Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS) units are suitable for Central American bilingual schools. Practical experience with physical objects seems to interest children more than does reading a textbook. Children learn a second language easily while engaged in activities as outlined in the SCIS materials. (PS)

How a plastics curriculum was changed to satisfy the needs of industry. (Editor)

Describes an educational game which combines the case study method with gaming simulation to provide surveyor students with an awareness of the complexity of land administration. (JJD)

Describes a course used to teach freshwater ecology to graduate and undergraduate students at the University of Michigan Biological Station. Explains how students receive an introduction to lake ecology and work on applied resource management questions concerning local lakes and streams. Gives case study examples. (SB)

An experiential educational model at the University of Lethbridge is described that allows for both employment and volunteer experiences, involves the awarding of academic credits and places the onus on the student to document the relationship between field experience and academic program. (Author/MLW)

Experiences with tessellations used with a group of preservice elementary teachers are described. Specific illustrations of patterns are included, with details on how these are analyzed. (MNS)

Responding to an article by Donald Vandenberg (Educational Theory, Summer 1980) on the meaning of the phrase "educative experience" in John Dewey's "Democracy in Education," Chambliss says that Vandenberg misunderstands Dewey's conception of both education and experience. Social and educational implications of Dewey's thought…