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This student guide is part of a protocol learning module designed to teach the prospective teacher to make smooth transitions from one activity to another, in order to deter disruptive behavior in the course of the transition. The entire module consists of this guide, a protocol film, and testing materials. The student guide contains: (a) instruction in the use of protocol learning modules, (b) a discussion of transitions in the classroom, (c) practice lessons for recognition of smooth classroom transitions, and (d) practice exercises for applying the techniques of a smooth transition in simulated teaching experiences. The principle upon which this module is based is that management techniques used by the teacher either facilitate or interfere with the smooth transition from one classroom activity to another. Three types of teacher behavior which interfere with smooth transitions are: (a) stimulus boundedness-the teacher is deflected from the main activity and reacts to some external stimulus that is unrelated to the ongoing activity; (b) thrust--the teacher bursts in suddenly on the children's activities in a manner that indicates that her own intent was the only determinant of her timing and point of entry; and (c) flip-flop--the teacher starts a new activity without bringing the original activity to a close and then returns to the original activity. (HMD)

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert