Describes how a project in buying and selling stocks helps teach students more about the American economic System. (Editor)

Outlines a personalized sculpture project for high school students. (SJL)

Instructions are given for a beginning project in mosaic. (SJL)

Describes the process for etching designs onto mirrors. (SJL)

Technology students should be allowed to rethink and redesign their "completed projects" and thereby improve the final results. Students gain more knowledge and understanding when they take time to redesign. (JOW)

Provides helpful ideas for students on the yearbook staff to create better publications by using themes that add interest throughout the yearbook. Encourages students and advisers to work hard and be creative. (MG)

In this article, the author discusses how because of its simple and pure form, folk art appeals to younger students because they identify with its whimsical qualities. She tells the story of how her students enjoyed learning about folk art in her own art class. Projects completed by the students are described in detail in this article.

Educators try to "catch" plagiarism, but their time is better spent creating assignments that require original, thoughtful research and, therefore, minimize plagiarism. In this article, the author presents two scenarios which exemplify projects that encourage students to do original work. Moreover, some qualities of projects carrying a low…

This article presents a model for increasing science literacy of P-16 students as well as community members by engaging university students in the design and development of university museum exhibits. While the design of this project was in large part motivated by time and budget constraints faced by the faculty members involved, the positive…

This paper describes Scratch, a visual, block-based programming language designed to facilitate media manipulation for novice programmers. We report on the Scratch programming experiences of urban youth ages 8-18 at a Computer Clubhouse--an after school center--over an 18-month period. Our analyses of 536 Scratch projects collected during this…

Aim of the study is to assess how students in 6th, 7th and 8th grades of primary education see the project works made in science education and their implementation processes. The study was fulfilled upon the descriptive survey model to collect data. Participants of the research were 100 students who had project implementation experiences in…

What happens in a final project that fosters teaching for understanding? That inquiry calls to mind the Taoist belief that emptiness makes a cup useful. In the context of this paper, the inquiry organizes a narrative about how teaching for understanding surfaced in a "Theories of Learning" course at Edward Waters College. At a deeper…