Supplying an insightful introduction to current trends in general education reform, this second edition of "General Education Essentials: A Guide for College Faculty" gives an important, timely overview of general education curricular design. General education curricula provide students with the intellectual flexibility they need to…

We present adaptable activities for models of drug movement in the human body -- pharmacokinetics -- that motivate the learning of ordinary differential equations with an interdisciplinary topic. Specifically, we model aspirin, caffeine, and digoxin. We discuss the pedagogy of guiding students to understand, develop, and analyze models,…

Presented is an example meant to enable students with a scant mathematical education to grasp the meaning of the limit of the binomial distribution. (Author/TG)

This paper offers a model to be followed by students completing a writing assignment. The model, designed originally for writing students at two-year colleges, prescribes the number of paragraphs and the content of each paragraph. Suggested topic assignments are offered, and an example of the use of the model is provided. Four steps are proposed…

Presents remarks on essay testing made by Edward M. White, an account of procedures for developing essay questions for the California State University and Colleges (CSUC) English Equivalency Examination, the 1974 essay scale with accompanying writing samples, and the questions and scale used in the 1975 test. (RL)

Describes a strategic program planning matrix system that enables practitioners and public relations students to analyze the public relations problem, isolate the central difficulty, establish appropriate goals, develop objectives, design a plan, and evaluate it. (SR)

Describes the construction of a versatile, accessible, and inexpensive model to demonstrate the Valence-Shell Electron-Pair Repulsion Theory (VSEPR). Depicts the different orientation of valence electrons in an atom and the geometry of bonds and lone pairs in molecules. Offers the advantage of easily distinguishing lone pairs from bonds and…

Intended to help teachers understand the complexities of the writing process, this pamphlet offers a model for writing conceptualized in three phases: stimulus, process, and product. The process phase is then examined from the perspectives of: consciousness, speed and elaboration, and mental/physical interaction. The following implications for…

Maintains that the Aba P. Lerner alternative for calculating arc elasticity is superior to the commonly used mean prices and quantities method typically used in intermediate microeconomics courses. (JDH)

Demonstrates a simple and useful way to compare the elasticity of demand at each price (or quantity) for different demand curves. The technique is particularly useful for the intermediate microeconomic course. (Author)

Describes how the Aristotelian model of causality can be used to help college students systematically analyze the components, point of view, organization, and purpose of a literary theory. The literary theories of Plato, Aristotle, Longinus, Sidney, Pope, Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Shelley are analyzed, using this model. (AM)

Describes using a model of direct instruction, called EMQA (Explanation, Modeling, Questioning, and Application), as a framework for teaching the rules of summary writing. Argues that teaching students to summarize increases their comprehension of expository text. (SR)

As an interesting development in recent literary criticism, reader response can enhance a composition class in many ways. Reader response, by incorporating both intellect and feeling into an aesthetic reaction to literature, restores the subjective aspect that some forms of criticism deny. Three main elements compose the repeated cycle of a…

Uses simple models to illustrate the principles of this genetic method of mapping gene loci. Stresses that this system enables a practical approach to be used with students who experience difficulty in understanding the concepts involved. (CW)

Reviews developments in composition in light of the current lack of attention to contexts for writing, proposes a conversational model for the interplay of reading and writing, and explores the implications of the model for teaching. (DD)