In teaching others about their enrichment research projects, gifted students develop instructional skills useful in many contexts. The model MAT (Making All-of-us Teachers) Program uses a five-part process: (1) thinking about teaching; (2) choosing a lesson topic; (3) planning the lesson; (4) delivering the lesson; and (5) review and evaluation.…

In responding to Caple's article on student development, focuses on ways to use the ideas in a college setting. Educators and counselors should facilitate student development, according to this theory, by fostering nonequilibrium. Results of such machinations would be unpredictable. Discusses implications for research, primarily phenomenological…

The students of the Santo Domingo Public School (New Mexico) are all members of the Santo Domingo American Indian tribe. When they reach ninth grade they move into a more diversely populated school. To help the students adjust to the change, the School Improvement Through Communication Program was initiated in 1984. (MD)

Advising of student-athletes is discussed as an institutional rather than an individual or educational endeavor. A general systems framework for thinking about the issue is provided to initiate a dialogue about the understanding of and developmental change in advising student-athletes. (MLW)

Moral development theory has much to offer in the classroom and other informed discussions, but the moral development approach to education should depart from the Kohlberg model and examine the actual role of rules and principles in human conduct and recognize the impact of economic and psychological motivation in the process of moral choice. (MSE)

The teaching of the history of medicine to medical students throughout their undergraduate medical education is advocated. History acts as a unifying force connecting a variety of scientific and humanistic disciplines and, by providing a historical perspective, serves to promote the student as a professional. (Author/MLW)

Assigned 64 urban disadvantaged fourth- and fifth-grade students to either a social problem-solving training, response cost, social problem-solving training plus response cost, or control group. Those exposed to problem-solving training improved on measures of alternative thinking and consequential thinking skills. Training did not affect teacher…

Describes WILL (Women Involved in Living and Learning), a 4-year developmental program for liberal arts students designed to help undergraduate women define goals, and develop self-knowledge. A series of tests, interviews, and questionnaires indicated that WILL students are more outgoing, flexible, and open-minded about themselves as women than…

Undeclared majors, like declared majors, are at various levels of maturity, and the development and implementation of advising strategies must incorporate these levels and the students' perspective. An integrated model of college student development applied to the undeclared major is presented. (Author/MLW)

Examined variables thought to affect handicapped college students' extracurricular activities: projection of negative feelings, substitution of time, prior experience in activities, and severity of handicap. Results indicated the independent variables did not demonstrate any significant relationship to the dependent variable. (Author/ABB)

Since 1971 the Close Up Foundation has brought high school students to Washington, DC for one-week intensive sessions designed to stimulate participation in the political process and increase understanding of the federal government. The varieties of experiences provided and the program's strengths and weaknesses are discussed. (IS)

Assesses the current relevance of a 1972 statement on student personnel work, which saw the counselor as a catalyst and an equal partner to instruction, curriculum, library, and management functions. Sees the student development services role as to furnish direct support services to students and to promote student development. (DMM)

Reports on a study of whether interracial contact in high school predicts interracial contact in college. Concludes that school-sponsored interracial activities promote cross-race contact at both educational levels. Offers recommendations to school administrators for developing extracurricular activities that encourage interracial contact. (KH)

Described the development of a high school curriculum designed to promote the psychological growth of students (N=51) in a course about life history interviewing with older adults. Results showed students had more positive attitudes toward older people following the course and were more psychologically mature. (JAC)

Focuses on self-concept as learner and identifies selected characteristics of students who seem to possess positive self-concept in this area. The identification process is based on information provided by the Florida Key, an observation inventory used to infer student self-concept as learner. Discusses implications for educators. (JAC)