Writing assignments involving newspaper portfolios or analyzing the content of a film (animated or live action) are interesting because they help students become involved with course content and improve students' critical thinking. A study examined writing assignments of these types from 21 students taking two sections of a course on child…

Discusses the use of two television sets with UHF coverage and a window screen or aluminum foil reflector to conduct a take-home experiment in physics. (CC)

Article details eight reading learning stations to be developed over a two-week period and geared to the intermediate grades. (Editor/GB)

The lecture-script/assignment method can replace the lecture, freeing time for students' active participation in group discussion. (IR)

Goals and constraints involved in assigning faculty to courses, and a procedure for setting preferences and effectiveness ratings. (Editor)

This paper focuses on the nature of academic work contained in the curriculum of elementary and secondary schools, how that work is organized and accomplished in classrooms, and what modifications in academic work are likely to increase student achievement. (Author)

A model course in legislative drafting meant to increase writing abilities and to apply analytical skills is described. Course assignment sheets and problems and checklist/grading sheet are provided. (Available from: Dennis & Co., Inc., 251 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203, $4.00) (Author/MLW)

Assignments, grading methods, and classroom techniques for teaching creative writing in the high schools. (RL)

Applies three major points of American pragmatism to the development of technical writing assignments: (1) restricting the writing environment to the practical, workaday world, (2) emphasizing the complex contexts of purpose and audience, and (3) verifying the effectiveness of any piece of writing by its intentions. Offers criteria by which both…

Describes a student field project involving the estimation of a maximum rate of erosion for a local area. Identifies the factors influencing erosion and outlines the method of investigation. (GS)

The process of creating a canto in imitation of Dante's "The Inferno" not only enables students to gain a sense of medieval morality and history but also allows them to have an imaginative understanding of their own lives and times. (RL)