Provides interdisciplinary ideas to accompany environmental education activities for kindergarten through grade 12. Topics of the activities include water pollution, soil erosion, and salmon homing instincts. Interdisciplinary areas include fine arts, language arts, and social studies. (DDR)

Maintains that viewing and studying old photographs can acquaint young students with the skills of historical inquiry and help them conceptualize local and family history. Includes teaching tips, in-class activities, and suggested guest speakers. (MJP)

Describes how to use a well-known book, "Caps for Sale", with children as a springboard for mathematical problem solving. Presents patterning problems, problems created by the student, problems with a known total and unknown parts, and problems with known parts and an unknown total. (KHR)

History has a vital role to play in the math classroom. It prompts teachers and students to think and talk about mathematics in meaningful ways; enriches the curriculum; demythologizes mathematics; and promotes communicating, connecting, and valuing mathematics. (KHR)

Describes how an ethnic studies course on French Louisiana was conceptualized outside of the discipline, how an interdisciplinary teaching workshop was crucial to its development, and how the professor's connecting of self to professional development was the most important step. (EV)

This essay argues that one of the strengths of interdisciplinary studies lies in its ability to teach higher-order thinking skills. The author cautions, however, that using a creative thinking model for interdisciplinary studies goes against the way most students have been taught to accept and process course material. (Contains 35 references.) (NB)

Considers how computing and composition combine for a new form of interdisciplinary learning and intramural cooperation. Offers a description of the analogous processes of problem solving and programming in an introductory computer science course and the writing process typically used in introductory English composition courses. (Author/LRW)

Describes a study that measured the subject area and call number correspondence for the discipline of history at the Texas A&M University libraries. Considers the rise in interdisciplinary scholarship that challenges the frequent assumption that a correlation exists between topicality and call number range for collection management decisions.…

Lists 58 journal articles and books, published 1989-2002, on integrated programs at the secondary level. Categories are: updates on the Ontario scene, suggestions for teachers, assessment, research, and program descriptions. (SV)

Postsecondary education has failed to help students develop a broad base of knowledge that is relevant. Experiential education can help transform postsecondary education. A stronger commitment to research and scholarship is needed, the theory of experiential education must be taught along with the skills, and college experiential educators must…

Describes a teaching technique that utilizes progressive rock music to educate students about sociological theories in introductory sociology courses. Discusses the use of music when teaching about classical social theory and offers an evaluation of this teaching strategy. Includes references. (CMK)

Describes the implementation of an interdisciplinary instructional model with children's literature as the organizing center. Indicates that teachers in Taiwan are interested in using children's literature to support interdisciplinary instruction, and that a website can provide helpful teaching resources. Notes that these teachers have a positive…

As part of a reform effort utilizing project-based learning, A Washington high school offered an interdisciplinary course on the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Students were involved in every phase of the course, and projects ranged from writing a textbook with third-grade partners to building a log building. The class canoed down the Columbia river…

Discusses an approach to learning that uses well-selected problems to capture student interest and challenge their intellect. Presents an example of the problem-centered approach and discusses ways in which it helps all students learn important mathematical concepts and skills. (KHR)

Introduces an activity, Equation Telephone, designed to improve students' ability to interpret written information and recognize equivalent forms of an equation. Discusses the activity in detail and presents examples of student responses. (KHR)