Through field study students can actively become involved in understanding family histories by using historic houses or museum houses. The accomodations at Old Sturbridge Village are examined as an example. (JR)

Describes a blindfold botanist project for high school biology students to augment visual recognition of plants and to serve as a challenge to motivate students. (BR)

The microcomputer offers social science field researchers a valuable tool for managing qualitative research data. In addition to the flexibility and efficiency of the microcomputer, the logic governing its programming and operation imposes a framework on the research process which necessitates that research decisions and strategies be explicit and…

The Michigan Department of Education conducts an annual follow-up survey to determine the employment and continuing educational status of students who have graduated or withdrawn from its secondary vocational education programs. This standard survey form was modified by presenting a range of values and increasing the question length to improve the…

Lakes and wetlands make up that part of Kentucky's water bodies commonly referred to as standing waters. These waters serve many purposes for the people of the state and are necessary and valued elements of its natural resources. This field guide was designed to provide useful background information and reference material for the study of these…

This paper attempts to provide evaluators, administrators, and policy makers with the advantages of and methodology of merging formative and summative data to enhance summative evaluations. It draws on RMC Research Corporation's 1980-81 California Statewide Evaluation of Migrant Education. The concern that evaluations typically fail to obtain the…

Outlines the approach used to teach ornithology to pupils in one British school system via a two-year course. The full text of the syllabus for the course is included as an appendix to the article. (PEB)

Presented is one individual's opinion that teachers should stress outdoor education as the interrelationships of the environment rather than as traditional conservation and nature study programs. (PEB)

Describes the use of a unit on arthropods as a device for helping children develop an awareness and appreciation of the living environment. (PEB)

Describes procedures for collecting and using cryptozoic invertebrates in introductory biology classes to develop interest in invertebrate ecology, behavior, physiology, morphology, and taxonomy. (PEB)

Stimulated recall methodology in which the student actively recalls thoughts and reactions to a teaching/learning experience provides analytical data which can be used by the researcher in the process of developing and improving an individualized teaching system. This paper describes the application of stimulated recall to the evaluation of a…

Discusses field research on the "lowriders" a persistent and highly visible youth sub-culture in East Los Angeles participated in by predominantly male Chicanos ranging in age from their middle teens to their middle twenties; reported as part of a study of the local youth sub-culture which form the context in which street gangs persist.…

Describes a freshwater pond study in detail which was done as the biology segment of an interdisciplinary study conference at the Old Railway Pond at National Park. (BR)

Using structured observation, researchers carried out a field study of the work behavior of five elementary school principals in two northeastern states. Each principal was observed for one work week. The results were compared with similar observations of secondary principals. The observers recorded the nature, location, time, duration,…