This monograph summarizes a doctoral study on the effectiveness and status of New Jersey's cooperative business education programs. The general hypothesis of the study was that compared to non-cooperative office education students, cooperative students will: (1) be employed sooner, (2) be employed in more responsible positions, (3) receive higher…

This paper describes an informal, two-year collaboration of high school students, a teacher, and a psychologist; offered as an optional part of an elective, experimental psychology course. The goal was to help students begin to adopt the perspectives, tools, and research skills of the social scientist. The school has a student body of 2400; more…

Under a 1972 grant from the National Science Foundation's College Science Improvement Program (CoSIP), Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) undertook a major educational experiment involving the total reorientation of its educational programs. The encompassing effort is referred to as the WPI PLAN. A major facet of the WPI PLAN involves student…

Reports on an assignment in which speech communication students at a community college evaluated the communication variables within local organizations while attempting to meet and interview the organizations' chief executives. (RL)

Describes the light construction curriculum at Carteret Technical Institute (Morehead City, North Carolina), designed around the major project of building a house. Its unique method of funding involves an endowment corporation which contracts with individuals, pre-selling the house before construction begins. Brief guidelines for establishing…

Project Schoolflight, which involves building an aircraft in the schools, is described. This activity is sponsored by the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Air Museum Foundation. (MDR)

At north Arundel Vo-Tech in Maryland a well-organized safety program involves the entire school staff--plus Maryland Occupational Health and Safety Act. Strict enforcement of safety violations keeps everyone safety conscious--including the administration and custodial staff. (Editor/HD)

Both school year and summer activities of Oregon vocational agriculture teachers were identified and the number of working hours spent on each activity was tabulated. The study indicated that over half the teachers' professional work time was spent in activities outside the classroom, including project supervision, placement development, and work…

Provides fully developed library media activities designed to be used in connection with specific curriculum units, including art, health, reading and language arts, science, and social studies. For each activity, the objective of the exercise, resources, instructional roles of librarians and teachers, procedures involved, evaluation, and…

Describes National History Day, an annual event in which students compete for state and national prizes awarded for the quality of their self-selected historical research projects. Evaluates the contest as an educational program, suggesting some implications it has for the teaching of history in the schools. Describes various student experiences…

A class project devised for a college business German course involves the simulated establishment of two companies, one domestic and one in West Germany, to trade with each other. The project has proven attractive to students, added new dimensions to the textbook used, and provided communicative practice for business transactions. (MSE)

Presented is an example that allows students to investigate trigonometric ideas in a simple and practical way. (PK)

Addresses the call for university undergraduate physics programs in Great Britain to be more concerned with the relationship between physics and the outside world, particularly with business and industry. Describes some of the constraints on this movement, as well as some of the strategies currently being used to overcome the obstacles. (TW)

This school-wide classroom guide presents both historical background on the U.S. Constitution and examples of project models and ideas to promote learning its history. Additional resource materials--films/video/television, organizations, books--and people to contact for additional resource information are listed. (MBR)