Describes a university course that explored the novel "Moby Dick" by Herman Melville and its relation to art highlighting the two student initiatives. Provides the opening statements from each of the 12 students at the National Association for Humanities Education Convention from their presentation on the course where they each related…

Describes an honors-level fine arts seminar that culminates in the creation of an 'unnamed' object. Stresses direct manipulation of materials leading to works free of conceptual pre-determination. Argues that naming follows creation; leaving a work unnamed allows artists to experience the dynamic of creation. (NB)

Students at Jamestown High School (Jamestown, New York) develop language, media, and critical thinking skills while producing video programs. With almost complete responsibility for their learning experiences, students conceive, plan, write, and produce the programs, then critique their own work, which must satisfy state academic standards in…

Describes the cross-national educational network, Schools for a Living River Elbe. The project is thought to be the largest educational water-quality project in the world. The establishment of the project and the results of an initial survey show that the project is in a position to develop instructional and ecologically stimulating activities.…

Discusses how the students at New Vista High School in Boulder, Colorado, created simulations and embedded them in web pages. The process has helped them better understand social studies content. Considers examples of student projects, addresses the benefits of using computer simulations, and highlights the challenges of using this technology.…

Examines the ability of third grade students to meet technology standards. Results from this classroom-based investigation strongly suggest that students in this classroom are making good progress toward meeting technology competencies for Grades three through five as specified in the ISTE (2000) NETS for Students. Moreover, students have met the…

An appropriate venue for the use of technology in physical education is one where students are meaningfully engaged in learning activities within a supportive environment that is student centered and that involves cooperation and active learning. An appropriate point of entry for the implementation of such a framework is project-based learning…

The purpose of this study was to explore how individual differences--specifically abilities--were used in the construction of computer-mediated learning artifacts while working within a project-based learning environment. A case study design was used with five participants purposively selected from 61 eighth grade geography students at a small,…

Poster presentations are one way scientists present their latest research findings at professional meetings. This format also works well in the classroom and gives students the opportunity to communicate the results of their experiments (perhaps the most critical portion of their studies). In a performance-based task such as a poster session,…

The workplace's global and dynamic nature allows and requires improved approaches for providing business and economics education. In this article, the authors explore ways of enhancing students' understanding of course material by using nontraditional, real-world datasets of particular interest to them. Teaching at a historically Black university,…

Because of the difficulty of evaluating uneven performance among group members, many researchers suggest incorporating peer evaluations in a grading system that permits an instructor to evaluate and grade individual performance more equitably within a group. In this study, the authors employ expectancy theory to assess key factors that may…

As part of the training of students aiming to be primary science education specialists, Goldsmiths College, London, devised a plan to involve nine schools in a special project: a science investigation challenge. A teacher from each school would be trained to lead their pupils through the steps in developing a complete investigation for a…

Two different technologies, groupware (a shared workspace) and shared wireless laptop computers, were implemented in a project design class in a civil engineering course. The research interest was in the way these technologies supported resource sharing within and across project groups and in the forms of group collaboration that resulted. The…

M.A.S.H. mnemonic is a useful framework for generating, tracking, and objectively evaluating innovative ideas. M.A.S.H. expresses the fundamental components of successful design; Mechanics, Aesthetics, Sustainability, and Human Factors. These essential elements are often underdeveloped in student design concepts and subsequently require bolstering…

Two of the challenges in teaching Food Analysis are bringing relevance to the various chemical and physical analyses discussed and exposing students to the realities of quality assurance in the food industry. In a project to help meet those objectives, each student, with the assistance of a "resource person" from the food industry, completes the…