Research and writing are critical components of an undergraduate education. Partnerships between economics faculty and campus resources can improve student research and writing skills. Here, the authors describe programs at three different campuses that bridge department and campus resources: the Empirical Reasoning Lab at Barnard College, the…

The Online Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering is a collaborative effort among three University Centers at SUNY (State University of New York), namely Stony Brook, Binghamton, and Buffalo. The program delivers the complete electrical engineering curriculum at the bachelor level to students online and asynchronously. Students, however,…

Providing training for pre-service teachers at historic sites necessitates a reorientation for historic site-based teacher education programs away from strict content learning towards programs that emphasize the modeling of disciplinary problem solving and transfer learning. Outlined here is a History Lab model for teacher education that uses the…

This paper describes the ways in which Writing Centers (WC) currently serve English Language Learners (ELL) at American universities. The authors argue that the pedagogy offered at these centers does not always meet the needs of the Chinese ELLs who make up the largest population of ELLs at American universities. The proposed supplemental model…

Secondary schools use a variety of methods to assess students' learning. In particular, writing assignments are not only among the most widely utilized type of evaluation but also are one of the most important for future success in post-secondary school environments. The present analysis utilizes the McCallie School Caldwell Writing Center as a…

This article summarizes a major e-Learning project recently funded by the National Science Council of Taiwan and envisions some of the future research directions in this area. This project intends to initiate the "Center for excellence in e-Learning Sciences (CeeLS): i[superscript 4] future learning environment" at the National Taiwan…

A description of a mathematics laboratory established in a north Philadelphia community where the need for the laboratory could not be met in the school." (Editor/AK)

Describes the planning and development of a learning center at the University of California at Berkley and offers suggestions to others who wish to develop a learning center. (RB)

Technical Education is a supplement to Industrial Education. (MU)

This special-needs program seeks to motivate students and improve their basic skills sufficiently so that they can succeed in school. Further, COLT aims to equip students with a wide range of office experiences, skills, and abilities that will enable them to gain and hold an office position. (Author)

The article describes the Tuscaloosa County class for 16 primary gifted students in Northport, Alabama. It is explained that the students designed learning centers based on their own interests. Outlined is the sequential plan developed for researching and developing the learning centers. (SBH)

Article described a program in which children could involve themselves in activities of their choosing. (Author/RK)

The paper describes the Learning Center Enrichment Program for elementary school gifted and talented children. The nomenclature associated with the program model (learning center, enrichment, and management system) is defined; and it is explained that the program is organized according to the enrichment triad model advocated by J. Renzulli because…

Conquest is a laboratory project for first-grade repeaters and for students in second grade through sixth grade who have difficulty in reading. It features an individualized, eclectic approach made possible by low student/teacher ratios and by a wide variety of materials and equipment. Instructional and diagnostic procedures are highly structured,…