Presents a conceptual framework for teaching science to students with disabilities. The framework suggests integration of explicit instruction in critical concepts, with cognitively-based approaches that emphasize problem-solving skills on real-world tasks. Implications for policy, professional development, and creation of learning environments…

The ninth recommendation in ACTE's high school reform position statement is to move beyond "seat-time" and narrowly defined knowledge and skills. United States high schools operate on a well-established set of expectations for size, time of day and seasons of the year that programs and classes are offered, how instructional material is…

Recent reviews of environmental education (EE) research converge with pedagogical trends in the education literature to situated and constructivist learning and the need for greater researcher reflexivity about the assumptions and conduct of research. These trends also elaborate the need in EE and education for sustainable development and related…

A project is an extended, in-depth investigation of a topic, ideally one worthy of children's attention and energy. This catalog, prepared for an annual meeting of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, combines articles explaining the project approach in the classroom with summaries of projects displayed at the meeting. It…

This study investigated children's ability to interpret a natural social situation, depicted in a narrative story, and to use their understanding of that situation to generate and apply a mental model of debts and assets in solving problems including negative quantities. Fifty-one American students from a parochial school in a predominantly middle…

This book provides an introduction to HyperCard, with the main focus being on communication and problem solving. The book covers most of the main features of HyperCard and includes a very brief introduction to HyperTalk. This book is specifically for people who want to move toward higher levels of HyperCard knowledge and skills. It is designed for…

Experiential Learning Cycle has been applied to the Layout and Graphics Design in Computer Course provided by the Faculty of Communication and Media Studies to the students studying at the Public Relations and Advertising Department. It is hoped that by applying the Experiential Learning Cycle, the creativity and problem solving strategies of the…

Designed for elementary, secondary, and post-secondary classrooms and community use during the week of November 11-15, 1985--the week before the Reagan-Gorbachev Summit meetings in Geneva, Switzerland--these lesson plans and units accomplish two goals: (1) to inform young people and adults and raise the level of understanding around specific…

Features of an effective citizenship program for primary grade children are discussed. The primary school years are an ideal time to nurture the basic skills and values so important for constructive social decision making. The principal feature of an effective citizenship learning program for young children is an activist, child-centered…

Presented are the results of an investigation of stimulus integration capabilities of three- and four-year-old children in judgments of small and large numbers. There is much evidence that suggested young children have a concept of number for small numbers, but not for large ones. A concept of number was hypothesized by Piaget to rest on the…

This USMES unit challenges students to find a good way for them to tell many people about any topic or problem of the students' choice. The teacher resource book for the Mass Communications unit contains five sections. The first section describes the USMES approach to student-initiated investigations of real problems, including a discussion of the…

This USMES unit challenges students to find the best way to advertise a product or an idea that they want to promote. The teacher resource book for the Advertising unit contains five sections. The first section describes the USMES approach to student-initiated investigations of real problems, including a discussion of the nature of the USMES…

Environmental education is the study of human interaction with the environment and is linked with experiential education. Lists goals of environmental education, why experiential methods should be used, how to introduce these methods and some existing programs using experiential methods. (LC)

Secondary vocational education may often fail to develop students' thinking skills, because of teacher-student "negotiation" on academic standards and class content. Proposes engaging a diverse group of students in academically integrated coursework emphasizing experiential learning, basic skill training, entrepreneurial activity, decision making,…

Describes interdisciplinary activities with real-world applications ranging from science to mathematics to technology. Cites the study and construction of model bridges as a way for students to learn about engineering concepts and some of their relationships. States that the exercise enhanced teacher cooperation between the different fields. (RT)