The United States Military Academy leads a consortium of 12 schools located throughout the country in an effort to improve educational culture through the enhancement of interdisciplinary cooperation and coordination. The primary activity of this program is the development and use of Interdisciplinary Lively Application Projects (ILAPs), the goals…

Drawing the prisoner's cell after reading the Poe classic, and redrawing it after each of several passages are read, students develop problem-solving strategies. (SD)

Suggests that schools include technology in the curriculum; the emphasis should be on the analysis of real problems. (LS)

The author examines the overuse of the structure of discipline in social studies curriculum. The utilization of a problem-solving methodology which deals with value-conflict issues is recommended as a substitute. The problem-solving process would cut across and utilize every subject area. (DE)

Speaking and writing should be taught together as they both are concerned with the communication model that includes a speaker, a listener, and a subject and the way these elements affect each other. In speaking, it is clear that invention is a public process depending on the listener's or receiver's active participation in the creation of…

A second-year biology class at Sedro-Woolley High School is part of an interdisciplinary program designed to develop a heightened awareness of environmental problems. A model for such a course is explained and evaluated. Students' awareness of values increases through the use of problem-solving techniques, audiovisual aids, articles and books, and…

Describes and evaluates environmental studies programs designed to emphasize positive action learning in environmental improvement through selected field experiences of an interdisciplinary nature. (Author/DB)

Describes a college-level social science course which deals with social systems in a way that is meaningful to students, affectively-oriented, interdisciplinary, and supportive of class participation. (Author/DB)

A survey of 167 chemistry professors was conducted to answer this question. Results pointed toward more concentration on mastery of basic concepts such as stoichiometry and problem solving while striving for greater relevancy to current societal problems. (CP)

Preserving and enhancing the quality of the human environment requires holistic approaches to problems. Educators should encourage multi-disciplinary thought in the classroom. One area that has great potential for strengthening the integrative aspects of education is geography. (RM)

A project to tempt students to pose questions, state hypotheses, measure, estimate, compute, and evaluate their answers in terms of a problem they can see and manipulate is described. Selecting landmarks, collecting data, developing a blueprint, interior decoration, and fabrication are among the points discussed. (MNS)

Points to need for engineers with broader educational backgrounds who can join other professionals to deal with modern social and environmental problems. Adapted from address delivered to Engineering College Administrative and Research Councils at 77th Annual ASEE Conference, June 24, 1969. (WM)

A problem-solving model uses social studies content to teach reading and writing skills to middle school students. The model helps students understand a social studies question, determine topics to be researched, gather relevant information to answer the question, and produce a piece of expository writing. (SR)

Explains how a new approach to mathematics education which emphasizes problem solving and interrelationships among various disciplines can help students use mathematics in problem solving in everyday and working lives. (DB)

Sources for everyday problems are suggested and examples from newspapers are given. Also included are a sample role-playing situation and six other suggested activities. (MK)