Advocates using scrapbooks as a genre for getting reluctant writers involved in writing across the disciplines of English and social studies. Provides examples. (PA)

Describes a project to create accessibility in a preschool, whose genesis was a student comment which blossomed into a four-month endeavor. The project serves as a guide to implementing an emergent curriculum project. Describes the process of responding to children, anticipating their next inquiry, following their lead, and encouraging their…

Describes (in the form of an opera libretto in five acts) the experience of creating an opera in a first-grade bilingual classroom. Shows that literacy is not reading and writing, opera is not inaccessible, and art is not a frill. Finds that children made flexible use of sign systems and achieved some degree of bilingualism. (SR)

Reports on a study in which a teacher used the collaborative development of a format-free computer database to facilitate the construction of knowledge by a group of students (n=3) during a science project. Results indicate that knowledge construction is enhanced when children collaboratively develop a format-free database. Contains 27 references.…

Describes decision support software that teaches business students the processes and decisions necessary to develop a comprehensive, affordable, equitable package of wages and benefits. Includes sample guidelines for students and instructors. (SK)

Examines the project work of university students in a TESOL (Teaching of English as a Second Language) program in Malaysia. Compares phonetics and phonology projects completed by students working in pairs with those completed by students alone and reports student attitudes and strategies. (Author/LRW)

Presents an interview with Rebecca Zimmerman, an artist who works with polymer clay. Focuses on topics, such as her interest in art during her life, her use of polymer clay as a medium, and using this medium with students. Includes directions for a project where students make flowers from polymer clay. (CMK)

Presents an activity in which students design, construct, and test "super ears" to investigate sound and hearing. Students work in groups of three and explore how the outer ear funnels sound waves to the inner ear and how human hearing compares to that of other animals. (NB)

Describes the Dream Vacation project, part of the Tech Prep Applied Communications curriculum for high school students, which is carried out in collaborative teams. Shows how the project integrates the language arts while developing communication, technical writing, and performance skills. Notes that the project uses and develops students'…

This article, written by four undergraduates with extensive experience in community-based research (CBR), summarizes each author's project and offers their views on conditions necessary for CBR success and benefits of CBR for students. (Author)

Presents a project for beginning art students where they viewed artworks by Norman Rockwell as examples of visual storytelling. Created their own works of art to tell a story using clay to make a sculpture. (CMK)

Presents a project for students in Art 1 and Art 2 courses in which they created small, clay, animal pots. Describes the process of creating the pots beginning with student research, the project planning stage, and the production of the pot project. (CMK)

Nursing students planned and implemented a project to ascertain the HIV risk knowledge of homeless people and increase participation in testing. The intervention included getting acquainted with clients, learning about their knowledge level through conversation, and reinforcing information with environmental cues. (SK)

Relates stories about the benefits of project-based learning. Describes engaging students through projects, motivating hard-to-reach students, and challenges for teachers. Includes list of common features of project-based learning. (PKP)

Provides a rationale for content-based instruction and demonstrates how project work can be integrated into content-based classrooms. Outlines the primary characteristics of project work, introduces project work in its various configurations, and presents practical guidelines for sequencing and developing a project. (Author/VWL)