Spatial visualization skills are vital to many careers and in particular to STEM fields. Materials have been developed at Michigan Technological University and Penn State Erie, The Behrend College to assess and develop spatial skills. The EnViSIONS (Enhancing Visualization Skills-Improving Options aNd Success) project is combining these materials…

The constructivist learning environment was designed on three perspectives: pedagogical, social and technological. A group of 24 trainee teachers used the environment and participated in the formative evaluation. Results showed that the trainee teachers liked the design specifications and perceived the learning environment to be useful. The…

The author discusses findings from a content analysis of a national sample of 127 service-learning course syllabi to illustrate assessment strategies. Although the results demonstrate the influence of Campus Compact's recommendation to use reflective assessment in service-learning courses, the use of reflection in the syllabi varies widely.…

This paper presents a case study of writing tasks in graduate courses at a large, American university. The study investigates writing tasks across the curriculum and draws implications for curriculum design in English for Academic Purposes (EAP). Using actual course syllabi for task analysis, the researchers analyzed 200 course syllabi from 20…

In response to concerns about the place and nature of dance history in British higher education curricula, a database was compiled of representative but significant examples of modules which focused directly on the teaching and learning of history, or had history as a key component. An analysis is presented of these modules in terms of the place…

Finding few resources on how to teach a yearbook class, high school teacher Christina M. Vettraino set out to create her own. She offers a detailed, classroom-tested approach to producing an award-winning yearbook. Students on the staff and in the yearbook class learn the purpose and the concept of a unifying theme, graphic design, writing, and…

THIS REPORT CONCERNS THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOOL AND COLLEGE TELEVISION (NCSCT) CONFERENCE ON TELEVISION IN MUSIC EDUCATION. IT HAS 4 SECTIONS--(1) A STATUS REPORT OF MUSIC TELECOURSES OFFERED IN THE U.S. BY EDUCATIONAL TV IN 1965-66, (2) A SUMMARY OF THE DISCUSSION AMONG THE 7 MUSIC AND INSTRUCTIONAL AUTHORITIES PARTICIPATING IN THE…

THIS REPORT CONCERNS THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOOL AND COLLEGE TELEVISION'S CONFERENCE ON TELEVISION IN ART EDUCATION. THE CONFERENCE WAS CONDUCTED TO ASSESS TV MATERIALS NOW OFFERED IN ART AREAS, IN AN EFFORT TO STIMULATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF INCREASINGLY EFFECTIVE TV MATERIALS FOR THE NATION'S SCHOOLS. THERE ARE 4 SECTIONS, (1) A STATUS REPORT OF…

A film study course written for the Dade County, Fla. public schools is described which covers techniques of motion pictures and their historical development. Techniques include the "language of pictures" (distance shots, angle shots, color, lighting, arrangement), the "language of motion" (camera movement, subject movement),…

Discusses the approach taken to introduce computers/computing into the curriculum at Brighton Polytechnic's Department of Mechanical and Production Engineering. Also lists aims of computing and microprocessor work, shows a typical computer exercise, and discusses polynomial approximation for a cam. (JN)

Describes a course at the University of Michigan in which students write media critiques and send them to local newspaper editors and television news directors. (RB)

The primary objective of the course is to evaluate the interdependent relationships between living things and natural environments on a comparative basis. (JA)

Briefly describes a course which represents an attempt to develop curricular experiences to meet crucial needs of prospective college and university counselors not met in traditional counselor training programs. Enthusiastic student response, including that from former students employed as professional counselors and student personnel workers,…

This postscript describes a follow up course to that described in AA 514 436. (CB)