Surveyed 168 college students to examine how work and participation in student organizations contribute to student's personal development. Results showed students who participated in organizations were more developed in terms of educational, career, and lifestyle plans than other students. (BH)

The author presents a well-structured argument for including humor and laughter in the classroom. He includes ideas and resources for nurturing humor. (MD)

Surveyed student affairs personnel (N=623) to examine the use of values education in student conduct issues. Findings indicated that conduct issues are regarded as significant matters for educational intervention. Alcohol education, values clarification, judicial boards, leadership training, faith development and human relations activities were…

Presents responses of Arthur W. Chickering to a series of questions about his publication "Education and Identity." Chickering reflects on his original and current thoughts and feelings about the book and the role of student affairs and higher education in student development. (JAC)

Describes the Learning Behavior Dilemma, a developmental admissions model which evaluates students' level of intellectual development and their readiness for undertaking educational challenges. Discusses the importance of understanding the optimal match between students and their educational environment. (JAC)

Map reading offers insights into a kind of literacy and communication area which involves the printed word with pictorial and symbolic representations. A method for developing basic skills in map reading within the confines of the classroom was described. (Author/RK)

Logic, basic skills and imagination are the bricks and mortar of a student "Architects' Studio". (Editor)

A teacher describes his experiences in attempting to instruct middle school students to understand logic. (RK)

The authors approach the problem of meeting the educational needs of children through a common sense approach of relating those needs to useable curriculum programs. (Editor)

Plan carefully. Then count on activity cards to help develop creative and independent thinking as well as building skills. (Editor)

The middle level years are a crucial time for student development, a time when the path for school success is set for many students. Educators who focus on character and leadership development realize that training in these areas can play a significant role in developing students who will become effective leaders and active citizens in middle…

Students sometimes respond to writing assignments automatically, almost as if they were a generic form, rather than by investigating the idiosyncrasies and unexpected possibilities of each assignment. Writing assignments can be structured to help students transcend such habits, shifting the focus from accumulating information to creating meaning…

Argumentation skills are frequently touted as archetypal tools of democratic empowerment, yet theorization of ways to use such tools to achieve concrete social change is rare. As a result, the emancipatory "telos" anchoring American academic policy debate tends to gallop ahead of practical efforts to build empowerment through the debate…

History instruction must serve, above all else, to develop critically important citizenship knowledge, skills, and values. This book aims to blend recent scholarship on teaching U.S. history for citizenship with ideas on how to achieve this mission in grades K-5. Chapters in the book are: (1) "Teaching History for Citizenship in the Elementary…