Discusses how property records served as the basis for assignments in one news reporting course. (RB)

Beginning with Western Kentucky University's (Bowling Green) fall 1999 semester, exercises required for the geography and meteorology course used computers for learning. This course enrolls about 250 students per year, most of whom choose it to fulfill a general education requirement. Of the 185 geography majors, it is required for those who…

The experience described in this work was conducted in a discipline at Escola Politecnica in University of Sao Paulo. This discipline has a multidisciplinary character and almost all subjects discussed during engineering course might be addressed. Also, aspects related to aptitude and attitudes can be easily trained and discussed in this…

A description of learning experiences and activities found to be effective in an introductory level course in counselor education. (JC)

Describes the development of a physics course based on the use of examples from the real world, a contract method of assigning work and the Harvard Project Physics course. (TS)

Described is an elective course in Creative Thinking in the Maple Heights, Ohio, school system. (MB)

Contains a brief matrix of the historical development of data processing. (MU)

Shows how a business communication course might be designed for maximum effect in the prison setting. (AEA)

Describes a college level economics course in which economic history, statistics, and theory were intertwined. The course involved lecture, hand-outs, debates, filmstrips, student reports, team reports on economic development, biographical sketches of entrepreneurs, and discussion of causes of the Great Depression. (DB)

Describes a mass communication course of study which includes instruction on the television interview. Examines the way different styles of interviews structure the events, issues, and people they present. (PD)

The article examines a language arts course for gifted six- and seven-year-old children. After exploring some characteristics of giftedness, the author discusses the course, which incorporates reading, literary awareness, and creative writing. (PHR)

Describes a course in "Images of the Male in Women's Writing" and the contribution a man can make in teaching such a course. (DD)

Reviews the essential characteristics of experiential learning. Shows how this approach was applied to a business communication course. (RL)