The project training design presented is an integrated approach to management development aimed at optimizing the transfer of training back to the work situation. This design combines some of the effective elements of classroom learning and job-based learning systems. (KP)

Describes an interdisciplinary, month-long minicourse project focusing on the gypsy moth. The project provided students with opportunities to develop analytical and problem-solving skills while studying content from entomology, botany, chemistry, toxicology, ecology, math, art, law, political science, history, English, consumer studies, and…

Citing problems with a traditional introductory chemistry laboratory program, discusses a two-semester, project-oriented laboratory program using traditional experiments. A series of slide/tape programs discussing/illustrating potentially difficult concepts and techniques is used to facilitate instruction. Includes list of topics covered in the…

Describes a student-run radio station within the Cuban Victoria de Giron (VDG) educational system. VDG is an agricultural work-study program for secondary vocational and pre-university students. Using circles of interest, primary and secondary students are brought together for training in broadcasting skills. (AM)

Summarizes the author's experiences with undergraduate research in polymers at Purdue University. Suggests that such experiences may assist students in considering graduate study in chemical engineering. Presents data on 37 past participants' current positions and summarizes their answers to selected questions evaluating their undergraduate…

Presented are examples of the use of Student Research Projects to enable math educators to accomplish four tasks: (1) to increase the interdisciplinary nature of their course, (2) to involve the community more in education of students, (3) to encourage student participation in the solving of real life problems, and (4) to assist students in coping…

Describes a San Francisco, California, science museum whose design is based on the exploration of perception. The museum is arranged in sections on patterns, light color, eye logic, third dimension, sound, hearing, electricity, and the tactile gallery. Programs include teacher training, student learning experience, field trips and study projects,…

Reports the results of student-conducted field studies on attitudes toward returning lost money, policies on renting apartments to unmarried couples, college students' willingness to lend money to strangers, automobile mechanics' ability in diagnosing auto malfunctions, college students' willingness to reveal examination questions, and attitudes…

Student interest in a course in home economics appears to increase when representatives of a food processing firm evaluate classroom work. (Author/JH)

Describes an assignment for an undergraduate U. S. history class that combined role playing and research. The class was directed to use depression-era materials (newspapers, magazine articles, pamphlets, cookbooks) and plan a menu to feed a family of five on $2.50 a week (the amount provided by relief agencies). (MJP)

Describes the reform of an introductory biology curriculum to reverse high attrition rates. Objectives include fostering self-directed learning, emphasizing process over content, and offering laboratory experiences that model the way to acquire scientific knowledge. Teaching methods include discussion, group mentoring, laboratory sections, and…

Describes two elementary social studies projects where a ClarisWorks database was used to teach database vocabulary and to teach students to develop and design a curriculum-related database. (AEF)

Elementary teachers often unwittingly contribute to inequitable classroom environments. As part of a senior project, education majors at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, observed a fifth-grade class at a Guilford County school and solicited students' responses to two case studies involving gender equity issues. Kids enumerated…

Discusses educational benefits, logistical considerations, and inexpensive techniques for creating and facilitating a student-run multimedia publishing operation in the school media center. Checklists are provided for overall equipment needs and for grouping technologies with related functions into smaller "minicenters." A sample student…