Article described a new art course developed to augment the students' experience with three-dimensional materials. (Author/RK)

This article attempted to give some insight into courses designed for non-art majors, who are required to take such courses for elementary certification. (RK)

Students learned to create head forms with clay at a special introductory class in Clay Portrait Sculpture at Vacaville High School, Vacaville, California. (Author/RK)

Discusses an electrochemical engineering course that combines transport phenomena and basic physical chemistry. Lecture notes and homework problems are used instead of a textbook; an outline of lecture topics is presented. (MLH)

Discusses a chemical engineering course which includes laboratory experiments on polymerization, polymer fabrication, and polymer properties. (MLH)

Describes a graduate chemical engineering course in transport phenomena that emphasizes jump conditions at phase boundaries and fluid-dynamic discontinuities. (MLH)

Describes a teaching method called Announced Repetitive Tests, in which students are allowed a number of times to master test questions similar to ones assigned as homework. (MLH)

Argues that under strict deadlines students develop into more careful writers, making fewer errors and creating better news stories, than do the students writing a story at a more leisurely pace. (RB)

Student publications can be used in teaching editing and writing skills in technical writing courses. (RB)

"Online Writing Tutorial" (OWI) was designed and piloted in the summer of 2000 as a one to two credit writing course intended for Rensselaer Polytechnic students on co-op assignment in New York and across the country. Similar to its ancestor course, "Writing Workshop" (WW), which was a one-credit course designed to fit the…

This document is a course syllabus for "The Community Junior College." The purpose of the course is to familiarize students with the variety of institutions classified as community junior colleges. More specifically, the lectures, class discussions, and readings aim to provide students with a better understanding of (among other topics):…

Millikin University in Illinois has about 2400 students and is committed to providing small, seminar-style, learning opportunities in every course. Millikin's Political Science Department has earned recognition institutionally and nationally for its work. In the summer of 2001, the department decided to revamp the curriculum and made a conscious…

North Carolina has had a Standard Course of Study since 1988. The most recent revisions of the state mathematics curriculum occurred in 1989 (K-8) and 1992 (9-12). The intent of the North Carolina Mathematics Standard Course Study is to establish competency goals and objectives for the teaching and learning of mathematics in North Carolina. The…

This paper considers the best way to design a training program for prospective and current writing center tutors. The paper uses the writing center at Texas Woman's University as an example, for even after training, weekly meetings, and focused readings, peer tutors were at a loss for what to do--most of the peer tutors just were not able to get…

The Library Technical Assistance (LTA) Program at the College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, Illinois combines classroom lectures, hands-on experience and a unique field experience component, offering a degree of Associate in Applied Science. This document contains a printout of information included on the LTA home page, and provides the following…