Discussed is the art teacher's role in dealing with the elementary level student with dystraphia, a dysfunction in the ability to coordinate hand movements in the process of representing a certain design. (SBH)

The current tendency toward uniformity of teaching methods and tests in the Hauptschulen ("terminal" junior high schools) is applauded. Using a picture story as an example, a list of criteria is given for the evaluation of student performance. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

A study of two final-year gymnasium classes showed that: (1) objective grading procedures (of "free" oral and written performance in the foreign language) correlate well with "global rating" by native speakers of the language; and (2) "free" oral performance correlates well with "free" written performance. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

HELP (P), the Higher Education Learning Project (Physics) is a collaborative venture among teachers of physics in several British universities involving skill development, stimulation of individualized study, and teaching techniques. (LBH)

A discussion of ways an adult can encourage and participate in a child's self-expression through movement and dance. (BD)

This study examined several hypotheses about second language learning by testing them in a training format designed to teach Spanish to children in the fifth through eighth grades and to adults in night school. (JMB)

So as to compare predicted achievement based upon WISC-R IQs and observed achievement by the WRAT standard scores, both instruments were administered by the same school psychologist to 282 urban students referred for psychological evaluation. The correlations obtained were substantial. (Author)

A heterogeneous group of elementary school children referred for psycho-educational diagnosis were rated on the Devereux Child Behavior Rating Scale and the Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test, scoring for Koppitz Emotional Indicators. Findings suggests that certain DCB factors may be more predictive of emotional problems than others in the scale.…

Reports an attempt to determine whether classroom instructional strategies can provide a means by which a teacher can cope with effects of communication apprehension. (MH)

Concluded that factual questions appear to inhibit the higher cognitive processes of grade 2 and grade 4 subjects, while the interpretive questions stimulate the higher cognitive processes. (DD)

Describes the ways in which the published results of research can find their way into practical application within the classroom very quickly. (JM)

Provided is a list of resources to assist teachers in planning reading programs which will stimulate the elementary level gifted reader to achieve according to his abilities. (SBH)

The use of maps in German classes to illustrate points of geography, history and culture is discussed. Slides and photocopies of maps are used, and map quizzes are taken with blank maps. (CHK)

This teaching technique for the foreign language class is designed to encourage cooperation among students and distribute speaking time equally. Materials to be discussed are cut apart in jigsaw fashion, and students must work together speaking the second language to assemble the correct information. (CHK)

Using the text "Fog May Spoil the Show," from the teaching text "How Do You Do," Stages 4 and 5, a strictly language analysis (rather than a literary, cultural or text analysis) is demonstrated. But structure and type of text and area study are also considered. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)