A project is described that aims: (1) to give undergraduate pharmacy students an understanding of the complexities of communicating medication information to patients, and (2) to teach skills in the design, analysis, and evaluation of written patient medication information. Materials students developed were evaluated by fellow students (MSE)

A study assessed the extent of health education services provided by community health services in Illinois. The need for agencies to define target populations and their health education needs and to state agency educational objectives clearly is underscored. (PP)

Potential instructional uses of the computer for expanding middle school mathematics programs are described. Content areas which are represented include geometry, number theory, computation, consumer education, and probability. (Author/JN)

The relationship between interaction and achievement in cooperative small groups was studied in four junior high school mathematics classrooms. The interaction variable that related most strongly to achievement was asking a question and receiving no response; this type of interaction was negatively related to achievement. (Author/BW)

Suggestions are given for ways to help students sharpen their mathematical skills and clarify the value systems that underlie their present and future consumer decisions. Focuses on determining costs, solving household problems involving measurement, reading and interpreting graphs and tables, and using concepts of average and percent. (MP)

The American College Testing Program sought to determine whether metric education for adult consumers would result in more positive attitudes to metric conversion. Examining preopinion, pretest, posttest, post-opinion, and background data, the researchers found that simply teaching adults how to use the metric system does not significantly affect…

Presented are a series of five short essays on the topic of improving the health of Americans through nutrition education. The future demography is discussed as it relates to declines in sizes of households, more fast-food establishments, and increased needs for nutrition information. (SA)

The same principles are involved in the successful management of business and household, and helping students to learn personal or home financial management is a step toward business management. The author outlines strategies in family financial planning, organizing, and directing, with applications to business, for a family financial management…

Discusses the development of an economics curriculum in relation to the limited social, political, and economic realities which form the framework of a school's operation. Considers what schools must do, are not allowed to do, can do, know enough to do, and cannot control. (KC)

The published literature addressing grocery shopping instruction for individuals with moderate, severe, or profound intellectual disabilities was reviewed. Discussion focuses on variables associated with effective instructional programming, including maintenance, generalization, reliability, and social validity. (Author)

Describes barriers that prevent Latinos from becoming advocates for special education. Stresses the integration of important systems and cultural variables in working with Latino clients and the need for professionals to adopt a paradigm shift. Outlines an integrated model that provides advocacy training to Latinos within a culturally sensitive…

Discusses the connection between economics and decision making in everyday life. Compares basic economic concepts such as choices, scarcity, opportunity costs, indirect costs, and decision making to the choices that students make in their personal lives. Maintains that through the study of economics, students can become responsible decision…

Provides highlights of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act of 1990. Includes information about basic state grants, tech prep, supplementary grants, consumer education, career guidance, community-based organizations, bilingual vocational education, and other programs. (JOW)

Presents an activity in which students use cereal boxes to describe, classify, order, analyze, graph, tally, and make connections and to study pricing, measures of central tendency, consumerism, measurement, and probability. (MKR)

A constant time delay procedure was used to teach four adolescents with moderate mental retardation to select lower priced grocery items using an adaptive number line. Students reached criterion, maintained the skill up to 14 weeks after training, and generalized the skill from the classroom to a community grocery store. (Author/DB)