A middle school science teacher describes approaches for teaching mildly handicapped mainstreamed students. Suggestions are made for content (beginning with a study of the human body), methods and materials, and the importance of good discipline. (CL)

This paper reports on a visit to an interactive science center by a class of 10-year-old children planned and implemented by a teacher identified as exemplary by the science center staff. The visit was planned to be an integral part of the science program for the term, extending the range and type of science activities which were a feature of the…

This teacher's manual is arranged according to the four major categories that were identified as being necessary for a good foundation to an agricultural education program. Each section includes background information and activities for classroom use. Activities were designed to assist teachers in developing lesson plans for grades 4, 5, and 6;…

Ten- and 12-year-old students received instruction that demonstrated the terms and relationships of conditional syllogisms. Both discovery and rule instruction increased average performance on written syllogistic reasoning tests; discovery instruction was generally more effective than rule instruction. (Author/LC)

Describes a study which compared the effects of a keyboard learning approach and a traditional general music approach on sixth-grade general music students' music achievement, attitudes toward music, and self-concept regarding music ability. (Author/RM)

Presented is a chart which helps to explain inflation to intermediate grade students. It dramatizes the cumulative effect of inflation over six years, and helps to introduce the topic of self-sufficiency, which can help alleviate the problem of inflation. (KC)

Proposes a formula for helping students learn to write paragraphs by requiring highly disciplined and limited material and sentences until students have acquired skills that permit more variety. (TJ)

The effects of a task-focused goals (TFG) treatment in mathematics were studied with low-achieving students with or without learning disabilities. Results with 40 elementary classrooms showed that TFG students enjoyed the approach, but that increased effort was associated with greater learning only for those without learning disabilities. (SLD)

Reveals how students can be encouraged to use media and new technologies flexibly to compose and communicate their ideas. Describes ways in which teachers can help students enhance their classroom reports with free or inexpensive software that can be downloaded from the Internet. Discusses reports developed by three students in a hypothetical…

Describes how "speedwriting" requires that all learners become actively engaged in their own learning because, rather than generating ideas orally, students are instructed to write down all their ideas as quickly as they can. Considers how the social engagement of discussion and the sharing of ideas during the writing phase drew even the…