The Future Farmers of America (FFA) is more than a leadership development organization and when used as an intracurricular activity, it can serve as a teaching tool. The FFA adds advantages to the program in areas such as supervised experience, award motivation, providing real world experience, public relations, travel, and competition. (LRA)

Combining literacy with career development seems to be a logical activity for adult education practitioners. Program models (e.g., Comprehensive Employment and Training Act, Work Incentive Program, and Career Education) have been developed which demonstrate the feasibility of such practices. Article surveys several of these programs, presents…

Describes the national adult literacy campaign in Britain, with particular attention to experience in Birmingham, England. Local education authorities organize and coordinate programs of individual and group instruction in various settings with volunteer tutors forming the backbone of the services, overcoming student hesitancy through informal,…

Topics addressed in the annual meeting and report of the Association of American Medical Colleges for 1979 include: AAMC cooperation with other organizations, quality control and cost containment in health care education, educational initiatives, biomedical research, faculty, students, institutional development, teaching hospitals, and information…

Higher education in the 1980s is addressed with a focus on two major questions: (1) Who are the learners likely to be? and (2) How can the higher educational community act and react in positive and future-oriented ways? Possible changes in enrollment and student characteristics, and some alternatives to the traditional educational system are…

Discusses a computer-assisted instruction study that examined the impact of group composition on student achievement, time on task, and group interactions when completing integrated learning system (ILS) math activities in cooperative pairs. The study paired elementary school students homogeneously or heterogeneously based on ability. (Author/LRW)

A study investigated how advantages of collaborative learning can be extended and deepened when team teachers consciously model collaborative behaviors and values they seek to encourage in students. Specific behaviors modeled are described and classroom results discussed. Evidence indicated that students observed teachers closely and were affected…

Describes Partnering for Elementary Environmental Science, a collaborative project between Ohio State University at Mansfield, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, and the Science and Mathematics Network of Central Ohio, designed to provide professional development opportunities for elementary teachers, improve science education in rural…

The AISES Student Summer Work Experience Program provides Native American college students with paid summer internships in federal agencies. Interns work with mentors on projects designed by the participating agency and applicable to the student's course of study. The program benefits students and agencies while striving to increase Native…

Presents methods and outcomes of a semester-long course involving cooperative hypermedia authoring and instructional strategies for preservice teachers. Posttest findings revealed that participants showed a decrease in computer anxiety through their involvement in the course, and the lowest levels of anxiety were associated with graduate rank and…

Presents findings from 55 team portfolios representing the field experiences of 285 preservice teachers grouped into teams to present technology-supported lessons in K-12 classrooms. Results indicated that preservice teachers were surprised at the disparity between educational technology practice in contemporary classrooms and their preconceived…

Provides a model for task computing for fifth graders that meets educational technology goals and challenges students to take full advantage of available hardware and software. Highlights include task rotation; assessment; benefits, including integrating technology into the classroom, computer literacy skills, peer tutoring, cooperative learning,…

A variety of consortial arrangements in higher education are discussed noting advantages such as savings realized through the cooperative efforts, enrichment of academic programs, improved student services and community outreach, as well as obstacles (organizational, procedural, and cultural). Success factors identified include presence of…

Describes studies appropriate for classroom application, showing that nonverbal teacher expectations can be communicated across cultural boundaries, cooperative learning can be implemented schoolwide with no loss of achievement in some areas and gains in others, analogies of target problems stimulate student thinking more effectively when in…

Case study of implementation of the Project Adventure curriculum in the physical education programs at two urban alternative elementary schools focuses on perceptions of two physical education teachers. Discusses teachers' goals and practices related to developing student self-esteem, social skills, responsibility, enjoyment of learning, cognitive…