Defines direct instruction and examines six common myths about it. Clarifies when direct instruction is appropriate in the language arts and reading curriculum. (ARH)

Discusses where and when word processing training should take place, prerequisites to word processing training, modifying vendor training materials, building drills and repetition into lessons, which computer operations to include in word processing curriculum, beginning lessons with a review, and teaching the use of documentation. (CT)

This article describes the framework and the methodology necessary to instill sound principles of economic understanding in business education students. Basic economic concepts are listed and discussed, as well as effective educational delivery systems such as games and simulations (examples are included). (CT)

A serious academic curriculum must ask students, particularly in high school, to critically analyze and evaluate primary sources of information. How a lesson was developed around conflicting Senate testimony over the 1892 Homestead Steel Strike is described. Teachers can easily produce such lessons. (RM)

There is evidence to suggest that first-year chemistry learning experiences may discourage students from studying further chemistry courses. This paper reports on an investigation on the influence of first year learning experiences in two first year chemistry courses on students' chemistry enrollment choices. Students enrolled in first year…

This report observes three teachers connected with the Coalition of Essential Schools (based at Brown University) who have begun the work of changing their classroom practices. All are experienced teachers who describe themselves as having been good conventional teachers before becoming involved in the Essential Schools effort. They believe that…

With new demands and expectations being placed on careers work, the role of careers service is changing to focus on those most at risk of dropping out of education. Recent research has been used to show how careers education has improved since the mid-1980s, but there is still much work to be done. New challenges must be met by those responsible…

The development of curriculum and instructional materials for competency-based education (CBE) is a costly and complex process involving many critical tasks. Failure to carry out any of these tasks can jeopardize the entire instructional development effort. The importance of the process demands that appropriate and effective procedures be used so…

This workshop was presented on outcome-based education and described how the instructional method called mastery learning compliments it and can be adapted for social work education. Although outcome-based education involves creating clearly outlined expected student outcomes, by itself it is not an instructional method. Mastery learning is a…

This brief paper offers an overview of strategies, with practical examples, to infuse multicultural content into the curriculum for gifted students. It proposes a framework for multicultural gifted education based on the four levels or approaches of J. Banks and C. Banks and within each approach, the six levels of B. Bloom's taxonomy. The four…

This book is a guide to surveying and understanding the key issues, best practices, and new developments in business and management studies. The chapters focus on teaching and learning in business and management education. The chapters are: (1) "Traditions and Tensions" (Bruce Macfarlane and Roger Ottewill); (2) "Understanding Learners" (Roger…

Elementary teachers collaborated on a research project that investigated how a constructivist approach to gifted and talented integrated curriculum strategies and techniques could be developed and implemented. The collaborative group action research cycle involved planning, collecting baseline data, intervening strategies/modifying interventions,…

This study examines the perceptions of the learning environment and the attitudes held by students using various science-teaching materials in Texas. Using the My Class Inventory (MCI), interviews, and observation, students' perceptions of their classroom environments and their attitudes toward science were assessed. The goal of this study was to…

This document reviews the critical issues in K-12 environmental education discussed at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)/Morgan State University summer institute for kindergarten through grade 12 educators. Areas reviewed included curriculum, employment opportunities and career awareness, environmental equity, professional development, and…

The goal of this paper is to reflect upon Engineering Education, starting from experiments that have been carried out at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF), aiming to improve the learning process of the content of basic drawing disciplines concerned with graphic representation, which are subjects of the initial terms of the courses of…