Discusses the development of a one-year laboratory course in an effort to provide a link between traditional laboratories devoted to a single area of chemistry and the total involvement of a single narrow research project. Included are outlines of 32-hour lectures and 11 experiments performed in the integrated course. (CC)

In New York State, a spry venture called Project Change seeks to reinvigorate early childhood education by revitalizing the teacher. (Editor)

Constructing a matrix model not only offers the teacher a theoretical and practical method for organizing his own knowledge about a topic, but provides a vehicle for the student to cope with contemporary knowledge explosion in a realistic and sophisticated manner. (Author)

Describes a cooperative approach to the teaching of the Civil War. (RB)

Biology teachers' expectations of students who have completed earth science should change after the new Earth Science Curriculum Project materials are implemented. The new materials are based on an intrinsic motivation," rather than a managerial," model of teaching. History of ESCP outlined. (AL)

Literary works (novels, plays, poems) are suggested for the public's environmental orientation. Discusses rationale for using these works, focusing on Ibsen's "An Enemy of the People" (which parallels present problems in United States cities) as a valuable literary air to a better and easier understanding of environmental issues. (JN)

Teaching about reading and writing should be flip sides of the same coin. Writing reinforces and develops skills traditionally thought of as reading skills. (PP)

Describes a first grade teacher's typical day. Uses it to illustrate methods for integrating the teaching of the language arts. (FL)

Defends the value and relevance of the study of ancient history and classics in history curricula. The unique homogeneity of the classical period contributes to its instructional manageability. A year-long, secondary-level course on fifth-century Greece and Rome is described to illustrate effective approaches to teaching ancient history. (AM)

Describes how semantic mapping and semantic features analysis were used to teach reading skills and social studies in two eighth grade classes. In mapping the word "transportation," students listed examples of and relationships between vehicles, fuel, and place concepts. In the semantic features analysis, they compared characteristics of…