Describes a freshman laboratory program designed to interface between the substances that surround students in their ordinary lives and abstract principles presented in chemistry classrooms. Course organization is based on the nature of the materials themselves, which include household chemicals such as hydrogen peroxide, food and beverages, pills…

Reports the findings of a study of knowledge management courses included in the curriculum of academic disciplines of business, computing, and information based on a review of course descriptions from Web sites of universities in different countries. Describes level of courses, curriculum areas and topics, and the multidisciplinary nature of the…

Addresses the problem of constructing a syllabus as a pedagogical tool and an artifact of scholarship. States three scholarly syllabus benefits: (1) provides a picture of research and reflection; (2) has potential to organize, integrate, and direct student learning; and (3) aids teachers in planning classroom activities. (Author/KDR)

Describes Operation CHEM1251, an on-going project designed to implement a standards-based approach to instruction in the general chemistry curriculum at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Results indicate that this is the first time in five years that any day-time first semester general chemistry course section scored significantly…

Introduces a course on deep ecology designed with cognitive and experiential aims in mind. Uses conventional methods for the cognitive aim and less conventional class- and home-journal exercises for the experiential aim. (Author/YDS)

This brief report describes the development and implementation of a unique, full-year, credit-bearing, technology course in literary Braille transcription offered at a Long Island (New York) high school. It describes the program's goals, development, implementation, students, ongoing activities, outreach efforts, and student attitudes. Suggestions…

Presents a rearranged general chemistry curriculum in a sequence thought to be more logical to students than the traditional sequence. (Author/KHR)

A possible syllabus for English for Science and Technology is suggested based upon a set of causal relations, arising from a logical description of the presuppositional rhetoric of scientific passages that underlie most semantic functions. An empirical study is reported of the semantic functions present in 52 randomly selected passages.…

Describes key elements for the research and teaching components of green chemistry, an environmentally friendly approach to chemistry. Presents an outline of an introductory course to green chemistry and other efforts at Carnegie Mellon University to incorporate the environment in a fertile manner into teaching. (JRH)

Describes an advanced desktop publishing course that combines instruction in a few advanced techniques for using software with extensive discussion of such design principles as consistency, proportion, asymmetry, appropriateness, contrast, and color. Describes computer hardware and software, class assignments, problems, and the rationale for such…

Describes three different types of discipline-oriented English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) reading courses: multiple content courses, with readings from several subject areas; paired courses, where students enroll in a mainstream class paired with an ESL reading class; and theme courses, with readings taken from one specific mainstream discipline.…

Describes how a high school English teacher used the novel "Cold Sassy Tree" in an elective course entitled Thanatology: A Literary Approach. Notes that the novel clearly addresses virtually every aspect of death, dying, grieving, and loss through an artful array of three-dimensional characters. (RS)

Principles of Technology is an interdisciplinary course with a hands-on approach based on Unified Technical Concepts. Adaptable for all levels of students, it provides a means of integrating academic and vocational education. (SK)

Discusses a women's literature course designed to explore the connections between the narratives that students read and discuss and the narratives that they live and write. Examines a variety of sources, including fiction, biography, autobiography, literary criticism, history, psychology, sociology, and popular culture. (RS)

Describes the planning and implementation of an interdisciplinary course at Northwestern University entitled "Contrasting Roles of Television and Theater Directors." Asserts that identifying the points of convergence between television and theater allows students to broaden their creative experiences, prepare for their respective fields,…