The English methods class should become a supportive group which encourages the introduction of real feelings, thoughts, and experiences into the learning process. Once a base of common personal experiences is established, direction can be focused inward through the use of the journal. Journal entries can provide a forum for the expression of…

Excerpts from a first grade teacher's diary describe bird study activities done by the class over a two week period. Each student studied a bird of their choice in detail and made a papier-mache model of the bird. These models were exhibited at a student initiated program for visitors. (MA)

Analysis of a one-year-old's lexical development suggested factors causing overextensions: using known words for more recently acquired or unknown words; expressing incomplete knowledge of defining features of two or more similar meaning words; producing overextensions of preferred words; using phonologically simpler more than difficult words; and…

An evaluation of two inservice courses in human relations for teachers obtained data from structured diaries kept by participants before, during, and after the course, and follow-up interviews. Results indicate that teaching is a stressful activity, and the two experiential courses enabled participating teachers to alter behavior and reduce…

Math and science instruction now often includes more brief, informal writing exercises, sometimes completed in class, as a means of helping college students think more clearly. While writing skills are not emphasized, student writing often improves as a by-product. (MSE)

This book presents the uncensored diary of a young, beginning elementary school teacher. She started teaching in an inner-city, Chicago public school, where gangs attacked her class and her own students stabbed a substitute with a pencil. The most trying challenges she faced were from administrators who questioned her unconventional techniques…

Findings of workload activity analysis of one library and information science faculty member agreed with those of previous study stating that faculty devote 58 percent of time to teaching and 12 percent to service. In addition, 10 percent of time is devoted to research and 20 percent to other activities. Thirteen references are cited. (EJS)

Three studies assessed the relationship between expressive writing (poetry writing and journal keeping) and ego identity development among high school and college students. Poetry writers were more likely to be in the identity achiever status. No differences were found between students keeping personal journals and those who had not. (Author/GDC)

This article describes procedures for making effective use of the student journal in the secondary or college classroom, both as a way to improve students' writing skills and as a source of feedback to the teacher on classroom activities. (Author/SJL)

The theme of the annual meeting was "Looking to the Future: Liberal Education in a Radically Changing Society." The future of AAC and the National Council of Independent Colleges and Universities was discussed and the resolutions are reported. Concurrent discussion sessions and other meetings are also listed. (LBH)

Seven days of entries from a student's diary offer a glimpse into the daily life of a doctoral student. Reflects on monetary difficulties, work loads, the difficulties of a woman finding an effective mentor, life as a teaching assistant, student needs, the joys of learning, teacher-student interaction, and employment worries. (RJM)

Discusses the use of primary sources in a fourth grade unit on Calvin Fletcher and the topic of transportation. Addresses the difficulties of using primary source material with elementary school students. Identifies ways for students to demonstrate their newly acquired knowledge. (CMK)

Asserts that computer analysis makes it possible to assess the intervention of a second "author" in Christopher Columbus's famous "Diary." Concludes that computer analysis makes it possible to examine Columbus's verbatim testimony and identify ways that Bartoleme de Las Casas intervened. (CFR)

Reprints portions of a sailor's diary, kept for two-and-a-half years during World War II. The 21-year-old quartermaster writes about his life on the USS Grimes; hearing of the war's official end; his ship's peaceful landing in Tokyo Bay; and his experiences in Nagasaki in September 1945. (CH)

Discusses the use of letters, diaries, and eye witness accounts to introduce students to personal impressions and experiences usually absent from contemporary written resources. Includes collections of letters, diaries, and eye witness accounts with accompanying activities for each primary source. (CMK)