Suggestions for a geometric walk outside the classroom are given. The suggestions include: questions concerning functional shape, aesthetic shape, and geometric vocabulary; sketching a map; and activities to be conducted in the classroom after the walk. (MK)

This discussion of a study of 30 physical education majors involved in a course focused on helping them improve their ability to observe the teaching and coaching environments is organized around three principles of observation--analysis, planning, and positioning. (JMF)

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Provides suggestions on how schoolyard greening can enhance curriculum and engage students in creative ways to integrate a naturalized area into their studies. Subject areas covered include language arts, math, science, social studies, health, physical education, art and music. (AIM)

Describes how teams of students in an undergraduate business and technical communication class carried out 12-week consulting project assignments for off-campus nonprofit agencies and on-campus nonteaching departments, developing documents useful to each workplace and learning about the role and practice of communication in business settings. (SR)

Whether planned or spontaneous, walks offer young children unexpected pleasures and discoveries about their environment. This article describes five strategies for using walks in early childhood programs (plan, gather information, develop safety rules, integrate with the curriculum, assess what has been learned), as well as specific indoor,…

Discusses experiential learning and traces the development of experiential learning programs at Boricua College, New York (New York), a college designed for the adult student who has delayed entry into the world of higher education. The work of educational facilitators in guiding students is an integral part of experiential learning at Boricua.…

Presents a laboratory investigation to demonstrate that habitat structure promotes increased organism abundance and species diversity by reducing predator effects on prey abundance. Investigates the effects of goldfish (Carassius auratus) predators on Gammarus sp. (an amphipod) and Daphnia magna (a cladoceran) prey in the absence and presence of a…

Describes an outdoor adventure camp to help mental health consumers and nursing students explore the issues of mental health and illness through experiential and perceived risk challenges. Evaluation data reveals a breakdown in the stigma of mental illness as consumers and students came to know, trust, and count on each other in order to succeed…

Describes a camping experience and its activities created for girls entering 6th grade who wanted to learn science and explore science-related fields. Indicates that the camping experience for girls promoted positive attitudes toward science learning. (KHR)

Describes benefits of service learning for middle school students. Describes the Community Problem Solving (CPS) Program, a competitive program in which students use the creative problem- solving process to identify community problems and develop and implement solutions. Differentiates community problem solving from other service learning…

Pre- and post-tests investigated the impact of a 15-week outdoor experiential program on the moral reasoning of 196 university students. Participants' moral reasoning was enhanced, possibly through front-loading of moral reasoning concepts, reflection, critical thinking, problem solving, and adherence to the full-value contract, even though…

Counselor's multicultural counseling competence has been highlighted as an important ingredient in creating positive counseling outcomes when the clients are ethnic and racial minorities. The use of experiential activities in general, and games in particular, is presented as a potentially useful strategy to instill and enhance multicultural…

Explores the crucial importance of experience to making meaning. Asserts that much of pedagogy functions backwards by starting with textbooks and theory and then moving to "real world" experience. (EV)

A teacher of upper elementary deaf students describes a multidisciplinary study unit focused on the Alaskan dogsled race, the Iditarod. Activities included studying Alaskan geography and history, following specific racers (mushers) through daily updates faxed from Alaska, writing letters to mushers, calculating math facts related to the race,…