This article reports on a corpus-based, developmental pedagogical intervention for the teaching of German modal particles (MPs) in which learners examined their own emerging MP use as well as that of their native-speaking keypals in the context of electronically mediated, project-based collaboration. Individual learner development was traced…

Over a three-semester period in a large undergraduate human development course, students were assigned to 5-7 member groups to work together in preparing for an exam in one of the five content units in the course. Their exam performance was tracked over three units: a baseline unit in which students worked only individually, a unit in which they…

Relating the knowledge about how children learn to their concerns, interests, and needs, enables a teacher to integrate these factors to give purpose and direction to a reading program. (JD)

Presents a model based on research to identify sound bases for structuring curriculum and explores teaching-learning strategies and program organization in keeping with the purposes and philosophy of the middle school and home economics. Focus is on the sixth grade level and on child-centered teaching with an exploratory emphasis. (JT)

Presents a rationale for teaching creative dramatics and suggests that it can be an important avenue for self-exploration and discovery since it involves the self physically and emotionally, as well as verbally and cognitively. (RB)

The teacher cannot existentially know the subjective consciousness of the student--what he is conscious of, how he is structuring the present in terms of past experiences, what exact meaning he gives to phenomena, or what his intentions are for future action. This has resulted in an excessive reliance on the use of power in the educational…

Harold Rugg of Teachers College, Columbia University, died in 1960. Author presents an analysis of his ideas about creativity" which only recently have become the concern of sociologists, psychologists and educators. (MB)

Rather than concern themselves with the professional behavior of potential lawyers and with preparing them for bar association activities, law schools should acquaint students with existing codes of professional conduct, and help them to understand the significance of their chosen career. (WM)

The personal student journal is a little-used technique that holds special promise for instructors working in diverse educational settings. Journals can be used as an instructional tool for students, as a means for nurturing self-directed learning, and as a bridge to personal growth. (PP)

Explores the notion of "gerogogy"--teaching aimed at the elderly. The author indicates directions that gerogogical research may take and speculates that a theoretical framework for gerogogy may begin to emerge from our current knowledge about the human development, learning, and teaching of the elderly. (CT)

Presents the personal experience of 24 students who took part in the TOPS Clerical Training Course with regard to the course as a whole and of various aspects, such as the curriculum, methods of teaching, and relationships. (CT)

This article briefly summarizes educational techniques used in America and what can be done to best implement them. (JD)

A typing program is described for the non-secretarial community college student whose personal objectives for acquiring typing skills is broader than the traditional vocational orientation. (TA)

Clarifies the meanings of the terms "normalization" and "normality," broadens the discussion of normality beyond Montessori's first plane of development, and explores the unique conditions conducive to normality in the second and third planes. (EV)

The topic of immigration is frequently taught in middle school classrooms as part of the history of America, for this country is indeed a "land of immigrants." Special emphasis is usually given to immigration that occurred a century or more ago, but contemporary immigration may prove to be a more compelling way to view this concept.…