In this lesson, students compare imagined travel experiences of their own with the actual experiences of 19th-century pioneers. To learn about the experiences of the emigrants who traveled the Oregon Trial, the lesson asks students to create, as a class, oral stories about contemporary cross-country journeys; they then create works of historical…

Unlike teacher directed experiences that often do not provide children opportunities to take initiative and responsibility for the work undertaken, the project approach allows in-depth investigation of a topic worth learning more about. Projects are undertaken by a child, a small group of children within a class, or sometimes by the whole class,…

This paper summarizes a round table discussion entitled "Translating Our Scholarship into Practice," which was presented at the 2001 Western States Communication Association meeting. The paper highlights the presentation of four California speech instructors--in their classes the instructors encourage students to participate in…

This monograph highlights the projects that high school and middle level students have initiated when they have seen a need in their communities, researched the need, and then figured out a way to answer the need. The monograph categorizes these state and national award-winning, self-initiated community projects as follows: aiding the…

The intent of this document, designed and developed by North Carolina educators, system-level and school-based media coordinators to support the "K-12 Information Skills Standard Course of Study," is to provide successful strategies, activities, and ideas for media coordinators and classroom teachers as they teach the essential knowledge and…

This packet contains lesson plans with real-life service projects that students can do throughout the school year, from September 2000 to August 2001. The lesson plans in the packet provide teachers with flexibility to offer them to students as young as grade 5 and as old as grade 12. The lesson plans, although essentially social studies, service…

This paper examines, through historical analysis, the values and beliefs underpinning the early theories and applications of problem-based learning and contrasts these with current theory and practice. This study focuses on the first three decades of the twentieth century, because, during this time period, the use of projects in education became…

Describes a science activity designed to stimulate creative thinking in children. The project, entitled Egg Loft,'' encourages students to devise methods for lifting an egg above 20 feet and returning it safely to ground. A number of the successful devices created and built by children are described. (JR)

Discusses measurement techniques developed in the Nuffield A level physical science assessment and statistical results obtained in 1968 and 1971. Concludes that individual projects are contributors of positive and valuable educational experiences to the course. (CC)

Suggestions are given for the preparation and evaluation of projects and exhibits. Extensive examples of a wide range of student-developed projects are described. A listing of project topics with references is included. (LS)

Presents arguments for continuation of commencement exercises and how they should best be utilized. (RK)

Article describes how the author solved an ethnic relations problem in his classroom by encouraging the students to make a film about it. The results were better relations and the development of a student-run film corporation. (MM)

Discusses the work and planning requisite to the success of an ambitious, developmental, computer-assisted instruction project. (JF)

Describes the experience of using a multi-media approach to learning with junior high school inner-city students; illustrated. (SW)