Low achievement in school is often a result of poor reading skills. These authors outline an alternate, nonreading curriculum that emphasizes content, not skill. (Author/JM)

A multimedia course in career development for hearing impaired freshmen at Gallaudet College is described. The course, part of a five stage model, provides a teacher's guide, student notebook, videotape, and slide series dealing with career awareness and career exploration. The 16 lesson course syllabus is appended. (CL)

A simulated advertising compaign and other business management experiences in a high school business organization course are described. In deciding what kind of business to start, how to obtain capital, and how to organize and operate successfully, students learned the importance of human relations and caution in business. (MF)

A learning organization set up to pursue meta- or process-goals for management students is described in terms of its theoretical bases and course structure. Student perceptions of the course and its outcomes are compared with expectations; discrepancies are discussed along with criticisms of the approach within a university context. (JMF)

Results of surveys, conducted in 1972 (N=68 institutions) and 1977 (N=73 institutions), of first-year college biology courses are discussed, relative to changes in course emphasis, class size, number of offerings, and course titles. Institutions contacted for survey purposes were those receiving ten or more Biology Advanced Placement candidates.…

Explains how to teach undergraduate students in a comparative psychology course to undertake social science research. Information is presented on selecting appropriate research projects, choosing students with a variety of research styles, and course evaluation. (DB)

A report is given of a health education project which is developing ideas and formats for learning units, recordkeeping systems, management models, needs assessment, and program evaluation and revision. (JD)

Discusses the secondary status in teaching history in relation to contemporary emphasis on values, self-esteem, and attitude. Explains how this has taken place and proposes returning content to a primary position by teaching history as a usable past. (CK)

A team of faculty members and graduate students identified major concepts and developed validated test questions for two widely used textbooks in personal hygiene classes in order to standardize norms for classes and supplement inadequate instructor's manuals. (JMF)

Describes a mass media course with the decision-making process at its center. The course uses a set of problem modules, each broken down into a sequence of integrated steps. (JMF)

Reports on a survey by the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) of the courses offered and required in the area of business communication. The emphasis of most courses is on written communication. (JMF)

Argues that there are several shortcomings in the usual textbook treatment of consumer equilibrium theory and proposes the removal of the law of diminishing marginal utility from advanced level syllabuses. (Author)

A philosophy course designed for gifted eleventh and twelfth grade students is described. Goals of increasing student sensitivity, awareness and logic are discussed, and general classroom procedures outlined. (CL)

Describes a course in which students analyze man-made materials utilizing mineralogical facts and techniques. Discusses course content, teaching methods, and course evaluation. (MA)

Considers some approaches in the area of specific academic course work opportunities in the development of a comprehensive human sexuality program. (Author/RK)