This issue of the Journal contains the following articles and features: (1) "Information for English Teachers"; (2) "The Group-Oral Test: An Experiment," by T. Reves; (3) "Finding a New Method for Testing Oral Proficiency," by L. Taharlev; (4) "The Experimental Oral Examination," by Y. Lapushin; (5) "One Vote for the Group Oral Test," by E.…

The teaching act has five phases requiring tactics and means for achieving objectives. Nine categories of tactics constitute a framework for organizing the means. This article presents an inservice discussion designed to help preschool teachers understand the functions of strategy categories and thereby improve their teaching and children's…

This report describes an instructional unit on government documents for college freshmen, implemented at the university library at Southest Missouri State University. Government documents in the federal depository library were the focus for the unit. In the introductory session to library use, the students often received only a cursory…

A set of guidelines for evaluating interactive multimedia used in college instruction is offered in the form of 10 "commandments" illustrated with humorous anecdotes. They stress descriptive approaches to research and evaluation, including modeling methods that integrate quantitative and qualitative data. (Author/MSE)

Describes how one teacher found that children of every ability level are very motivated to create technology-enhanced projects using the Internet, online databases, scanned pictures and drawings, and video clips or hyperlinks. Notes that such projects can help teachers differentiate curriculum for all children, and lists resources for teaching…

CNN Newsroom is a daily 15-minute commercial-free news program specifically produced for classroom use and provided free to participating schools. These Daily Classroom Guides support broadcasts of CNN Newsroom for January 1999. Each guide contains program rundowns for that day's broadcast, discussion activities, and links to external Web sites.…

This guide is designed to supplement a computer disk (a hypercard stack) that introduces students to issues raised in the debate over global warming. The stack is recommended for grades 9 through 12, and is appropriate for social studies, government, or science courses. This guide integrates a number of interactive teaching strategies including…

This reference manual provides practical strategies for teaching a wide range of study skills at the elementary and secondary grade levels. Following a brief introduction, the manual presents an overview of study skills and strategies for various content areas and grade levels. The next section discusses guidelines for developing a study skills…

Developed by the North Carolina Curriculum Study Taskforce to meet every student's need to be technologically literate, this technology education course guide outlines a communications systems course for grades 9-10. After a brief explanation describing the use of the curriculum guide in an instructional system involving the teacher, students,…

Part 3 of a series of 13 instructor's manuals for the competency based instruction of curriculum consultants for exceptional children focuses on the evaluation of materials and media. Three competencies are considered: (1) that a curriculum consultant should be familiar with the variety of instructional materials and media available to classroom…

Part 12 of a series of 13 instructor's manuals for the competency based training of curriculum consultants for exceptional children focuses on training teachers and administrators in the selection of materials and media. Two competencies are considered: (1) that a curriculum consultant should be capable of training teachers and administrators in…

"The E-Rate in America" (February 2000) was one of the earliest efforts to assess the impact of the then-new federal program. In this second phase of the study, the Benton Foundation and the Center for Children and Technology continue to investigate the E-Rate while developing new tools to assist teachers, administrators, and…

The author describes several teaching aids and techniques to help blind and partially sighted students understand electronics, specifically devices (with availability) he has found effective in preparing a blind student for a ham radio license: an audital multimeter, raised line drawings, Opticon, braille texts, and Speech Pulse Calculator. (MF)

Discusses a self-instructional programed Visual-Tutorial learning system, designed to teach preservice elementary school teachers both theory and skills related to effective classroom utilization of audiovisual materials and equipment. An outline of the course, "Media Practicum," is included. (RAO)

Describes a video/language arts curriculum for at-risk students, based on Paulo Freire's "education for critical consciousness." Discusses students on a Navajo reservation learned basic literacy skills while drawing on their personal experiences. Shows how Freire's pedagogy of listening, dialogue, and action were incorporated into all…