This reference guide was created for district leaders and teams who are preparing for or engaging in planning for continuous improvement. It combines basic information about continuous-improvement planning with questions, examples, activities, and worksheets that can enrich planning by helping participants explore ideas, analyze data, and make…

In 1997, the Danville City Public Schools opened four focus schools at the high school level, adding 2 more schools in the next 2 years. This booklet relates the efforts of this small urban school district to bring educational choice to its students, parents, and teachers, while having to grapple with issues of autonomy and governance, innovation…

Teachers play a major role in the creation of student learning experiences. Conventional wisdom suggests that teachers' knowledge, beliefs and values influence their instructional choices. However, attempts to describe the decision-making process have yielded inconclusive results. Analysis of the beliefs, intentions, and actions of two exemplary…

Reports research on game playing and the learning associated with it which had three purposes: to contribute knowledge to develop a theory of learning in games; to provide useful information about the effectiveness of games for game designers, teachers, and curriculum specialists; to develop a set of research instruments. (JM)

A teacher looks back at his experiences as a student teacher learning to cope with the open classroom. (RK)

Discusses three possible methods of thinking about the implications of the definitions of the Avogadro constant and number. Indicates that there is only one way to arrive at a simple and standard conclusion. (CC)

An experimental, independent study, history course is described by its designer who desired to evoke some enthusiasm for the study of history. His three basic guidelines were: (1) the library is the best classroom, (2) class activities should center around learning experiences, and (3) course content should be relevant to student needs. (7…

Adaptation of a speech given at a meeting of the New York University Education Alumni in 1972 when author was awarded the 1972 Award for Creative Leadership in Education. (DS)

Music teacher lists some of the amusing names his students have given to different musical compositions and their composers while developing their music listening abilities. (RK)

Movement education, which concentrates on the function, effectiveness, efficiency, and expression of the human body, is becoming an important force in changing physical education so it serves broader purposes. (Author/RK)

Discusses the philosophical underpinnings of alternatives to public education. (Author/RK)

Teachers and counselors in an eight-week institute on problems of school desegregation were used in this study to estimate the degree of change in ethnic attitudes on the rational-irrational and anti-pro minority dimensions of prejudice as related to participation in an intensive adult education experience. (DS)

This article focuses on the importance of affective outcomes, the definition of the affective side of the schooling experience, and the measurement of the impact of instruction on the affective reactions of pupils. (Author)