Innovative courses and programs, including audiotutorial methods, at Florissant Valley, Forest Park, and Meramec Community Colleges are described. (MS)

Innovations in the Los Angeles Community College District are summarized. New programs in humanities, tutorials, and vocational curriculums are described. (MS)

Some of the innovative programs and courses at Golden West College and Orange Coast College are described, including films and computer aids. (MS)

Described is a 100 square foot map intended to allow students to perform all of the activities suggested by the article's title. (LS)

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Describes an alternative method of teaching German verbs by listing them as infinitives. The optional method is less confusing than the traditional method since the alternative method presents verbs in their present and past tense stems and then treats the infinitives as derived from the primary present stem. (Author/CB)

Provides guidelines for developing grant proposals. Covers steps in the following phases: planning (i.e., brainstorming, identifying funding sources, and researching); developing the proposal (i.e., abstract, title page, narrative, problem statement/needs assessment, operational plan, key personnel, budget, significance statement, future funding,…

This paper explores some of the value of creativity in educational practice arguing that its relevance has less to do with any standardized, reductive and predetermined model that is constructed for it and more to do with how it speaks to me in what Maurice Merleau-Ponty thought of as a depth of being open to the world.

This book contains a compilation of papers presented at the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2019, organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (W.I.A.R.S.). Modern psychology offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and…

The effervescent progress of technologies in the modern era demands new pedagogical techniques in the process of effective and successful teaching and learning. The prospective teachers who are competent with technical skills and have command over language alone can produce articulate students. Prospective teachers, when they enter the real…

The newly updated "Content-Based Curriculum for High-Ability Learners" provides a solid introduction to curriculum development in gifted and talented education. Written by experts in the field of gifted education, this text uses cutting-edge design techniques and aligns the core content with national and state standards. In addition to a revision…

The purpose of this "Handbook" is to bolster the effective implementation of the intervention models and strategies outlined in the "2010 School Improvement Grant" (SIG) program--section 1003(g) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)--in order to achieve the program's clear goal--rapid improvement of persistently…

The purpose of this study was to explore students' response to a multicultural course for graduate level speech-language pathology preservice candidates grounded in a sociocultural conceptual framework. This study will describe: (1) the innovative instructional methods used for the delivery of multicultural course content, (2) student's…

Conventional teaching of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is highly teacher-centered, in line with traditional views of the teacher as "master". This article focuses on how modern teaching concepts and technologies can enhance the teaching of TCM in Hong Kong, a city noted for a culture where "East meets West." The project…

Story innovation is a form of scaffold writing in which the sentence and text patterns remain intact but the content is altered through the substitution of vocabulary to change the setting, characters, or action in a story. Story innovation is presented as a way to develop vocabulary knowledge through deep processing and to provide fluency…