its limitations), and "learning-goal language," this latter referring to differentiated instruction with graded "input" steps. Teaching suggestions are given. (IFS/WGA)

Presents a method which draws upon students' imagination, creativity, and associative abilities and engages them in the language learning process. (Author/AM)

Examines two traditional approaches to the measurement of library service--the gathering of circulation and reference statistics--and relates them in a statistical model in an attempt to define real standards against which a library's activity can be compared. Graphs comparing reference and circulation statistics are included. (Author/JD)

A comparative analysis was made of academically experienced and inexperienced students in a college level counseling education program to determine the influence of practical experience in counseling. Findings indicated that most students in both groups benefited by receiving counseling skills training. (Author/DB)

A study was undertaken among 595 students in a college psychology course to determine the relationship of test performance to competing academic assignments. Findings indicate that, in spite of a high anxiety level, college students are able to deal with the usual variations in workload that characterize academia. (Author/DB)

Author suggests that contemporary song lyrics can illustrate the pluralism of male and female relationships. Social themes suggested are positive and negative self-images, submission, dominance, independence, and rebellion. Songs and performers are listed for each theme, and an extensive songbook and women's studies bibliography is provided. (BC)

A survey of valuable techniques for introducing children to the museum as a learning place. Museums can be helpful when used intelligently by a teacher who integrates tours into the curriculum. Scouting out local resources, developing the subject matter, designing the tour, and planning participatory activities, pretour preparation, and posttour…

Description of a 13-week Renaissance and Reformation course for students from grades 11 and 12 featuring student seminars. Article provides outlines for preparation of student presentations, seminar topics, and evaluation. Course also includes readings, tests, book reviews, class discussions, films, lectures, and socratic lessons. (BC)

Interviews with beginning teachers reveal that they agree that education students should take methods courses and apply them in a local school setting simultaneously. (JD)

Differences between accreditation and institutional self-evaluation flow less from particular procedures employed than from the fact that different people make judgements in each of these forms of assessment, and their differing perspectives reveal opposing values. The conflict in values highlights some basic questions about the future of…

Based on an earlier article that criticized the "Kodaly Method," this rebuttal is primarily addressed to those readers who may not have made up their minds about the value of the Kodaly concept. Discussed are the untruths and half-truths seen by the author, as well as misuses of the "method." (Author/RK)

Three hundred and fifty 5-11 year olds gave their opinions on what they would do as ideal teachers in an ideal world. The survey provided insight into students' needs, hopes, and priorities. (Author/RK)

The "geometry of distortion" and some prestidigitation show kids that lines, surfaces, and planes are not always what they seem. (Editor)