This action research project was aimed to improve geometry students' achievement and the retention in a suburban public high school over a one-year implementation cycle. The curricular design was influenced by Dweck's (2006) theories of growth mindset, educational standards, and directives outlined by the National Council of Teachers of…

One of the most important advantages to using literature with developmental writing students is that some pieces can be used as illustrations of important rhetorical principles and strategies that the instructor would like students to use in their own writing. The most important reason to use literature has to do with its usefulness as a source of…

Suggests that student's expression in composition will improve by daily journal writing. (HOD)

This book provides guidance for using nature journaling as a way to explore nature. Nature journaling involves the recording of observations, perceptions, and feelings regarding the natural world. This book targets all ages and develops a broad understanding of nature. Contents include: (1) "Discovering Nature Journaling"; (2)…

Notebooks have been used to document scientific discovery and are considered effective tools in the classroom. They make science experiences more meaningful and authentic for students as they observe, record, and reflect upon what they have learned. Notebook writing also offers a natural way to integrate science and language arts. This book…

This paper focuses on the use of emptiness in therapy and the importance of the counselor's comfort with the space and timing of interventions within that emptiness. It addresses spirituality from three different standpoints--creating a space that includes room for the suffering of the client, journaling, and use of the Rapha belief system. The…

Discusses the usefulness to second language learning of an activity in which students assume a pen name and write letters under that name in the language studied in order to motivate their interest in the language and accelerate their mastery of it. (CK)

Presents tools to assist students with reflection on service learning: Kolb's experiential learning cycle, role playing, journal writing, and a map for planning reflection activities before, during, and after service. (SK)

Describes the use of science interactive notebooks for recording information, figures, and data that promote student learning. Uses the right spiral page to record information provided by the teacher and the left spiral page to demonstrate the processing of that information. (YDS)

Shares the work of one college freshman class whose journal entries demonstrate how reader response can be a powerful metacognitive tool. (RS)

A teacher relates his successful experience in using a journal to record his efforts with slow learners, efforts which were not reflected in the standard methods that school administrators used to evaluate teacher performance. Highlights from the journal were submitted along with required evaluation forms. (IAH)

Describes the double-entry journal and its theoretical underpinnings as an approach to learning through writing. Involves reading literature, sharing responses in small groups, participating in class presentations, and synthesizing these findings in a second journal entry. (SR)

Describes several strategies to help journalism students avoid "writer's block," including front-end editing, brainstorming, clustering, notetaking, freewriting, and journal writing. (MM)

Explains how a teacher uses a mystery novel and an aesthetic approach to literature appreciation, as opposed to one concerned with facts in the text, to engage students and prep them for writing their own mystery stories. Shows how one student in particular overcame her sense of exclusion and felt a part of the "literacy club." (TB)

Explains that despite recent objections to standardized testing, a repeated call for national standards continues, which, in turn, has given rise to the (apparently fictional) Humane Assessment Coalition (HAC). Uses subtle satire to outline the HAC's theoretical posture and presents a hands-on case study that demonstrates the organization's…