This paper reports the modification of an existing experimental subject into a project laboratory for first-year physics students studying in the first cycle of university level and at a higher professional level. The subject is aimed at developing important science-related competences and skills through concrete steps under circumstances that are…

Project-based learning is not a new idea. It has a solid track record of increasing student motivation and improving students' problem-solving and higher-order thinking skills (Stites, 1998; Thomas, 2000). In the traditional model, students work in teams to investigate open-ended questions and apply their knowledge through culminating products or…

Here, we describe a laboratory experiment as part of an upper-level vertebrate physiology course for biology majors to investigate the physiological response of vertebrates to osmoregulatory challenges. The experiment involves measuring plasma osmolality and Na[superscript +] -K[superscript +] -ATPase activity in gill tissue of teleost fish…

Evaluation tools are provided that help students' peer-assessment and self-assessment in group activities for the laboratories and classroom. The self- and peer-evaluations have helped teachers provide better feedback to the students and feel more confident in assigning each individual a grade for their contribution to the group laboratory project.

Technology offers ample opportunities to bring reality into the classroom. Students and teachers nowadays have many tools to work in an authentic way with real data in mathematics and science education. However, much research and development are still needed to create a consistent learning trajectory out of the many exciting single activities.…

From February to June 2008, Google ran its first ever student competition in sponsored Web search, the 2008 Google Online Marketing Challenge (GOMC). The 2008 GOMC was based on registrations from 61 countries: 629 course sections from 468 universities participated, fielding over 4000 student teams of approximately 21,000 students. Working with a…

This study examined the existence and use of student-operated public relations/advertising agencies which operate outside the classroom as well as in conjunction with a class. Journalism programs in the United States which were listed as having a public relations sequence, major, emphasis, or concentration were surveyed; of these 110 responded for…

The first article in a continuing series, which will be devoted to successful teaching techniques for teaching home economics to boys, offers two techniques used to teach sewing by making dashiki shirts. (EA)

Author discusses the problems of attempting a student materials production program. (Author)

Described a project in which students raised goats to help provide a variety of animals to people around the world who were trying to increase quantity and improve strains of livestock. (Author/RK)

This highly illustrated monograph includes 22 projects developed by students in a basic photography course that can be inexpensively reproduced by students or by anyone interested in photography. Instructions are provided for making 14 photographic accessories, including a film washer, drying cabinet, camera copy stand, and bounce flash diffuser.…

A 1-week national seminar was conducted in May 1967 (one section at Michigan State, one at Arizona State) for 52 educators and researchers responsible for designing and administering training programs for teachers in the field of marketing and distribution. The major objective was to broaden participant understanding of the project method of…