Described is an integrated science program at Northwestern University, a graduate school preparatory curriculum that offers talented students a concentration of sciences at an accelerated pace. Provided is a suggested three-year integrated science curriculum. (MVL)

Describes a strategy which uses writing to help students learn science concepts. Provides a description of the target population, a justification for the various components of the strategy, and information on brainstorming and concept map formation. Reports that use of this method enhances students' interest, motivation, and understanding of…

Provides instructions and diagrams for making a life-sized morpho butterfly to wear on the finger and a paper bromeliad. Includes a pattern for copying. (RT)

Uses a discrepant event to teach students about volume and area. Outlines directions for class demonstration, needed materials, questions, a story problem, and related activities to perform this assignment. (Author/RT)

The study of management in historical and comparative perspective can help resolve tensions between business and the liberal arts in undergraduate education. With the stimulus provided by the Professional Preparation Network, the Business Department at Skidmore College has developed a set of courses for the college's liberal studies core…

Liberal learning and professional training both can be enhanced if humanities and nursing faculties will join in creating a larger vision of education. (Author/MLW)

Offers suggestions for structuring the writing of paragraphs about data tables and conclusions. States that data tables usually contain: the central or most typical value and the variation or spread within the data. Provides steps for writing a paragraph and an evaluation of effectiveness. (RT)

Presents a strategy for science learning through a game activity which uses human and/or animal footprints. Provides numerous ideas for creativity in constructing a story and adapting tracks for experiential experiences. (RT)

Discusses the driving force behind interdisciplinary research organizations such as intellectual and socioeconomic needs, skepticism of the organizations and questions of research quality. Elements of successful organizations including three approaches on tenure-promotion decisions are described. (YP)

Efforts by Siena College's faculty to integrate women's, minority, and other social perspectives into the curriculum are illustrated in courses offered in political science, religious studies, and English and in an interdisciplinary social sciences course. (MSE)

A survey of graduates of a program emphasizing concurrent study of law and another discipline investigated graduates' employment patterns, employability, use of legal and other training, job satisfaction, and salaries. Most respondents felt the joint degree was not a job market detriment and used their training in very different ways. (MSE)

Discusses the accreditation of public relations education programs. Suggests caution in interpreting the educational results of the expansion that has occurred in public relations--as a professional field and as an educational discipline. Offers recommendations on curriculum design for public relations programs. (MS)

Two University of Rhode Island teachers, of journalism and economics, designed student projects simulating real interactions between professional journalists and economists. The projects increased both groups' ability to communicate, awareness of communication needs, interdisciplinary understanding, and mutual respect. (MSE)

Proposes that dance is a language with its own symbols, gestures, and aesthetics with the power to communicate complex ideas and thoughts. Outlines how discussion, analysis, and criticism can be crafted from three major elements of dance: (1) space; (2) time; and (3) energy. Asserts that students can learn to read dance as a visual text. (CFR)

Asserts that the thematic approach used in the National Council for the Social Studies national standards marks a fresh era of thought in social studies instruction. Maintains that the strands can serve as a framework for social studies curriculum development and effective classroom learning experiences. (CFR)