Integrating reading theory and instructional techniques into the composition classroom helps students improve both their reading and writing skills. Students should be evaluated early by combining diagnostic samples of their reading and writing to determine their ability to recognize organizational relationships and their facility with reading…

In the concept of writing as learning resides implications for the teaching of composition and reading. Writing's special value as a learning tool lies in the way it can help writers clarify the categories and relationships already in mind as they grapple with new information and ideas. One method that has been used to enable students to use…

Unfortunately, a barrier between English and mathematics exists, and it is maintained by separating the two disciplines in educational curricula. This paper addresses the need to integrate mathematics and composition instruction, focusing on the effective use of mathematical notation as a tool that students can use to present ideas clearly and…

In addition to the conventions of standard written English, writing involves difficult choices of theme, audience, and form, as well as subtleties of style, and the teaching of writing requires active involvement of instructor and student in the learning process of each discipline. In a program involving cross-curriculum writing instruction at…

This paper discusses summer seminars on teaching writing that members of the Applied Writing Program at Ithaca College offered to their colleagues in other disciplines. These seminars grew out of the conviction that every teacher who assigns papers is, to some degree, teaching writing, and many of those teachers, unsure of the limits of their…

The report of an interdisciplinary conference held at Santa Monica, California (March 16-18, 1970), contains papers on interdisciplinary programing for infants with known or suspected cerebral dysfunction. Following a general overview by R. R. Rembolt, a description of the Meeting Street School Home Developmental Guidance Program (Providence,…

Workers from the West Indies, India, Pakistan, Cyprus, and Southern Italy have been immigrating with their families to the major industrial cities of Britain in appreciable numbers from the mid 1950s onwards. In order to provide an education in English for the immigrant workers' children enrolled in the local schools, the Schools Council funded a…

Activities with specific examples of how social studies, art, music, and literature can be integrated into the elementary and junior high school classroom in teaching the American Revolution are provided. (Author/DE)

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)

There is a void in instructional materials which extends basic patterns in jazz into individualized or creative channels. This article investigates the parallels between improvised music and normal speech and explores the possibility of applying the principles of linguistic methodology to the teaching of jazz improvisation. (Author/KC)

Describes an industrial arts teaching method in the Los Angeles schools using an interdisciplinary approach. This technique, called the Constructive Learning Method, consists of kits for building model airplanes, puppets, and simulated cities and factory production lines, and includes instruction in language, mathematics, and social studies. (MF)

Medical educators must acquaint students with the advantages of assessing the patient's total needs and of utilizing a broad range of services to help the patient achieve his fullest health potential. A schema is described for implementing the comprehensive health care concept. (Author/LBH)

An innovative graduate course in education devoted to the development of techniques utilizing direct experience in the history curriculum, the 6-weekend course took a level of local cultural history each weekend, showed how that culture related to and changed the land, and whenever possible, communicated that with experiential learning. (NQ)

Art does not live alone anymore and teachers should be prepared to take any concrete object in the environment, any curiosity of the child, any abstract idea, and lead the child to more than just self expressive drawing or the appreciation of a painting. Stresses the need for teachers to be able to seize opportunities for interdisciplinary…

Suggests alternatives to the medical education model for teaching geriatrics. Proposes geriatric learning that shows interdisciplinary care, stresses wellness over illness, and demonstrates examples of care, support, independence, and limited maintenance away from nursing homes and hospitals. (Author/ABB)