Evaluation of a course called Literature and the Adolescent,'' citing some of the experiences, ideas, and activities that seemed to be responsible for making it go. (Author/PW)

Based on a study undertaken pursuant to a grant from the Ford Foundation. (IR)

An approach to teaching junior high industrial arts, compounded from several innovative concepts and using a mass production technique. (GR)

Telephone conversations were conducted between a senior-level class in advanced sociological theory and well-known contemporary theorists. The students and teacher rated the project very highly. Strengths and weaknesses of the project are discussed, and suggestions for expanding the idea of using conversations are given. (Author/RM)

One lemon, an assortment of other fruits and vegetables, a tennis ball, and a Galvanic Skin Response meter are needed to implement this approach to teaching about classical conditioning in introductory psychology courses. (RM)

Examines a psychology course intended to teach graduate students how to develop and run groups for training in helping skills, human relations, assertion training, weight reduction, and anxiety management. (DB)

Discusses economics as a mechanistic theory and the systems approach as a functionalist theory. Relevant literature is reviewed and a synthesis of the two types of theories is presented. (Author/DB)

Describes a course in mass communication that prepares media producers as media consumers. Discusses the use of simulation as a teaching strategy in such a course. (RL)

Describes a college level psychology course which was designed to provide research experience to students by directing them to undertake a research project using their immediate college campus environment as the subject. (DB)

A noncredit course is described in which the logic used in various episodes of "Star Trek" is analyzed to see whether or not it was valid. (MP)

Describes the planning and implementation of an interdisciplinary course at Northwestern University entitled "Contrasting Roles of Television and Theater Directors." Asserts that identifying the points of convergence between television and theater allows students to broaden their creative experiences, prepare for their respective fields,…

Suggests adopting a performance-centered approach to the study of social movements to provide students with an experimental method of learning that breathes life into the social movements studied. Discusses goals and suggested course units. (MG)