In training nonprofessionals for a mental health project leadership role, directors attempted to find methods which were responsive to the needs of trainees. General appraisal of training and training techniques are presented. )Author/BY(

As community colleges open their doors to a wider range of students a variety of programs must be designed to develop basic skills in underachievers. (Editor/IR)

Compared student performance on test of subject-matter after a 7 day unit on evolution taught by either individual study, group discussion, large-group instruction, or by a combination of these three methods. Found no significant difference among groups when pretest score used as dovariate. (AL)

Revised version of speech delivered at the Annual Conference, Joint Council of Language Associations, at the University of Kent, Canterbury, England, in December 1970. (DS)

Criticizes a thematic approach to English instruction advocated by J. R. Osgerby Yin English in a College of Education: A New Approach," The Use of English," vol. 21, no. 4 (Summer 1970), pp. 306-16, 321I on the basis that such an approach leads students away from an experience of the literature itself and into the realms of sociology…

Describes a British college of education's thematic approach to English based on a tutorial unit containing 6-8 students. (DD)

Bibliography sponsored by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). (DS)

Describes the difficulties students have in learning to read textbooks togain information for content areas and notes ways in which the teacher should promote textbook readiness. Bibliography. (RW)