Describes an 18-month program for improving science teaching in Texas elementary schools. Designed for teachers from schools of all income levels, the program stressed inquiry learning methods. Teachers learned to write constructivist curriculum modules, which they later piloted at a summer science camp that stimulated children's creative…

The article describes a model program which provided a two-week summer seminar on East Asia for gifted high school learners at William and Mary College in Virginia. In addition to learning about East Asian culture and history, participants developed plans for sharing their new knowledge with local communities. (DB)

This article provides abstracts of 24 recent books, journal articles, and reports on science education, focusing on students with disabilities, gifted students, gifted girls, and summer science programs. (DB)

A survey of 82 western U.S. academically able students (ages 10-15) compared respondents' regular classroom affective experiences to affective experiences at a 3-week summer institute for the gifted. Responses indicated that students found intellectual peers at the institute and felt good about their social behavior. Activities that promote…

In a summer program, British adult students planned, organized, and implemented a conference on environmental issues that concerned their roles as parents, workers, and citizens. A byproduct was development of such skills as oral negotiation, researching information, writing letters, public speaking, and listening. (SK)

Describes a marketing plan to increase enrollment in summer camps. Includes analyzing enrollment statistics, implementing marketing strategies that focus on retaining current campers, establishing a ranking system to concentrate efforts on inquiries most likely to enroll, and analyzing the effectiveness of marketing strategies. (LP)

Describes the Austin (Texas) Independent School District's evaluation of its Summer Opportunity to Accelerate Reading (SOAR) pilot program, designed to help low-achieving students in grades 1 through 3 to improve reading skills. Participating students improved skills, teachers and other staff supported the program, and 45 participating teachers…

Describes a fieldwork training school for graduate students sponsored by the University of Georgia (UGA). Bringing graduate students to the summer program at the school gives school organizers new perspectives on their own work, surroundings, and relationships. (SLD)

Reports on characteristics of summer-term projects for migrant students, types of services offered, and student records systems. About 1,700 Migrant Education-Basic Grant Program projects operated in 1998, serving approximately 262,000 migrant students. Most of the projects were small, and almost all provided academic instruction. (Author/SLD)

Teachers and education professors suggest various nonfiction and fiction books for summer reading enjoyment, from Robert Putnam's "Bowling Alone," C.A. Bowers's "Let Them Eat Data," and Larry McMurtry's "Roads: Driving America's Great Highways" to Kent Hauf's "Plainsong, J.M. Coetzee's "Disgrace," and Michael Cunningham's "The Hours." (MLH)

Draws on both workplace and academic sources to offer a flexible technical communication education model (TC model). Describes 10 attributes that meet industry's changing needs, and describes a recent National Science Foundation technical communication summer program that used the TC model. (SR)

Describes the importance of cooperative education, summer internships, or part-time undergraduate research, for students with lack of ability to visualize the process of thinking like an engineer and understanding the role of engineering in society although they have math and intuitive skills. Discusses the role of cooperative education in student…

Describes a summer institute for Hawaiian teachers, counselors, and administrators that emphasized constructing and nourishing student resiliency to combat pathological and self-destructive responses to problems (e.g., substance abuse) and promoted three internal assets (caring relations, high expectations, and meaningful participation). Describes…

Describes a teacher education program that provided inservice teachers with training in using the Internet through a summer InterNet Academy. Results of surveys indicated that personal growth was the main reason for participating, and that most teachers did apply what they learned to their classroom teaching. (Author/LRW)

Discusses how some construction companies, notably BE&K in Birmingham, Alabama, are recruiting female workers/students. Describes their summer day camp for girls and their relationship with local schools. (JOW)