The effectiveness of multidisciplinary patient conferences was examined. The question of multidisciplinary conference productivity was addressed by examining the impact of these conferences on a team's formulation of patient therapy plans, problem lists, hospitalization goals, and discharge date. (Author/MLW)

Provides a "blueprint" of a curriculum-wide program in reading and writing for high school. Includes a combined reading list for all subject areas, and an assessment of the program as implemented in the author's school. (HTH)

Examples of how various countries participating in the Associated Schools Project are using an interdisciplinary approach to international education are provided. Also describes activities of schools around the world participating in the Associated Schools Project aimed at improving international peace and understanding. (RM)

Provided are synopses of selected presentations and discussions that evaluated and provided an understanding of the role of empathy in human behavior toward animals. Factors hampering such empathy, origin of empathy and altruism, and childrens' attitudes toward and knowledge of animals were among the areas explored. (BC)

Legal education should be included in any U.S. history course. Constitutional questions raised by wars--Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korea, and Vietnam--are examined. Through all these crises the Constitution survived. (RM)

Since the passage of the Sedition Act in 1798, Congress has passed, during periods of grave national danger, legislation which appears to violate the first amendment. How the courts can justify these laws is the focus of case studies which can be used in secondary U.S. history classes. (RM)

Training medical students in physician/patient interaction skills resulted in a reduction of the number of times patients failed to show for their scheduled appointments. However, students were ambivalent about recommending the course to future students. (RM)

The imminent closing of their school led one school's teachers to design the curriculum for the last six months around the theme of shelter. Activities utilized included thinking and verbalizing about the idea of shelter, building and writing about shelters, building cameras and taking photographs, and going on field trips. (IS)

An institute held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art taught teachers how to look at art, how to use an art museum as a resource, how to use visual arts confidently, and how to integrate the visual arts into classroom subjects. The program's goals, teaching methods, and results are covered. (IS)

Presents a simulation called "Food For Thought" which permits teachers (and ultimately their students) to draw conclusions about population issues. The simulation involves studying six continents by choosing ambassadors and citizens, looking at land areas and use, and considering protein consumption. (BC)

Discusses how school grounds can be used as a resource to relate textbook concepts to everyday life and to understand interrelationships which exist in the outdoors. Possible school ground learnings considered include topics related to weather and weather prediction; changes (aging, growth, decay); geology; temperature; water; and recycling. (BC)

Describes using Hitchcock's work in the writing class to promote attention to detail, careful preparation for writing and revision, and stylistic concreteness. (CRH)

Reviews theories on cognition and perception as they relate to language and the arts and presents research supporting an arts-centered curriculum as beneficial to language and reading development. (FL)

Described is a teacher-developed book about the Civil War for use in an 11th grade interdisciplinary U.S. history/English literature course. The text contains a brief historical summary of letters written by a Union soldier, a guide for studying the letters, and suggestions for further reading. (RM)

Art can make a contribution toward erasing ethnic stereotypes and cultural misunderstandings. Two multicultural art programs operating in British Columbia elementary schools are described. (RM)