Suggestions for activities are organized into categories of the community, sports, the home, travel, and nature. Each has been linked to other curriculum areas such as physical education, science, or social studies, so it is possible to use the activities as a basis for an interdisciplinary approach to the curriculum. (MP)

Explores various ways in which people use myths to communicate facts and influence values. Suggests various activities to help upper elementary and junior high school social studies students understand the role of myths and legends in geographic education. Activities include discussing perspectives on legendary lands, working with maps and globes…

Describes an interdisciplinary program which uses simulation to investigate social, cultural, economic, and political dimensions of environmental change. Summarizes the underlying process, outlines topics and activities for each of the four phases of the program, and presents one sample activity for each unit. (DC)

Reports data gained from observations and interviews with reading teachers and administrators in Mexico concerning teacher experience, classroom environment, teaching methods, and materials used in reading instruction. (FL)

Presents five instructional techniques: (1) Exercises based on ads for computerized marriage arrangements; (2) analysis of missing person ad, including comprehension and writing exercises; (3) construction of a labyrinth game in class; (4) classroom game requiring reconstruction of a text; and (5) use of comic strips to teach argumentation. (AMH)

Presents a rationale for teaching parenting to children, and through an analysis of Piaget's developmental stages, suggests that such instruction might appropriately begin at age seven when the child enters the concrete operations stage. Outlines implementation strategies, learning objectives, and sample instructional activities for a six-week…

Although decision making should be shared between teachers and learners, teachers should take a leadership role in establishing learning objectives, organizing learning activities, and maintaining a positive social environment for learning. (SK)

Major concepts about adult learning, program planning, and the teaching-learning transaction, along with brief descriptions of instructional procedures that reflect such concepts illustrate how adult educators can increase their effectiveness. (Author/SK)

Aims to give the teacher a practical framework which can be used in the classroom. The analysis of the framework is based on tape recordings of classroom lessons in the teaching of English as a second language (ESL) in Germany and on observations during a project on bilingual education in Wales. (AMH)

Describes high school English courses which use a seminar approach, emphasizing discussion and writing, to promote a cooperative, student-centered critical and analytical method of teaching literature. (CM)

Activities are suggested which might be carried out by teachers as a form of in-service training on topics related to the skills of general management of discussion in the mathematics classroom. (MP)

An investigation of patterns in magic triangles leads to a number of discoveries concerning the sums of sides and corners. (MP)

Describes an experience in using videotape recordings as an aid to developing conversation skills in a university language class. (AM)

Bulletin boards in language classrooms can be highly motivating learning activities. Examples are given here of several activities used successfully at beginning and intermediate levels of Spanish in secondary schools. (CHK)

An English teacher at a rural high school discusses how she taught a literature class by having students stage a mock trial involving the characters Beowulf and Grendel. As a result, students gained knowledge not only about the literature but also about the legal system. Includes guidelines for using role-playing activities in the classroom. (LP)