To prepare students for a total quality workplace, South Piedmont Community College (SPCC) is offering hands-on projects for students to learn the following skills: learning to learn; listening and oral communications; competence in reading, writing, and computation; adaptability, which includes creative thinking and problem solving; personal…

The practice of fostering transformative learning was reviewed from an empirical perspective. In the literature, much support was found for Mezirow's ideals for promoting rational discourse and critical reflection, two of the three interrelated components he identified as central to the process of fostering transformational learning. Other factors…

This guide offers an easy introduction to social studies teachers wanting to challenge their students with creative media by bringing the past to life. The 14-step guide shows teachers and students the techniques needed for researching, scripting, and editing a historical documentary. Using a video camera and computer software, students can…

Modular Technology Education (MTE) uses a combination of multi-media and hands-on activities to teach important concepts that increase the student's interest level as well as provide students with career choices that best fit their individual interests. This booklet provides 15 key planning steps for developing an MTE program and avoiding…

This directory covers additional Web sites and opportunities that have appeared in the year since the original book, "Virtual Field Trips," was published. The field trips provided are appropriate for K-12 students and designed to meet the goals and interests of educators. Organized by subjects and cross-referenced for quick and easy…

There is no one magical, quick fix solution to the dropout problem. The problem is complex and requires a complex array of solutions. Dropouts have dissimilar characteristics and therefore need different kinds of programs that respond to their individual circumstances and needs. Programs, to be effective, need to provide one-on-one intensive…

This section concerns pattern recognition activities related to the properties of cubes and is suitable for reproduction in worksheet and transparency form for classroom use. (JP)

Discusses oral reports as a vehicle for language instruction; individualization'' is a function of subject area and report length. (DD)

Three worksheets are provided; the aim is to develop skill in visualization of the cube from two-dimensional patterns. (DT)

A variety of techniques and procedures is discussed, focusing on the need to know children, to know mathematics, and to find workable methods for involving one with the other. A tag system'' for classifying the type of things taught in mathematics, planning for daily learning experiences, and involvement, investigation, and questioning techniques…

A classification scheme provides for discussion of manipulative devices by type as well as individually. Characteristics of good devices, general guidelines for uses, and means of evaluation are given. Besides specific examples, there is a listing of commercial sources and a selected bibliography. (LS)

Examples of teaching styles that have proven successful are presented, related, and analyzed. Uses of resources, types of assignments, and management systems are discussed with the emphasis on individualizing instruction. (LS)

Directions are given for seven activities involving the folding of paper strips to illustrate geometric concepts. Properties of pentagons, triangles, hexagons, and Mobius bands resulting from the various foldings are discussed. (DT)