Describes in detail six component features of teaching reference: lectures by instructor; assigned readings for class discussion; student reports; library "lab" sessions; case-study discussion; and speakers and library visits. Importance of planning and time-scheduling, comparative value of each component, grading, and element of…

In this art activity students are asked to make drawings based on projected images of photographic slides. Teachers can project their own personal slides or the slides of old masters for the activity. It is a unique way to motivate students. (RM)

Describes a course designed to give high school physics teachers the confidence and the tools necessary to teach physics. This course used traditional high school physics textbooks and followed a typical high school physics course format. (JN)

Because many courses designed to help teachers teach computer science actually focus on personal use skills (user training), several institutions are establishing courses to train teachers to teach computing. One of these courses is described. A list of course topics is included. (JN)

Mechanics courses at West Virginia University are taught exclusively from programed instructional materials. Presents: (1) descriptions of these courses; (2) data indicating higher achievement by students participating in programed courses compared to students in courses using the lecture method; and (3) reasons for the success of the courses. (DH)

Described is an art activity that involved secondary students in studying the history of American Indian wood carving and then making their own totem wooden sculptures. (RM)

A project for a seminar course in macroeconomic policy which involved students in writing, presenting, and discussing a position paper on a specific policy issue is described. Students rated the exercise very highly. (RM)

Working in small groups, fifth graders designed and made a ceramic title mural that became a permanent display in the school entryway. The project is described. (RM)

Describes a course--"German Culture and Civilization after 1945"--which is part of a study abroad program in Munich. In addition to classroom lectures, readings, music, art, television, tapes, and video, two hours a week are devoted to materials and information which students gather through interviewing residents of Munich. (SED)

Described is a project in which third graders create their own corporation--a cupcake factory--and learn first-hand about economic principles and the decisions that businesses must make in the market economy. The cupcake factory is one example of how enterprising educators can make economics comprehensible and captivating. (RM)

As emergency medicine became a specialty, it was realized that traditional training of physicians in urgent, emergent, and acute care problems was deficient. Surveys and studies demonstrate that the emergency medicine curricula in American medical schools remains at a minimum. (MLW)

Describes a robotics literacy course offered for elementary age children at Broward Community College (Florida) and discusses the motivation for offering such a course, the course philosophy and objectives, and participant reactions. A sampling of robots and robotics devices and some of their teaching applications are included. (MBR)

Describes a course that recently integrated instruction in reporting and editing into a basic newsgathering and processing class. (HTH)

Background information, experimental approach, materials needed, procedures used, and typical results obtained are provided for genetic engineering experiments. The course in which these experiments are performed is also described. (JN)

Approaches the study of New German Cinema through a genre approach. Includes German history and political issues. (PD)