Students who know how to collaborate successfully in the classroom will be better prepared for professional success in a world where we are expected to work well with others. Students learn collaboratively, and acquire the skills needed to organize and complete collaborative work, when they participate in thoughtfully-designed learning activities.…

Under a 1972 grant from the National Science Foundation's College Science Improvement Program (CoSIP), Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) undertook a major educational experiment involving the total reorientation of its educational programs. The encompassing effort is referred to as the WPI PLAN. A major facet of the WPI PLAN involves student…

This manual has been developed to aid the industrial arts teacher of electricity or electronics in implementing his course. It has been designed for beginning teachers and experienced instructors as a source for planning the term's work. Although programmed at the seventh or eighth grade level, course work is brought out in detail and could serve…

A popular school project being undertaken around the country today is the amateur-built airplane. Many schools have already finished their first airplane and are working on their second. A list of some of these schools is provided. Interest in these programs has risen greatly among both students and teachers along with grades, attendance,…