A reenactment that attempts to re-create and relive the sequence of events of a significant historical happening can be an essential power for learning history. Suggestions to help teachers develop and plan a reenactment are made. (RM)

Determined high school sophomores are desirable candidates for advanced placement European history courses. One high school's experience in implementing such a program is discussed. (RM)

Economics teachers in Great Britain are very concerned about how their pupils will fare in the externally assessed examinations at the secondary level. Discusses the implications of the widening in the range of techniques being used in A-level economics examinations. (RM)

A mixed-method program evaluation, concurrently using both qualitative interview data and quantitative questionnaire data, was conducted. It illustrated significant design and analysis issues related to integrating quantitative and qualitative methods, specifically between-method and cross-paradigm triangulation. (Author/GDC)

Multiple linear regression is a versatile model for encompassing analysis of variance, analysis of covariance, and aptitude-by-treatment interaction designs. The questions of how to teach the coding of levels of a qualitative variable is addressed in this paper. (Author/LMO)

Describes the gathering of 31 educators who discussed the teaching and learning of the humanities at the baccalaureate level, and also considers how secondary and graduate education have affected undergraduate education and been affected by it. Considers teaching methods, teacher qualifications, curriculum evaluation, textbooks, and graduate…

This article examines the role that handedness may play in skill development in typewriting and shorthand courses. Teaching procedures that appear to discriminate against the left-handed student will be examined. Also, the positioning of supplies--left or right side--and the use of right-handed equipment are examined. (CT)

Encourages practicing school counselors to present programs at conferences and to provide in-service training for their faculties. Planning strategies are offered. (BL)

Describes results of a study conducted to determine the factors that extension agents perceived as encouraging and discouraging successful instructional applications in extension programming. Results concerned how agents used computers, factors encouraging instructional application, factors discouraging application, recommendations for improving…

Training managers discuss aspects of their job that must be learned on the job, rather than in training. Examines the value of line managers, the goals of the training director, the responsibility for management education, and the ideal training department. Examples are presented from various companies. (CT)

Employed a 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 design to investigate predictions of social influence theory with respect to subjects' evaluations of the counselors. Multivariate and univariate analyses supported social influence theory. No gender differences were present. (Author/ABB)

Reviews the legal proceedings involved in the provisions of appropriate language assessment of children with English language deficiencies. Includes discussion of policy issues in language assessment and the assessment requirements of California, Texas, and Illinois. Includes discussion of recommended provisions provided as part of the bilingual…

Functional assessment of the severely mentally handicapped should take place in the natural environment and should consider present as well as future needs in the following domains: personal-social, daily living skills, leisure, and work activities. (CL)

The author focuses on the evaluation of behavior disordered student progress both during and after treatment. He specifies procedures, describes outcome measures that can be monitored and procedures for data collection, and discusses experimental designs that allow observed changes in client behavior to be attributed to specified programs or…

Reports on a study designed to determine the effects of preteaching vocabulary of differing levels of importance to a text using two different methods of instruction on children's comprehension of basal stories. Concludes that, in general, the results supported the growing evidence for the "direct effect" of instruction on children's text…