The author mentions Project THINK (Tapping Heuristic Intelligence for New Knowledge) and describes the Isle of Independent Study, a seven-step procedure designed in the form of a map for use with upper elementary gifted students. (SB)

The introduction of noise monitoring into the industrial arts curriculum not only brings contemporary industrial practices into the classroom but also gives an opportunity to study technology-related social issues. (SK)

Aesthetic creativity is explained to emphasize sensory content and a nonverbal mode of cognition. Examples are given in which aesthetic creativity is emphasized through productive and receptive activities. (CL)

Suggests seven themes for activities based on observation of the outdoors through the classroom windows. (JMB)

Argues that teachers and students who have an understanding of the nature of the disciplines (history, science, geology, etc.) can use this understanding as a prism for examining contexts, generating inquires, and determining explorations. (SR)

Discusses procedural schematics (how-to texts). Suggests activities to help students understand these documents. (RS)

Describes a classroom activity called "Let's Party" (borrowed from Ruth McCubbrey) and tells how it gives students a genuine feeling for the concepts and principles of general semantics. (SR)

Describes an activity in which high school students who are reading "Romeo and Juliet" compile information on major characters and create a collection of cards similar to sports cards, to help them understand each character and that character's motives. (SR)

Shows how the scheme for understanding mimetic documents in previous columns can be used as a framework for understanding the levels of knowledge that make up John Anderson's "declarative stage." (RS)

Lists nine practical applications of camcorders to theater companies and programs. Discusses the purchase of video gear, camcorder features, accessories, the use of the camcorder in the classroom, theater management, student uses, and video production. (PRA)

In response to two articles on animal rights, dissection, and the classroom that appeared in the January 1992 issue of this journal, an education specialist at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) argues against holding animals captive in schools. (MLF)

Describes pictures--visual mimetic documents which show the denotative and connotative features of some object, state, or event. Presents instructional activities which use pictures. (RS)

Describes Spelling Cheerleading, a whole-group activity for spelling practice connecting the visual, auditory, and kinesthetic that students enjoy. (SR)

Describes how the author came to love poetry, and how she taught a poetry unit with an adult literacy class. Argues that poetry is a way of taking literacy "by the throat." (SR)

Examines what complexity theories might offer to drama and theatre education, as an alternative method of "mapping" and describing complex aesthetic experiences. Attempts to weave the complex "microworlds" of drama into the typical linear "scope and sequence" and "clock time" structures of the classroom.…