Presents some poems the author has used with students, the prompts they considered, and the poems they wrote in response. Concludes that educators must take advantage of opportunities where students can share their poems so that they, too, can experience the power of the written word. (SG)

Presents a new approach to examining second language writing among young learners, which the author defines as "Language mosaic." Offers a new perspective on the process of writing development and examines how and what children do in the writing process while developing an additional language. Suggests that educators should view the…

Presents the Main Idea Organizer (MIO) to help students who may struggle with writing, reading, and thinking--though in different ways and for different reasons. Describes many different ways the author uses the MIO. (SG)

Presents an explanation of self-efficacy and differences between self-efficacy and other aspects of the self-system. Examines the self-efficacy for mathematical problem solving and verbal comprehension of a group of students, including developmental learners. Indicates that developmental students as a group lack the ability to monitor their own…

Examines the value of two alternative tools as supplements for the traditional introduction to public relations course. Considers the usage of a study manual, usage of televised review sessions, year in school and major status. Indicates that all four variables are significantly correlated with class performance, but that the study manual explains…

Suggests that active learning can benefit students in public relations and integrated communication courses at the graduate level. Describes how three active learning approaches--research and field work, student accountabilities for learning, and student reflection and reflexive exercises--were used in a graduate class project to help a Fortune 50…

After focusing on pedagogical skills during their fifth year of graduate study, teacher candidates at Portland State University (Oregon) take a summer course in reflective practice. Inspired by Robert Coles's ideas, the course emphasizes the teacher as character. Students read real and fictional stories about teachers' experiences to gain…

Sets forth theoretical propositions developed in the four-year-old Critical Spirit Project in Los Angeles, California. Contends that students learn to reason critically as they are initiated into school communities that grant importance to critical reasoning and treat instruction in critical thinking as a form of character education. (25…

Provides resources available at the high school level for instruction on the Holocaust. Identifies the Holocaust Memorial Center in West Bloomfield, Michigan as an excellent learning resource. Cites information sources for bibliographies and reviews several books and U.S. government reports. (GG)

Describes how a high school designed a contest to reduce geographic illiteracy. A preliminary geographic location and map skill test was given schoolwide, with prizes for the top 10 scores. Concludes that the test results gave a picture of the geographically illiterate and that the test helped glamorize geography. (GG)

Survey results are presented from a study which investigated purchasers (N=190) of the Basic Stuff Series, nine books which summarize physical education knowledge and give related teaching ideas. The purpose of the study was to determine if and how purchasers used the books. (IAH)

Describes a two-stage experiment that was designed to explain binomial distribution to undergraduate statistics students. A manual coin flipping exercise is explained as the first stage; a computerized simulation using MINITAB software is presented as stage two; and output from the MINITAB exercises is included. (two references) (LRW)

Discusses the use of computer-assisted language learning (CALL) for foreign language instruction, and describes the development of a Foreign Language Instructional Design Environment (FL-IDE) that uses hypertext to organize the domain knowledge structure. The development of the original IDE as an intelligent tutoring system is also described. (20…

Presents a teacher decision-making model that emphasizes "artistic teaching," in which teachers artistically use research and intuition to promote student achievement. Provides examples of this model implemented in several English classes. (MM)

Recent second language instruction computer software focuses almost exclusively on the structures and forms of language, and on programed learning instead of developing communicative skills. Until artificial intelligence changes these old behavioristic principles, computer-assisted language instruction can only play a minor role in language…