Describes secondary school students making and playing games related to specific themes in their course work. Transcripts of student discussions are used to illustrate the language and social skills to which the gaming contributed. (AA)

Nine questions are presented for student discussions relating to genetics, evolution, and racial characteristics. A brief introductory discussion of these topics are presented, as well. (BB)

Describes a project initiated by sixth graders in which children and parents were brought together in groups led by professionals to discuss parent child relations. (JMB)

The East Lansing Public Schools, Michigan, have improved faculty morale, improved instruction, and helped establish positive contacts with community members through a professional reading and discussion program for teachers. (Author/MT)

The mental health consequences of having a handicapped brother or sister and factors that may be related to psychological adjustment are discussed. Also explored are the use of parental consultation, behavior modification, and discussion groups as potential intervention strategies with siblings of the handicapped. (Author)

The isolation common to many veteran teachers begins with the student teaching experience. A model of feedback and interchange is tested which uses small group seminars and observational data in an attempt to initiate reflection in student teachers and to break the cycle of isolation and dependency. (Author/MT)

The author traces the educational activities of adults in colonial America back to their British counterparts. (CH)

Since early 1998, AEL, Inc., has been assisting state departments of education in Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia in the implementation of the federally funded Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration (CSRD) program. As part of this assistance, AEL established two types of electronic networks to link school staff at CSRD sites,…

This paper examines the Kalamazoo Ladies' Library Association during the 25-year period in the last half of the 19th century when the association formed a Reading Circle, held Social Meetings, and finally established a Ladies' Library Club. The Reading Circle met weekly and bi-weekly between 1861-1868; the Social Meetings took place once a month…

This paper explores how faculty from various disciplines at one southeastern university used the threaded discussion group feature of such integrated Web packages as FrontPage, Blackboard, and WebCT. Ten faculty members from the colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business, Education, Communication, Engineering, and Nursing were surveyed. Qualitative…

Although the principal virtue of the study group is its collective effort, it is flexible enough to provide help where it is needed in individual skill areas or to foster individual exploration within the over-all subject area. (Author)

Describes how members of one community organization tried to get their school district to move toward an Educational Planning-Programming Budgeting System. (Authors/MB)

Libraries and librarians can live up to their commitment to freedom of the mind by grasping the initiative, wherever possible, by supplimenting the traditional role with continuing seminars on the choosing and deciding roles of society. (Author/JS)