Discusses typical uses of databases and data management programs in the classroom; provides a learning plan to teach students how to use databases; lists typical student projects using databases; and presents criteria to help educators choose appropriate database management programs for their classrooms. (MBR)

To build public support for art education, the conference chairperson from the Portland (Oregon) Public School's Board of Education invited Portland students to provide table decorations for a banquet to be held at the board's annual state conference. A portrait sculpture inspired by Picasso's work was the result. (RM)

Presents "fail-safe" lessons for emergencies and substitutes. Describes an experimental design with six steps, designed to help teachers teach students some things about themselves, such as whether boys are better spellers than girls. Offers other examples from the classroom. (EL)

Describes an oral history project in which students at an inner city school in Boston produced a book about the history of their school and its neighborhood, thereby recreating a sense of community in an institution that has undergone profound changes during recent years. (GC)

Inexpensive, teacher-produced materials may be the most effective for classroom use. Suggestions are offered for the production or accumulation and use of seven inexpensive types of materials for home economics classrooms: newspapers and magazines, tapes and videotapes, transparencies, displays, photographs or slides with cassette tapes, and…

For the past two and a half years, Research for Action (RFA) worked with student members of Youth United for Change (YUC) and Philadelphia Student Union (PSU). Over that time, these young people have committed themselves to learning social science research methods and conducted a study of their changing schools. Their motivation to be youth…

Research shows that most training programs aimed at qualifying pre-service teachers (PST) have a slight influence on their beliefs regarding learning and teaching. In order to understand the reasons of this phenomenon we asked our PST to write a portfolio while experiencing learning via a computerized-project-based-learning (CPBL) approach.…

This curriculum project compares Mexican society with the U.S. society. The project takes 4 weeks for classroom implementation, and different concepts are covered each week. A detailed step-by-step procedure is provided for the teacher to follow with 13 suggestions for projects about Mexico. Web sites are identified that offer specific information…

This paper describes a methodology for use in teaching an introductory Database Management System (DBMS) course. Students master basic database concepts through the use of a multiple component project implemented in both relational and associative data models. The associative data model is a new approach for designing multi-user, Web-enabled…

Although the idea of service-learning is relatively new, the types of projects students are doing throughout the United States are quite diverse. The goals of this publication are to encourage environmental service in solid and hazardous waste areas, link these experiences to positive behavioral changes such as waste prevention and recycling, and…

The "Vicarious Learner" project at Glasgow Caledonian University and the University of Edinburgh is looking broadly at issues concerning the role of dialogue in learning. This paper looks at the more general question of how the value of dialogue in learning depends on the structure of the environment in which it takes place. In…

The International Education and Resource Network (iEARN) enables young people (ages 5-19) to use the Internet and other new technologies to engage in collaborative online educational projects that both enhance learning and address issues of global importance. More than 400,000 students in over 95 countries are working together in iEARN to make a…

Two investigators developed a Web-based teambuilding instructional and activities module to improve the collaboration skills of team members involved in online collaboration. This module was formatively evaluated using 24 graduate students who were enrolled in an online course that assigned two online team projects during the Fall 2000 semester.…

The committee charged with reforming the current Core Curriculum of Harvard University has instead recommended a minimum distribution requirement for undergraduates: three courses in each of three fields. The Core Curriculum was adopted by Harvard in the 1970s with a view to ensuring that undergraduates be broadly educated in seven approaches to…

This book is a step-by-step guide to the Internet, suggesting creative K-12 classroom projects ranging from one of the most basic Internet functions, e-mail, to one of the more difficult, writing World Wide Web homepages. Intervening chapters describe projects using Usenet Newsgroups, File Transfer Protocols (FTP), Gopher, Veronica, the World Wide…