Explores the tensions between English-as-a-Second-Language reading and vocabulary instruction. Suggestions are offered for facilitating the successful meshing of reading and vocabulary skill practice. (Author/CB)

Provides a set of teaching activities for a mini-unit on pirates. Urges the use of such activities as a means of stimulating student interest in determining the difference between fact and myth. Presents an interdisciplinary approach which reinforces skills ranging from geography to creative writing. (KO)

Examines definitions of and attitudes toward social science history (SSH), questioning its place in the history and social science curriculum. Reports on a questionnaire (included) sent to members of the Social Science History Association to assess the place of SSH in education. Concludes that SSH is firmly established in several disciplines and…

Reviews literature on stepfamilies to identify work with major implications for policymakers, service providers, clinicians, and researchers. Discusses implications and gaps in knowledge to encourage further research. Stresses need for greater interdisciplinary communication and on-going collaborative efforts. Argues for remarriage preparation…

Introduces a lesson that can be used for teaching the scientific process with excitement and in a natural learning environment. Suggests activities for classifying, observing, measuring, inferring, collecting data, interpreting, discussing, concluding, and communicating. Supplies a list with pictures and descriptions of types of monuments. (RT)

Examines some basic considerations in planning instruction that connect social studies, science, and mathematics using an exemplar unit to illustrate one approach. Provides an eight-step strategy for developing and teaching the integrated units. Concludes that the integrated approach increases both the quality and quantity of learning. (LS)

The "Digging for Healthy Hearts" teaching technique uses an inquiry and problem-solving approach to educate high school and college students about risk factors and preventive health behaviors related to cardiovascular disease. (CB)

The traditional focus of environmental education (EE) in science and technology classes is criticized. EE instruction in the subjects of literature, art, music, home economics, textile design, career guidance, sports, history, political science, social studies, economics, philosophy, and religious instruction is proposed. (CW)

A group of outstanding science teachers agreed that student motivation and interest soar when real-life issues are used as themes for study. Illustrates how the interdisciplinary approach works with the issue of smoking. (MLF)

Describes the origination of the journal, "Simulation & Games" as an outgrowth of the Academic Games Project at Johns Hopkins University in the late 1960s. The Project developed simulation games, pretested them, performed teacher training, and compared the effects with traditional pedagogy. Discusses the planning and implementation…

Describes an interdisciplinary high school course that covers the development of human history, literature, and culture from the earliest civilizations to the present, with particular emphasis on Western civilization. Provides course outlines and objectives. Highlights the content coverage, and reviews student responses to the course. (TB)

Describes the Multidisciplinary Studies program at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth that provides advanced coursework in the sciences without requiring that a student major in a specific science. Focuses on the fields of environmental science, cognitive science, gerontology, and environmental psychology. (JRH)

A total of 24 parents, 35 therapists/social workers, and 44 teachers responded to a survey assessing their perceptions of parent involvement in a team approach to educating youths with severe emotional disturbances. Differences were found between teachers and therapists/social workers in perceptions of parents' involvement. Improved communication…

Principles of whole-language instruction are being implemented with upper elementary students at the Nebraska School for the Deaf. Students conduct cross-genre studies involving book, stage play, and movie versions of familiar tales. The approach incorporates language arts, social studies, science, art, and speech activities. (DB)

Describes a database-filtering approach that combines citation, indexing, and productivity analyses as an effective tool for identifying journals that support multidisciplinary research and development, based on a study of biotechnology research and development. Cocitation analysis, including cocitation maps; subject heading profile analysis; and…