Explores the literary connection between writers and readers by offering examples from the work of the writers and the responses of their readers. (HOD)

Summarizes four papers that report a University of Calgary project to improve four methodological practices (Socratic, facilitative, teleconference, partisan review) for a basic speech communication course in terms of classroom performance and relevance of course content to testing and performance. (NEC)

Based on data collected from 181 students across grades six to eight in rural northern Michigan, results suggest that peer substance use is highly correlated with personal substance use and increases with age. Sexual differences were also noted. (Author/PN)

College students enrolled in a microeconomics course enthusiastically responded to the use of interactive video tapes. The tapes varied in length from 5 to 40 minutes and covered all the major topics in the course. The advantages of an interactive video program are discussed. (RM)

An experiment conducted at the University of Haifa School of Education examined the cross-cultural usefulness of educational anthropology's theoretical core. Ways students reorganize their cognitive maps are demonstrated by highlighting personal, organizational, social, and cultural conditions that effect the assimilation of new learning.…

Details the development of an instrument for reporting teacher and course effectiveness in college composition courses. (HOD)

Emphasizes the importance of having students write "artistic" responses to literature, thereby revealing what meaning the literary work has for them. (HOD)

Currently every Area Education Agency, community college, and Regent University in Iowa is connected by a fiber optic system known as the Iowa Communications Network (ICN). Every semester, 7 to 13 college credit classes have been offered at the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) via the ICN since 1993. In the Spring of 1995 seven classes (six…

The traditional K-3 social studies curriculum has focused on food, clothing, shelter, communication, transportation, and other cultural universals. Very little information exists about children's prior knowledge and thinking about these topics. This study was designed to provide such information with respect to the topic of transportation, and in…

This study examined the effects of background classical music on silent reading in a sixth grade class, in order to determine the amount and type of influence it would have on the reader's written response to what was read. Thirty-four suburban sixth graders from two history classes were selected for this study. The data was obtained over a period…

An instructor uses a class activity to increase student understanding of the implications of sexual harassment in interpersonal relationships. Students read a dialogue inspired by a newspaper report about the disciplinary action against five senior government officials at the Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center who had participated in repeated…

This report analyzes the 1999 Student Satisfaction Inventory (SSI) survey results of Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) (Utah) conducted by the Noel-Levitz company. In 1999, a stratified random sample was utilized that produced a more representative profile of the student demographics compared to previous years (e.g., the percentage of full-time…

Article suggested ideas that might aid the teacher in assisting students to understand and acquire values, which will make students develop their own decision making abilities. (RK)

Article presented the attitudes of students and teachers toward community college objectives, considered data taken on the subject, and dispelled some myths on the mission of the community college. (RK)