Describes applied nutrition education in English primary schools. Food activities units are suggested not only as a way of making nutrition education meaningful and enjoyable but also as a way of incorporating many disciplines and skills. (RH)

This paper describes the experiences of Colorado Springs School District Eleven in using multiple measures to determine if third graders were reading at "grade level." The use of multiple measures may be threatened by the rapidly increasing pressures about assessment and accountability in Colorado that teachers are beginning to feel that…

The use of peer tutors has been an educational tool for centuries. Students benefit by receiving immediate clarification of information they do not understand and feedback in a nonthreatening environment. Tutors reinforce their own knowledge and skills, build their self-confidence, and develop a sense of responsibility. Students of any age and…

Suggests classroom activities to prepare unexceptional students to accept and understand individual differences and individual treatment in a mainstreamed classroom through open, active discussions about their attitudes and feelings. (DMM)

Advocates the use of classification activities in the elementary school curriculum as a means of developing thinking skills in children. Critical preclassification skills, classification activities (including simple and multiple classification), and classification tasks and materials are discussed. (Author/RH)

A close working relationship between the school nurse and the health care educator improves total school health service. (JD)

Outlines Piaget's late ideas on categories and morphisms and the impact of these ideas on the comprehension of the inclusion relationship and the solution of arithmetic problems. Reports a study in which fourth through sixth graders were given arithmetic problems involving two known quantities associated with changes rather than states. Identified…

Discusses the widespread practice of having students report their scores aloud in class. Gathers arguments against this practice from various laws and educational standards. Counters various reasons teachers offer justifying this practice with other perspectives showing its negative impact on students and emphasizing students' right to privacy.…

Discusses the topic-based approach for primary classroom curriculum. Focuses on the appropriateness of the approach for the acquisition of language and literary skills by children with learning difficulties. (RJC)

Examines the practice of mainstreaming students with disabilities into regular classrooms. Also examines the practice of full inclusion, which keeps such students in regular classrooms for as much of the school day as possible, avoiding extensive use of "pull-out" programs. (MDM)

Little league elbow is a common overuse injury resulting from repetitive valgus stress on the elbow during overhead throwing. Prevention and treatment should emphasize education of athletes, parents, and coaches about its etiology. The paper examines bone development, noting that the condition is highly treatable if diagnosed in early development.…

Notes that federal agencies that enforce special education laws found that children with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) are eligible for special education services and are protected by procedural safeguards established by law. Contends that many school districts do not have procedures to identify children with ADD and to ensure appropriate…

Responds to previous article (Hakola, this issue) on legal rights of students with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). Discusses resistance on part of special and regular educators to comply with law, calling resistance understandable and perhaps warranted when it stems from philosophical orientation, diagnostic and classification issues, and…

Responds to previous article (Hakola, this issue) on legal rights of students with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). Presents contrasting perspective on educational services for children diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, linked more closely to professional research and practice than to law. Concerns discussed are grounded in…

Outlines a theory of developmental spelling, evolved from research on children's invented spellings, that can show teachers when best to teach aspects of spelling. Provides examples and several minilessons of the alternative approach to spelling instruction called Word Study, whereby words are examined by sound, by within-word patterns, and by…