Presents the results of the Best Teaching Idea contest that sparked a response that flooded the editors with entries. Here are the 20 adjudged the best ranging all the way from self-made computers to games made by kids to be played with parents. (Editor/RK)

Can a greater emphasis on law education help the schools do a better job? Provides five guidelines for effectively teaching law. The intent is to stimulate students to develop responsibility for their own learning while helping them to become better citizens. (Author/RK)

Article examined some of the problems that teachers of literature face and argued for the classroom utility of Frye's critical theory, one that permits a definition of the subject, the development of central principles and a taxonomy of forms. (Editor/RK)

The artfully inviting teacher utilizes both personal and professional teaching strategies and is thus most successful at maximizing student development. Personally inviting behaviors send messages which communicate caring and positive regard. Professionally inviting behaviors increase the recipients' efficacy, competence, and independence.…

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

How's the weather? It can be rainy, cloudy, foggy, hot or cold when students understand the hows and whys. (Editor)

Explores the implementation, results, and the limitations of the Residence Life Cinema program at the University of Memphis. Claims that such programs offer an innovative method for fostering student development by utilizing movies to stimulate affective and cognitive processes in students--processes that may not occur without a catalyst. (RJM)

Explains how to implement cooperative learning in the classroom and reasons for doing so. The process involves students working in pairs or small groups to achieve a common goal with the teacher monitoring group activity. Concludes that cooperative learning promotes the academic, social, and emotional growth of students. (DMM)

This paper presents the main functions that university plays in society and describes the seminar methodology created at Ramon Llull University. Specifically the article focuses on and explains how seminars help to promote complex knowledge in students. An empirical study with students participating in seminars is designed to assess the…

Student learning and student development are part of a unified framework rather than separate interests to be pursued independently.

Author explained her objective of teaching a workshop stressing the developmental nature of morality as well as acquainting a group of teachers with Kohlberg's dilemmas and their own. (Author/RK)

Article discussed a teacher's experiences with bitonality using rock music to teach chord identification. (Editor/RK)

During an analysis of the nature of the curricular-instructional process of US higher education, faculty members were classified into 5 prototypes based on their styles of teaching. The recitation class teacher limits the process of reasoning by students. The content-centered faculty member helps his students to master what "knowledgeable" people…

In the present study, a form of individualized instruction is compared with the conventional lecture approach. Hourly and final exams given to both groups indicate a superiority for students under individualized instruction, which, while highly significant statistically, represents only moderate pragmatic gains. Attitude questionnaires indicate…

Article focused on current programs dealing with the future, and the development of students so that they can better understand the problems of today as the challenges of the future. (RK)