Active participation in a 12-hour operating room experience seemed to provide one group of medical-surgical nursing students with a broad range of clinical nursing experiences leading to rapid, integrated learning of knowledge and skills and increased self-confidence. (Author)

The author, an experienced substitute teacher, described her exciting encounters in the classroom. The ideas have implications for all of us. (Editor/RK)

At the Learning Center for Anthropology at Santa Fe Community College (Gainesville, Florida), various experiences using different types of media were substituted for the traditional academic menu. (Author)

The principles of participatory learning are reviewed in a self-examination. Once the reader has selected his answer to a question about teaching/learning, the author indicates which answer is the correct one, and why. Parallels are drawn between learning to play bridge and other types of learning situations. (AJ)

The authors believe that the most imperative problem facing the investigators and consumers of group treatment research is the limited level of conceptualization within the field. They discuss the differentiation of group and individual treatment and offer a conceptualization of group treatment goals by which to consider the research. (Author)

Illustrates some of the musical topics which can be tackled with elementary school students. (Editor/RK)

A series of generalizations about the learning performance of handicapped students was presented with several educational implications of those generalizations. (Author/RK)

The author tells of his experience in getting admitted to Harvard University as a freshman at the age of 63. He recounts the difficulty he endured in adjusting to a world of 20-year-olds, to learning how to study, do homework, and sit for exams. (Author/RK)

The Three Most Interesting Things Questionnaire invites students to truthfully recall significant school lessons, or peak learning experiences (Bloom), rather than providing answers designed to please the teacher. This questionnaire was administered to Israeli students, and used to evaluate different courses and lessons in their junior high…

A hands-and-knees approach to field trips helps kids "get down" to nature. (Editor)

A week-by-week readiness program for preschool and early primary children. (Editor)

Examined behaviors of 66 hospitalized adolescents following release from acute-care hospitals. Used the Hospital Self-Report Instrument to record positive and negative experiences while hospitalized. Respondents reported statements of personal learning and benefit from being alone and inactive while hospitalized. Discusses developmental aspects in…

Computer-aided design (CAD) programs are powerful drafting tools, but are also able to assist with many other facility planning functions. Describes the hardware, software, and the learning process that led to understanding the CAD software at the University of Alabama. (MLF)

Identifies promising areas of aptitude-treatment interaction research (ATI), including research related to general ability, anxiety, prior achievement, and achievement motivation. Also provides general methodological ATI guidelines for science educators. (JN)

Surveyed 94 couples to determine effects on child care experience associated with gender, parity, and various other demographic variables. As expected, women had higher scores than men. Experience was a linear function of parity for men, but not for women, and was unrelated to attitudes toward women. Implications for child care responsibility are…