Any professional act will lead to a significant change. How can one make students understand "managing change" as a consequence or as an intended objective? "DECISION IN CASCADE" -- is a Management Computational Game for the Education of University Master Students and Junior Executive -- simulates five economic functions: research and…

This article describes the process of design and implementation of a hands-on unit on fractions in the sixth grade. The fraction unit, taught by a classroom teacher with the aid of a university professor, uses pattern blocks to help students develop conceptual understanding of fractions. Student misunderstandings and outcomes are presented, as…

This article introduces digital imaging, an Adobe Photoshop course at Shrewsbury High School in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. Students are able to earn art credits to graduate by successfully completing the course. Digital imaging must cover art criteria as well as technical skills. The course begins with tutorials created by the instructor and other…

As the world economy continues to evolve, businesses and industries must adopt new practices and processes in order to survive. Quality and cost control, work teams and participatory management, and an infusion of technology are transforming the way people work and do business. Employees are now expected to read, write, and communicate…

A description is provided of "Emergency Nursing," an undergraduate nursing course designed to provide a concentrated learning experience in emergency care. The description first provides information on the curriculum placement of the course, allotment of class time, and the targeted student population, followed by a glossary of relevant…

Describes a summer mass media course in which students traveled through Europe, using the trip as a source for news stories and photographs. (RB)

This article contains unit plans for a mass media course for tenth, eleventh, and twelfth graders. (RC)

An innovative course structure which combines a traditional sociology course with a special topic minicourse is described. Possible options for using the structure are discussed. (Author/DE)

Five basic composition courses at Illinois Central College are described in an attempt to show each course's relationship to the entire English curriculum. The curriculum emphasis is on rhetoric, rather than grammar, and stresses a number of pre-writing strategies: sensory observation, memory improvement, pre-comprehension skills, visual…

Never a dull day at Manhattan's New School, long a nerve center of the adult-education movement. (Editor)

Suggests using the laboratory as a means of developing college students' skills for producing a yearbook. (RB)

A report on the use of educational technology in the engineering science course at the University of Exeter, Great Britain. (HB)

Gives norms and advice on the analysis of the modern Spanish novel. (Text is in Spanish.) (DS)

Describes a beginning journalism course at West Virginia University in which fifteen juniors and seniors with high grade point averages take on the responsibility of working with beginning journalism students. (RB)