Discusses techniques for making student magazines more appealing. Examines design and format techniques. (HTH)

Discusses ways that economically oriented magazine and newspaper articles can be used across grade levels and instructional disciplines to enrich students' education. Offers a bibliography listing 217 articles on current economic topics. (SR)

Compares coverage of women and crime in sociology journals published from 1956-1960 and from 1976-1980 with coverage in criminology texts published from 1956-1965 and from 1976-1985. Data shows despite recent increases in publication of research in journals, criminology texts show little improvement in their coverage of women and crime. Concludes…

Discusses how to conduct a course using French press articles as the course text. Gives ideas for in- and out-of-class assignments and sources for the papers and journals. (EKN)

Lists names and addresses of a sampling of manufacturers, software distributors, magazines, and book publishers specializing in commercial resources for microcomputers. (LLS)

Describes the use of "Harper's" magazine "Index" column of statistical facts as an essay prompt in freshman composition classes. Lists specific instructions for the writing assignment. Reports that students generally produce impressive, sophisticated, thoughtful, and well-written essays for this exercise. (SG)

This article describes an exercise that involves providing students with a basic understanding and demonstration of audience adaptation and then asking them to practice and evaluate the skill. In this exercise the instructor begins by providing students with background on analyzing and adapting to audiences. Then the instructor collects several…

The author demonstrates how simple snapshots can open new entryways into literacy for all children and help educators view teaching and learning in new ways, building classroom-wide and school-wide community. The book offers projects that help children see real-world possibilities in literate behaviors by using photos as a stimulus for literacy…

Presents some advantages (saves time, more current, greater depth and precision of search) and disadvantages (cost, unavailability of older articles) of computerized searching and describes 14 databases in the area of psychology. (Author/JDH)

Describes a feature writing class and an advanced magazine writing class in which students write and submit articles to magazines. (GT)

Explains the concept of a journal club and describes a project based on the concept of the journal club as a teaching method which was helpful for undergraduate students to introduce and use new skills such as understanding new literature, interpreting, and presenting new data. (YDS)

This paper presents findings from a two-­year pilot project into the use of ePortfolios as a tool for assessment in a two year, field-­oriented, inquiry-­based teacher preparation program. Participants consisted of five cohorts of pre­service student teachers and five instructors; interviews, focus groups, artifacts, and project meetings provided…

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Presents examples of various kinds of chemical misinformation culled from newspapers and magazines. Excerpts vary from the comic to the tragic--some errors are conceptual and others are quantitative. Appropriate questions and answers are included. (DKM)

Focuses on the contribution of the "Journal for Research in Mathematics Education" to the view of learning and teaching elementary school mathematics embodied in current curricular recommendations for school mathematics. (23 references) (MKR)