Suggests that the combination of reading, writing, and art has the potential to reach those students who may not be reached by other vehicles. Describes the use of the directed reading, writing, and art activity, which has been used with all students from the gifted to those in Chapter 1 Reading and Resource classrooms. (RS)

Presents an activity on transformations that employs a story from children's literature. Emphasizes that books and stories that use mathematical problem solving not only engage children in the narrative but also give them opportunities to see how mathematics is used in everyday life. (ASK)

Presents an activity that integrates music, dance, and mathematics. (ASK)

Integrates a children's book into mathematics instruction, which provides the context for a third-grade lesson involving division, money, and bartering. (ASK)

Describes how process problems were integrated into a Parent-Teacher Organization newsletter as a means of getting families involved in problem solving. Discusses methods of generating problems and preparing solutions. The ideas presented worked well for getting parents involved and are applicable to classroom instruction. (Author/CCM)

Describes a watershed/river monitoring project. Teachers use the environment as the integrating context for interdisciplinary and cross-curricular studies. Core studies include science, reading, math, and social studies. (CCM)

Describes a mathematical investigation for fifth-grade students that incorporates a social studies unit on the United States. Provides a method of using mathematics by applying it to other content areas. (ASK)

Describes an activity that demonstrates catalysis of chemical reactions by ultraviolet (UV) light using one of the earliest photographic processes, the cyanotype process. (CCM)

Reviews research on four dimensions of temperament: positive emotionality/approach, fear, irritability/frustration, and attentional persistence. Applies knowledge of temperament to teachers' approaches to children's mastery motivation, fear of novelty, and ego-based anxiety. Argues that educators' training should include understanding of…

Describes how the creation of a musical composition suggested a theorem concerning the Fibonacci sequence. (ASK)

Argues that today's media requires workers with knowledge of digital communication technologies as well as of journalistic principles and practices. Discusses curriculum revisions taking place to prepare graduates for these changes; describes a project at Kent State in which still photographers learned to shoot video; and looks at how web, TV, and…

Describes a teacher education program using the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) standards as a framework to organize staff development classes and integrate technology into teaching methods and content areas. A sidebar lists NCATE standards and desired skill levels. (JKP)

Describes PRONET (PROcedural NETworks), an integrated exploratory sequential data analysis technique that uses Pathfinder network scaling to highlight frequently occurring transitions among user, system, and environmental events. Illustrates the success and limitations of the method through two case studies. Thirteen figures highlight protocols of…

Contends that the context of children's literature affords opportunities for solving varied and authentic mathematics problems. Suggests that the problem-solving process in mathematics is often linked with that involved in comprehending children's literature. Consequently the teacher is provided meaningful information about students' thinking that…

Looks at first graders enthusiastically writing their autobiographies. Describes an environmental and instructional model called the Center Activity Rotation System. Discusses its three phases and how children rotate through seven centers in the classroom, which allows for a variety of grouping patterns that invite children to work on skills as…