Making and Writing Words is a variation of Making Words, a popular spelling and word study instructional activity. In Making and Writing Words, students are guided by their teacher in writing and sorting words using a limited set of letters, then students write the words on a sheet of paper designed to accommodate the activity. Teachers have found…

Service-learning is a curriculum-based form of community service that integrates classroom instruction and reflection with hands-on service experiences. While the number of schools organizing service-learning activities has not yet surpassed the large percentage of K-12 institutions that simply offer or organize community service, the pedagogy has…

The educational program of Wenhsing Street Primary School is described. Teaching methods, teacher-pupil relationships, and examples of learning activities are discussed. (SM)

Description of after-school activities of children from fifth and sixth grades of Wenhsing Primary School is given by an activities counsellor-worker in the Peking Pharmaceutical Company. (SM)

Translating social studies objectives into learnable tasks for students in the classroom involves understanding what a learning activity is, and that different types of learning activities serve different functions. An example of a learning activity sequence which includes four catagories of activities--intake, organizational, demonstrative, and…

Article provided an outline of some of the factors that influence change with the goal that others may profit from these experiences, or at least, think more deeply about what they are doing. (Author/RK)

Article stressed that the subject is the thing, more significant than either the student or the teacher and that both professors and students must concentrate on it rather than on each other. (Author/RK)

A discussion of learning stations, which are where students go to work on certain specified performance objectives, in order to individualize instruction. (Author/HB)

An examination of the Learning Activity Package considers what an LAP is and its purpose, how it can be implemented, and what the prerequisites for implementing LAP strategy are. (Author/KM)

The instructional resource described, a game of learning activities, is designed to provide simulated experiences in how to find, apply, and interview for a job. (Author/AG)

A program developed to introduce students to urban planning concepts answers the need for an interdisciplinary approach to urban ecology. (KM)

Learning centers can focus on social and emotional development as well as on subject matter. Four examples of learning center activities with guidance objectives are presented. Counselors are advised to encourage teachers to provide learning centers with guidance objectives. (EK)

Presents a rationale for incorporating every day cooking activities into early childhood education programs, and provides suggestions on how to organize such activities. (DP)