A course on game preparation attended by students from different disciplines involved an exposure to various types of games, leading up to individual and group development of games. Two of the games developed, Senate and Disarmament, described in the article, exemplify the benefit in hard deductive reasoning required by game preparation. (JH)

Computers are intrinsically fascinating to students once they learn what materials are available and become familiar with working on the terminals. The Plato Health Science Network contains an extensive catalog of lessons of interest to medical students and is available to anyone on request; this has resulted in several hundred hours per week of…

This ESEA/Title III program was designed to develop a first grader's ability to think of events in correct sequence. Throughout first grade, children are taught sequence by using objects they can see and handle and by using experiences with which they are familiar. Dramatizing nursery rhymes, relating the sequence in which familiar tasks are…

This bibliography on the American Indian was compiled and used by a group of ninth grade students at Culbreth School in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, as a result of their working on an exchange with a group of Indian students from nearby towns. The purpose was to provide the ninth graders with a better understanding of the background of the Indian…

An experimental 9th grade computer science syllabus is proposed. The syllabus would include the technical information needed for controlling and programing the computer in a number of modes and would preview some of the areas covered in the high school curriculum. A sample module of a topic not normally taught in high school--distance and…

In the present document the effectiveness of a student team teaching technique is evaluated in comparison with the lecture method. The team teaching technique, previously used for upper division and graduate physics courses, was, for this study, used in a sophomore physics, electricity and magnetism course for engineers, mathematicians, chemists,…

Written by a class of sixth graders, this guide to the operation and use of "Panax" cameras offers suggestions for taking pictures and explains how to develop and print the pictures. The structure of the camera is first described, then the loading procedure is explained. Picture taking, unloading, developing, and printing are carefully…

How young children, even kindergarteners, can use media equipment to produce their own creations. (HB)

This paper suggests some of the more important implications of classroom oral history projects based on the example of Foxfire. (Author)

Describes a teaching model using a VTR system as an integral part of the pedagogical situation. The method is based primarily on assigning to the student preparation of videotapes to be used both for immediate instruction and also for future classes. (VT)

Student developed tape recordings can simulate radio programs and contribute to student learning in a variety of ways. (STS)

High School social science course requires students to communicate the findings of their independent study through self-designed audiovisual projects. (STS)

Student media projects may serve as catalysts to return children willingly to the world of print. Slower students may be particularly receptive to this approach. (Author/STS)

Describes one high school social studies teacher's success in having students construct their own educational games to illustrate concepts from sociology and anthropology. (JDH)

A sampling of artworks created by senior high art students is presented. The works show that there is a lot of superior artwork being produced by teenagers. (RM)