Describes a program to reinforce the art-history curriculum; establish a volunteer habit; and impact students' self-esteem, communication, and leadership skills through service learning. Discusses student training and service as docents at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (Texas), and comments on the skills that they acquire through the…

The process of protein synthesis, translation, is difficult for many students to understand. There are two reasons for this: (1) It is difficult to visualize the process, since the components involved in the process are not observable, and (2) There are many details, often dependent on each other and difficult to grasp independently, that are…

Suggests using student volunteers to videotape students' class presentations. Offers guidelines. (SR)

Describes a peer tutoring remedial reading program established at the high school level. Reports marked improvement in reading for both students and tutors. (RBW)

Describes a technique for student evaluation of teacher performance, utilizing the involvement approach. Students evaluate the teacher midterm. The evaluations are then made available to a committee of volunteers drawn from the class. The committee identifies problem areas of instruction and recommends changes. (RM)

Explains how a student volunteer can improve teachers' productivity, efficiency, and teaching skills. Presents a description of job responsibilities.(EL)

Suggests field trips and other community exploration activities to show students that reading exists as a useful skill outside the classroom. (SJL)

Describes Academic Service-Learning (AS-L), in which classroom content is infused into a community-service experience. Describes a successful AS-L project in a business-communication class. Notes that its greatest strengths are students' tying theory into actual application of principles, student passion for the work, faculty enthusiasm for the…

Techniques, materials, and coordinating efforts used in a political campaign are outlined for high school students. The objective is to familiarize students with these techniques so that they can become effective campaign volunteers. Topics include the candidate and the press, campaign publicity materials, organization of headquarters, receptions,…

This packet contains lesson plans with real-life service projects that students can do throughout the school year, from September 2000 to August 2001. The lesson plans in the packet provide teachers with flexibility to offer them to students as young as grade 5 and as old as grade 12. The lesson plans, although essentially social studies, service…

Methods for conducting peer voter registration of high school students cover establishing a permanent voter registration committee and identifying and registering eligible students. The permanent voter registration committee, made up of student body representatives, class representatives, and selected teachers, guarantees comprehensive…

The learning stations described in this article prepare older elementary students to tutor younger ones. Skill and presentation practice are combined to help tutors learn to develop materials and lessons and to serve as good models. For a companion article by Fairleigh, see pages 46-48 of this issue. (SJL)

The cross age teaching program at Bemis Elementary in Troy, Michigan, is described, including procedures and forms by which teachers request tutors, the tutor volunteering process, parent information letters, and tutor training content, particularly self-concept enhancement techniques. For a companion article, see p30-34 of this issue. (SJL)

This guide is intended to assist colleges and universities to initiate tutoring programs for the immigrant and refugee student communities in their cities. Guidelines are presented for planning, executing, and maintaining a program to enable these students to learn English and survival skills, using college student volunteers. The following issues…

This paper discusses service learning, arguing that the pedagogy of service learning offers a framework in which students can remember and apply more of what they learn than in traditional content based and faculty centered curriculum. Service learning strategies recognize that we retain 60% of what we do, 80% of what we do with guided reflection,…