This study describes the experiences of 10- and 11-year-old students with building science models during a unit on weather. With the teacher, we prepared and gathered materials for the students to use in the building of dynamic physical models demonstrating the key features of the weather concepts they were learning. An important aspect of the…

This article describes how preservice teachers accomplish and write up action research projects as part of their teacher preparation at one university in the United States. The paper is divided into four major sections. In the first section, the instructor describes how teacher research is introduced to teacher education students and how they are…

Hypermedia was used to foster constructivism in science and mathematics learning in K-12 settings. It was hypothesized that students might more readily use primary information sources and texts if the goal were to create a hypermedia program. A consortium was formed of K-12 schools in central Iowa, their Area Education Agency (AEA), and the…

Second language reading is a vital skill that aids the communication process. It provides language input and reinforces spoken language. Because the modern world is print-oriented, foreign language and English-as-a-Second-Language learners need to develop reading skills as rapidly as possible. Reading must be taught rather than acquired passively.…

Asking students to select materials for tests, prepare them, score them, and analyze them is a valuable learning experience. (RC)

Student-produced slide shows are found to be an effective way to develop listening and speaking skills for the advanced German student who may be bored with other oral exercises. (CHK)

In a presentation at a symposium on educational media for teaching the deaf (1974), programs at the Kansas School for the Deaf involving instructional television, the newspaper, slides and Super 8mm movies, and coordinated media are discussed. (LS)

This manual of telephone behavior tips for business and sales professionals offers ways to handle the disgruntled caller and makes suggestions on topics relevant to the telephone. The manual is divided into the following sections and subsections: (1) Common Courtesy (staff tips, answering the telephone, screening calls, transferring calls, taking…

A sampling of puzzles and games produced by students at North Rockland High School (New York) are presented as an example of a way student-designed activities can be used to cover a specific unit within the health education curriculum. Produced by 9th and 10th graders, the unit on alcohol consists of puzzles and word games using related vocabulary…

A total of 50 college students enrolled in different sections of a language arts methodology course served as treatment and control groups to investigate the effects of student-generated questions on test performance. Periodically throughout the course, students in the treatment group received instruction in effective questioning techniques by…

A seventh grade class prepared an illustrated book of "corny's" (catch phrases on various occupations) which they wrote, designed, illustrated, edited, advertised, printed, colated. From the sale of the book a small profit was made and donated to a charitable organization. (BP)

Describes a student-designed project to determine the increase in tension level among secondary school students induced by the prospect of having to take school examinations. (PB)

The readings and activities in this competency unit focus the attention of language arts program advisers and primary grade teachers on language instruction/development that is student-centered instead of program-centered. The first section of the unit shows teachers how to clarify their expectations and objectives concerning language instruction…

This paper argues that the ideas people hold about teaching literary genres are out-of-date, that fictions of the imagination have been taken over by the media, which turn everything into entertainment and do not allow reflection. Student narratives are suggested as a way of incorporating personal narrative as a literary genre in order to create…