A coed health education course for hearing impaired 11th graders touched upon family relationships and sexuality. Resources for health education are listed. (CL)

This article focuses on three aspects of kinesiology: training principles, technique, and class design as they relate to injury prevention. Recommendations for prevention of some common dance injuries are offered. (MT)

Points out that programing as subject matter emerges at various points in academic programs: in introductory courses, in radio and television production and management courses, etc. Outlines programing course structure covering units or comprehensive treatment of the subject. (PD)

An interdisciplinary course in American literature presented deaf high schoolers with a comprehensive survey of American literature in a historical context. Skills in research, critical thinking, expresssion of ideas and opinions, and group interaction were emphasized. (CL)

Reviews the history of the evolution-creationism controversy, citing court cases pertaining to it. (FL)

Discusses issues related to teaching about orbitals in beginning chemistry courses. Lavoisier's rule, Lewis's orbitals, Pauli's principle, the physics related to chemical concepts are examined. The American Chemical Society's Committee on Professional Training's position on these issues is briefly addressed. (JN)

Describes the content, objectives, and requirements for a one-semester (30 20-hour sessions) graduate engineering course at the University of Concepcion, Chile. Major course topics include: structure and properties of coal; coal pyrolysis and carbonization; coal liquefaction; coal combustion and gasification; and economic and environmental…

Claims that "Choices," a teaching unit on nuclear confrontation produced by the Union of Concerned Scientists and the National Education Association, misrepresents the world nuclear situation and should not be used by teachers intent on conveying unbiased information. Suggests "The Apocalyptic Premise: Nuclear Arms Debated" as…

The study reported here is part of a continuing project with the goal of determining the place of behavioral accounting in the accounting curricula. While the first two studies focused on the graduate accounting curricula and the practitioners' opinions on the subject, this study concentrates on the behavioral accounting content of undergraduate…

This syllabus, based on a genre approach to experimental works, focuses on exploring film both as a personal expression and as a medium, rather than as mass entertainment. (PD)

Reports results of a survey of graduate courses in argumentation theory. Includes data on types of courses, theorists, historical and basic concepts in argument, everyday argument, resources (books and articles), etc. (PD)

Argues that secondary communication courses are a likely and promising forum for peace education. Offers ideas for content development. (PD)

A former school administrator advises several bold steps to strengthen administrators: put meaning into language, reason into changes, responsibility into rights, enforcement into rules, and substance into instruction. (MD)

The article describes project SNAP (Special Needs Action Programme), an inservice effort to improve identification and intervention with handicapped primary students in Coventry, England. The first course developed by the project, on learning difficulties, is discussed. Followup to the course is stressed, and five additional SNAP courses are…

Describes a course designed to teach engineers how to accomplish computer graphics techniques on a limited scale with the Apple computer. The same mathematics and program code will also function for larger and more complex computers. Course content, instructional strategies, student evaluation, and recommendations are considered. (JN)