In response to growth of microelectronics and changes in microchip design/manufacturing technology, universities are supporting class projects for students. Approximately 50 schools now conduct such programs which have resulted from earlier National Science Foundation sponsorship. Major advantages for the students include designing experience,…

Discusses how the use of pupil-created political cartoons has put some color and excitement back into a 9th grade world cultures course. (RM)

University students participated in community environmental problems by investigating junked cars. The students gained experience in problem identification, research design, and field investigation. The students also received sociopolitical experience by presenting their findings to the city commission. (MR)

Teaching a course about third world women draws attention to the inequitable position, the problems, and the potential of women around the world. A rationale, outline, and resource list for such a course are provided. (SR)

Students who wish to get bad grades should daydream, not read their textbooks or study manuals, avoid note taking, and procrastinate on assignments. This "manual" is used in an introductory psychology class to modify students' habits and change mediocre classroom behavior. (CS)

Hersey humanizes the horror of Hiroshima by describing the experiences of five survivors. Twenty senior high students in a U.S. history course were divided into five teams, one for each survivor, and asked to write a case history of that individual, make an oral presentation, and draw the victim's picture. (RM)

Describes sample essay topics from an introductory course in philosophy that can be used to engage students in values analysis, values consciousness, and values criticism. (AEA)

Gives a syllabus and suggested activities for an evening adult course in survival German for travelers. (EKN)

Describes a unit of instruction that involves the rhetorical situation of an in-class corporation to give students experience in abstract and report writing. (AEA)

The use of continuous simulation is promoted as a teaching tool in the undergraduate curriculum. Simulation, advances in continuous simulation, an approach to teaching system dynamics, computer languages deemed suitable for continuous simulation, and an outline of a prototypic first course in continuous simulation are presented. (MP)

Describes the elements of data processing documentation, presents and discusses a model syllabus for a course that takes into account each element of data processing documentation, and examines the requisite knowledge for teaching such a course. (HOD)

Provides a comprehensive course syllabus for a semester course in environmental history which investigates human attitudes toward nature and the response they evoke to environmental issues. Includes weekly topics, reading assignments, course format and requirements, and essay topics. (Author/DC)

Presents a course which addresses the social, cultural, scientific, and clinical aspects of the historical development of the medical professions in the United States. Includes course format, explanation of exams and grades, and listing of weekly topics, reading assignments, and discussion questions. (DC)

Describes a college course which uses a national approach to the teaching of international politics. Students are grouped into "country teams." Each country team publishes an analysis of its nation's foreign policy. Country teams participate in other activities including press conference simulations and an inter-nation simulation. (RM)

Describes an advanced college course dealing with urban public policy in the United States. It assumes previous student work in political science and urban life. (RM)