This paper reviews literature on the use of cooperative learning strategies within integrated recreational activities to include children with severe disabilities. The review focuses on how recreation activities can be structured to maximize cooperative aspects, peer-participant characteristics, participant preparation, and sustaining the…

Reports on how literature books can be used to create authentic contexts for teaching science at the second-grade level. Presents a unit on weather. (ZWH)

Offers examples of science reading and writing activities (used in a study of the effects of an integrated curriculum strategy on the achievement, attitudes, and self-confidence of fourth- and fifth-grade students) which integrate the language arts and encourage the development of skills through content-based context instruction. (SR)

Describes female alcoholism patterns, characteristics, and obstacles to treatment. Argues that the most effective treatment program for female alcoholics requires consideration of gender-related factors, such as relationship expectations and sexual abuse. Outlines a holistic, comprehensive care model, intended for the unique needs and concerns of…

Discusses the use of children's literature to help children develop personal understandings of fraction concepts. Includes 23 citations to children's literature that incorporates ideas related to fractions. (MKR)

Describes an effort to provide students in an introductory human anatomy course with an experience that both allows them to be creative with the facts they are learning and to be supported throughout the writing process. (ZWH)

A group of Ohio teachers of deaf students received in-depth training in the use of whole-language strategies, focusing first on writing strategies, followed by reading instruction and integration of reading and writing. The training plan involved group instruction, reading materials, observations, individual conferences, teacher-trainer dialogue…

Four elementary teachers describe how they support an interdisciplinary curriculum using integrated units. One builds tall towers of spaghetti. Another touches on all subjects using baseball card games. The third turns the playground into an archeological dig. The last sails the ocean along with the Pilgrims. (SM)

This paper comments on the Integrative Strategy Instruction Model, the Strategies Intervention Model, the Content Enhancement Model, and Process-Based Instruction, concluding that such integrative models are appealing because they draw teachers of students with learning disabilities away from strategy training in nonauthentic settings and from…

Presents a hands-on lesson that can integrate the use of makeup with studies of the history of Halloween; the history and practices of the theater; Native American or African tribes and their use of paint, makeup, and masks; and the history, skills, and makeup of clowns. (MDH)

Identifies three characteristics of writing programs that appear to facilitate the writing process: (1) teacher characteristics such as patience and understanding interest; (2) supporting, flexible, and organized classroom environment; and (3) varied, interesting, and relevant learning opportunities. Provides examples from classrooms in Great…

Describes a mathematics lesson for use with first graders based on a storybook about 10 black dots. (SR)

Addresses issues of access to World Wide Web sites, mathematics and science content-resources available on the Web, and methods for integrating mathematics, science, and language arts instruction. (Author/ASK)

Describes young students' development of mathematical understanding as they dramatize, read, write, and draw about mathematics after reading the story "Benny's Pennies." (ASK)

Presents an example of a problem-solving opportunity found in a daily newspaper. Illustrates how the newspaper can supply problem-solving opportunities with connections to language arts, social studies, and science. (ASK)