The students of a Greek junior high school collaborated to prepare the teaching material of a theoretical Computer Science (CS) course and then shared their understanding with other students. This study investigates two alternative teaching methods (collaborative learning and peer tutoring) and compares the learning results to the traditional…

Students and teachers participated in an Arts Week program that was educationally sound and promoted communication among faculty members. (JH)

Describes how to make an inexpensive device which helps students in conjugating verbs. (RB)

Student developed tape recordings can simulate radio programs and contribute to student learning in a variety of ways. (STS)

Suggests that students create "mind maps" and wall charts to help them make and review economic connections. Recommends starting with a picture or question in the center, printing, using color, redrafting, and keeping the chart simple. Includes samples of charts produced by students. (DK)

Discusses a unit designed to develop students' insights into the poetic experience by comparing poetry and photography; includes several student written poems. (DD)

Erick Gordon, founding director of the Student Press Initiative, illustrates collaborations with teachers and students that have motivated students to invest themselves in the process and product of writing, including research, oral history, revision, and an immersion in and commitment to community.

Suggests a variety of self-questioning techniques that students can use to improve their attention to and retention of expository material. (AEA)

Ideas that students can use in generating their own problems are discussed and suggestions are made for implementing this type of activity in the classroom. (MK)

Reviews the literature in the Educational Resources Information Center on using the language experience approach with secondary students and adults. (RB)

The author describes a secondary level course in which students make their own audiovisual productions to illustrate social studies issues. (DE)

Actively involving a class in creating a story in the classroom can introduce new vocabulary and structures in a meaningful context. Varied forms of language skill can be practised, and work can be assigned according to levels of competence. (SW)

Suggests that giving disabled readers assignments that involve a purpose and make reading secondary improves motivation and ability. (AEA)

Describes a version of language experience with adolescents that has students write about personal problems and dilemmas they have faced. (AEA)

Audiovisual technology can change the teacher-learning situation if various types of visual aids are employed in teaching English in the secondary grades. The use of overhead transparencies is an excellent way to prepare and present the student's ideas. Student's assignments can be produced on transparencies and projected for evaluation by the…