This case study highlights how one rural elementary school, where teachers had expressed interest in changing how things were done, provided opportunities for teachers to transform traditional teaching practices into innovative ones. This involved implementing an accelerated schools philosophy (using gifted and talented strategies for all…

In an attempt to promote the development of understanding over rote memorization, writing in mathematics has received increased attention in recent years. In Calculus, the Rule of Three (based on communicating ideas thorough algebraic, graphical and numerical means) has been replaced by the Rule of Four in which writing plays a central role.…

This book provides 29 readings that provide a detailed overview of those elements that might take environmental education from the intuitive to the valid, to a field where there truly is a defensible, substantive structure. Contents include: (1) "Tensions in Environmental Education: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow" (Disinger, John F.); (2) "The…

Like the earlier editions, the current text is directed at educators who are interested in understanding the principles of cognitive psychology and applying them to instruction and curriculum design. The following chapters are included: (1) "Introduction to Cognitive Psychology"; (2) "Sensory, Short-Term, and Working Memory"; (3) "Long-Term…

This analysis aims to be a tool to reach out to the public on the issue of biodiversity. It is designed for executive directors, program directors, educators and communicators, and other leaders who plan and implement public communication and education programs and campaigns about environmental issues, including biodiversity. The roadmap intends…

Talking with others, especially people with different viewpoints, about matters of public and common concern is a basic pro-democracy skill and act. For that reason, teaching young people how to participate more effectively in discussions of controversial public issues (CPI) has long been a major goal of social studies educators. In most social…

This guide to teaching improvement is geared primarily to college faculty and administrators who want to improve teaching. The book covers major themes such as course planning, assessing student learning, lecturing, working with small groups, handling large classes, and the use of new technologies. Based on research findings and experience in…

These proceedings contain papers presented at the Annual Conference on the Undergraduate Teaching of Psychology sponsored by the Psychology Department of the State University of New York, Farmingdale. Following an introduction and the conference program, the papers are: (1) "Developing an Undergraduate Course in Multimedia Applications in…

The idea of differentiation was initiated by educators of and researchers for students who were classified as gifted and talented. Subsequently, this concept has become part of the general belief system that educators must meet and address the needs of every child, regardless of ability levels. Researchers have found that most teachers state that…

Science programs should be such that a child develops a set of skills to explore content, rather than learning the content by rote or by memorizing. (GB)

This article is a "conceptual experiment' in curriculum theory. The aim is to sketch five idealized theories of knowledge and to estimate how each might plausibly be expected to influence curriculum design. (Author)

The emerging discipline of clinical pharmacology is generating an ever increasing data base on the physiological disposition of a large number of drugs in man. Presents a system which would render this information readily understandable to students, regardless of their mathematical facility. (Author/PG)

Describes a course at Notre Dame Law School in Criminal Law and Procedure, offering small classes, participation, and issues that were broad, controversial and pervasive, thus providing subject matter that would allow first-year students a chance to offer observations on matters that interested them. (Author/PG)

Teachers need to have both confidence and time to adapt to new situations. If change is imposed and rushed, it will have little viability. (Editor)