Presents Fragrance Structured Learning Packages (SLPs), group activities designed to help students recognize the value of applying chemistry in a real-world setting. Developed by the Department of Chemistry at the University of York. (Author/KHR)

Considers how including the study of poetry in freshman composition, particularly contemporary poetry with no critical history, sometimes leads to a dilemma. Suggests that because of the diversity of freshman and the nature of poetry itself, they need less specialized instruction, which requires the tangle of trying to teach analytical terms while…

Lists advantages and disadvantages of statewide testing. Presents examples of highly specific objectives, as emphasized by realism as a philosophy of education. Considers the advantages idealism/perennialism, as a philosophy of instruction, has in a quality reading curriculum. (SG)

Presents a project in which 11th and 12th grade students from a high school Principles of Engineering course instruct 5th grade students in Newton's laws. (KHR)

Presents some known and lesser-known features of the number 11. (KHR)

Presents one teacher's reflections on the interaction of the terrorist attacks with her personal and pedagogical value systems. Challenges teachers to reassess their priorities in light of historical events that have forced their way into the classroom. Considers the role of time and place in the practice of teaching. (SG)

Evaluates the impact of different curricula options on UK students' subsequent earnings, focusing specifically on the issue of whether a broader curriculum at age 16-19 yields a higher return than a narrow curriculum. Finds that employers do not seem to reward individuals who take a broader curriculum. (Contains 31 references.) (Authors/PKP)

Explains that communication skills have become a focus of engineering curricula as the result of the ABET (Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology) Engineering Criteria 2000. Stresses that professional technical communicators can play a significant role in the development of engineering communication. Suggests that professional…

Using a modified Solomon four-group design, 437 business students were divided into 6 treatment and 2 control groups. Treatments included service-learning lectures, service-learning projects, or lecture and project with and/or without pre and posttests. Hierarchical regression analyses indicated service learning treatments significantly affected…

Describes the diversity of flowers with regard to the flower paintings of Pierre-Joseph Redoute, books about flowers, and research in genetic studies. Discusses gardening flowers and flowering strategies and criticizes the fact that biology education has moved steadily away from plants. (KHR)

Presents a rearranged general chemistry curriculum in a sequence thought to be more logical to students than the traditional sequence. (Author/KHR)

Describes place-based education, a curricular approach that encourages students to engage in solving local problems, stimulates a desire to learn, and helps students connect to their community. (PKP)

Drawn from the postmodern view of nature, this essay discusses the distinction between two kinds of knowing (grounded and technical) and explores the implications of this distinction for selecting and teaching science curricula. The concept of presence needs to be incorporated into a curriculum overly concerned with the observing mind and external…

Describes problem-based thematic instruction in an effort to give both students and teachers meaningful experiences. (MG)

Discusses two major areas to consider related to parenthood education for adolescents: course or curriculum design and delivery and course assessment. (JOW)