Reports that surveys identify the telephone as one of the top ten timewasters for educational administrators and briefly discusses the nine most common causes of ineffective telephone use. (JG)

The results suggest that principals who exhibit strong Initiating Structure tend to have teachers with a substantial Professional Zone of Acceptance irrespective of the Consideration dimension of leadership. (Author)

In the spring of 1975, teachers in Lawrence, Kansas, approached the problem of inservice training in a new way by designing a districtwide media inservice day. (Author/ER)

Modular arithmetic is used in explaining why it is possible to read the Vernier caliper to the nearest tenth of a millimeter even though the caliper is marked only in millimeters. (DT)

The benefits of using computer simulations in teaching elementary probability topics are discussed. Sample probability problems suitable for simulation are suggested. (DT)

The organization of the Caribbean Mathematics Project, general procedures used in developing teaching materials, and teacher inservice training for the project are all discussed. (DT)

Graphical representations of modular arithmetic multiplication tables and of equations in modular systems are investigated. (DT)

Short units for general mathematics students are described; sample worksheets are included. (DT)

This bibliographic essay cites audiovisual aids for teaching English history from the mid-eighteenth century to the present at the secondary and college levels. Films, filmstrips, slides, maps, transparencies, records, tapes, and archival teaching units are cited. The arrangement is topical. (Author/RM)

The impossibility of getting totally objective curriculum evaluation research is examined. (DE)

The results of this study indicated that an endurance training program can be implemented effectively in an entire school system and that the change in fitness can be expected to be significant. (RC)

This article describes Freedom Road School where high school age students with drug associated problems continue their education while receiving professional therapeutic treatment. (Author)

Extensive interviews with school personnel of alternative programs reveal that it is in the process of defining their essence with regard to decision-making, admissions, policies, responsibility, freedom, calendars, and programs vs. school identity that planning problems arise. (A related document is EA 507 273.) (Author/MLF)

Reports on the attitudes of teachers, administrators, and others outside the educational system regarding teacher salary structure, autonomy, and responsibility, and criteria for promotion. (Author/IRT)