The game of Chomp is described; it provides an opportunity to build a mathematical system. Definitions, theorems, and proofs are included. (MNS)

Compares South Africa's apartheid with racial segregation in the southern United States during the 1940s, 50s, and 60s. Reviews current discrimination against Blacks in South Africa and examines the question of disinvestment. Concludes that the White South African government will fall. (JDH)

The concept of cooperative learning, a way to structure the class and instruction so that students work together in small heterogeneous groups to accomplish a common goal, is discussed. Cooperative learning in home economics classrooms, specifically Student Teams Achievement, is examined. (CT)

Examines William Norwood Brigance's distinguished career as a teacher, scholar, and leader in the speech communication profession. Questions why Brigance remained at Wabash College throughout his teaching career, and describes how his articles, books, and speeches reinforced his commitment to teaching effective citizen participation in a…

Describes a method for involving disabled readers with Shakespeare texts by means of reading aloud, writing, and workshops. (HTH)

Presents a descriptive exercise, also useful for technical writing, that provides a real reader and a strong sense of the nature of descriptive writing. Students are given sketches of an art piece that they must describe for a museum for identification. (HTH)

The author describes the application of the vocational method of instruction, a technique focusing on real-world laboratory settings and private sector involvement, to the programs of an academic high school, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax County, Virginia. (CH)

Study of 532 elementary and secondary school students that tested science anxiety suggests that females are more anxious about studying science than males at every grade level. Links among achievement, attitudes, and science anxiety appear to be strong and should give researchers a solid base upon which to build while enhancing the quality of the…

Six retarded young adults were trained to select grocery items using picture cards as cues and to reject either (1) maximally different negative examples or (2) minimally different negative examples. Training with minimally different negative examples was functionally related to improved rejection of nontrained negative items in a nontrained…

Positive teacher attitudes are necessary for educating emotionally handicapped adolescents, including ability to convince students that their problems can be overcome, that every student has some asset upon which to build, and that the classroom can be an enjoyable place. Guidelines are presented for teachers interested in creating a classroom…

A three-step process for teaching situational problem-solving and critical thinking to learning disabled adolescents is described: (1) Motivation (recognizing the problem and the importance of solving it); (2) Association (relating the problem to similar past situations); (3) Processing (identifying possible solutions and choosing the most…

Three instructional approaches have worked well in increasing reading fluency of students with reading difficulties: previewing; hypothesis/test training; and repeated readings. However, it is crucial that students also receive instruction in reading comprehension. (CB)

Teachers have successfully used three Principles of Teacher Training (Curry Sato, 1984) as guidelines for identifying and solving instructional problems with gifted students. Teaching styles were changed through training, which was (1) reinforced through appropriate materials; (2) attempted to meet participants' specific needs; and (3) was…

Evaluation of a 6-year-old's phonological and morphological systems led to the development of three hypotheses regarding the nature of her language impairment which were then tested by monitoring the child's progress in therapy. Results suggested continuing reliance on simplification processes similar to these of younger normal children.…

When hearing raters subjectively evaluated the signed and spoken output of 25 sign language interpreters, rater agreement was between 0.52-0.86; the correlation between subjective and objective evaluation was between 0.59-0.79. Raters were unsuccessful in identifying which interpreters had deaf parents. (CB)