Parents should encourage their gifted children to volunteer in their communities. A variety of models exist (children on their own, children with parents or other adult family members, children with other children). Children should be involved in initial research and planning, and parents should evaluate potential placements. (CL)

Quality food service is maintained by open communications between students and food service personnel. (HS)

The problems that may arise in the 21st century must be discovered and analyzed by today's college and lower level students in an effort to forestall later difficulties. (CK)

The student is the most important person on campus. Teachers are second in importance, and any other person on campus should be called "facilitator, or one who facilitates the teaching-learning process. (WM)

Provides a fictionalized account of a student's involvement in journalism-related activities. (KS)

Proposes a framework for the design of computer-mediated communication (CMC) environments that combines constructivist learning environments (CLEs) and dynamic learning environments (DLEs). Highlights include learner involvement in the problem authenticity; computer-supported collaborative learning; goal-based scenarios; integrating CLEs and DLEs;…

Focuses on the role that students' conceptual models of lecture learning might play in facilitating or hindering efforts to improve their notetaking practices. Considers the importance of assessing conceptual models as well as specific behavioral practices in the diagnosis of lecture-learning difficulties and the evaluation of training…

We compared the structure of discussions in a middle school mathematics classroom before (Year 1) and after (Year 2) teacher participation in professional development activities aimed at enhancing students' participation and the co-construction of mathematical ideas. Changes in the role of teacher and student were accompanied by identifiable…

This project directly involved students in two different models of instructional development. The first model was a Student Consultant program in which faculty selected from a menu of instructional services carried out by students. Typical services included attending class as impartial observers, soliciting feedback from other students on their…

Using activities as its analytic focus, this article compares the classroom cultures of two reading lessons taught by the same teacher. One was from a regular reading class and the other from a reading intervention class that was designed to help students pass the high-stakes state assessment. By developing fine-grained descriptions of classroom…

Impressive advancements have been made in educational opportunities for students with disabilities, whose historic relationship with American public schools has been marked by educational disenfranchisement or mis-education. Critical judicial impetus for these educational opportunities was provided by landmark court cases in which African American…