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This book focuses on successful classroom practices which used oral communication to develop student confidence in a variety of speaking situations and to expand student understanding of literature through both analysis and performance. The book contains the following essays, listed here with their authors: (1) "Follow the Bouncing Ball" (Harlan Underhill); (2) "'You See Their Interselves': Small-Group Discussion of Poetry" (Louann Reid); (3) "Learning Poetic Mood through the Fine Arts" (Elizabeth Altenburger); (4) "From Boom Box to Pegasus" (Ann R. Morris); (5) "A Talk Show with Class" (Madeleine Myers); (6) "The Student-Centered Classroom: Speaking and Listening in American Literature" (Barbara Osburg); (7) "Analyzing Literature through Collaborative Speaking" (Goran "George" Moberg); (8) "Talking about Books" (Margaret Hutchingson); (9) "Personification in Children's Literature: Identifying, Analyzing, and Performing" (Donna E. Norton); (10) "Who's Talking?" (Dion Kempthorne); (11) "The Play's the Thing for Middle School Students" (Robert W. Blake); (12) "Spoken Literature in the English Classroom" (Jonathan R. Eller and Dennis C. Porter); (13) "A Speaking Project about the Arts That Acknowledge Students' Underlife" (Hallie S. Lemon); (14) "Strategies for Developing Effective Use of the Voice" (Carole Schulte Johnson); (15) "The Process of Persuasion: An Approach to Thinking, Writing, and Speaking" (Dorothy E. Hardin); (16) "Speechmapping: Navigating through Speech Preparation and Delivery" (Marilyn Thanos and Brenda Avadian); (17) "The Classroom Debate: A Stimulus for Listening, Speaking, and Arguing" (Carol Hovanec); (18) "Student Panel Presentations: A Collaborative Oral Exercise" (Bruce R. Henderson); (19) "A Global Introduction to International Business Communications" (Ray Wallace); (20) "Structuring Speaking and Listening in the Classroom" (Nancy Wyatt); (21) "Weaving in Listening and Speaking throughout the School Day" (Lynn Plourde); (22) "The Interview Connection" (Dene Kay Thomas); (23) "Listening to the Songs People Sing: Writing Essays Based on Interviews" (Deborah DeZure); and (24) "Positive Strokes: An Affective Oral Language Activity" (Annis L. Cassells). (MS)

1Radioisotopes in Medicine

By Earl W. Phelan

<i>Radioisotopes in Medicine</i> is an educational booklet published in 1966 as part of the <i>Understanding the Atom</i> series by the United States Atomic Energy Commission. Written in clear language for the general public, the booklet covers the diagnostic and therapeutic uses of radioactive isotopes like technetium 99m and iodine 131. (Summary by Laurie Anne Walden)

2Radioisotopes in Medicine (Version 2)

By Earl W. Phelan

This is a book in the "Understanding the Atom Series" from the Division of Technical Information, U. S. Atomic Energy Commission. The author gives a short overview of the field and outlines the diagnostic and therapeutic uses of radioisotopes in medicine with examples of application. The book gives an accurate historical view of the state of medical radiotherapy in 1966. - Summary by Larry Wilson