"And that's the way it was November 13, 1804." Kids trek back through time for an on-location drama. (Editor)

The author asserts that the presentation of women's studies courses as dialogic experiences can play a key role in the whole movement toward humanistic education. Practical concepts for the learning/teaching process are presented as well as curriculum units for a course entitled "Sex Roles in Education." (Author/HLM)

Describes a historical approach to English that concentrates on early American literature and historical fiction culminating in a writing project based on incidents taken from local history. (Author/RK)

Describes the use of integrated modular teaching of the human biology component of the Health Associate Program at Johns Hopkins University, where the goal is to develop an understanding of the sciences as applied to primary care. Discussion covers the module sequence, the human biology faculty, goals of the human biology faculty, laboratory…

In Adams County, Colorado, a reading improvement project has the problem not of youngsters wanting to get out, but of too many wanting to get in. (Editor)

Summarizes a framework for conceptualizing and implementing a model to improve student behavior through individualized, assessment-based modifications of curricular activities. Includes a summary of research documenting the influence of curricular variables and presents a practical model of functional assessment and curricular revision. Concludes…

Describes a summer institute for classroom teachers and arts specialists on integrating the arts into language arts in order to meet newly mandated viewing and representing strands in school curricula. Outlines the results of a survey sent to participants one year after the institute. Concludes that an intensive professional development experience…

Contends it is increasingly important that new teachers be comfortable with new uses of technology. Discusses "The WebQuest Connection," a cooperative effort between children and teachers in a local school district and university students enrolled in a secondary reading methods course. Explains that this project allows preservice teachers to…

Reviews the origins of melodrama, essential components for instructional purposes, and key elements that help melodrama succeed. Suggests methods for implementation of content-focused melodramas in history classes and methods to evaluate student understanding of the content. (RS)

Discusses a managerial training course which uses concepts from literature to illustrate interpersonal attributes. Describes four activities to aid course participants in developing and applying managerial skills. (RS)

Two applications of statistical process control to the process of education are described. Discussed are the use of prompt feedback to teachers and prompt feedback to students. A sample feedback form is provided. (CW)

Discussed are principles of quality control which may be applied to the process of education and to teaching. Suggestions for improving teaching and an example of this application are provided. (CW)

Discusses the different approaches to teaching reading to young Nigerian children. Points out the merits and demerits of the approaches. Alerts readers to the urgent need to open up studies on what is the best approach to teach reading to Nigerian children. (MG)

Describes an integrated reading/language arts program designed to meet the needs of Chapter 1 sixth grade students. States that one of the basic tenets of the program is that children learn best by actively participating in language activities, not just reading about language skills. (RS)

An introductory statistics course is a common requirement for undergraduate economics, psychology, and sociology majors. An approach to statistics that involves the effort to encourage habits of systematic, critical quantitative thinking through focusing on descriptive statistics is discussed. (MLW)