This study examined whether there were any significant differences in academic performance between students taught creative dance movement in a holistic integrated approach versus those taught creative dance movement in isolation. The sample was taken from two third-grade classes of approximately 20 students per class. One class served as an…

This study investigated the literature physical education (PE) specialists used and how they integrated PE and language arts. The researcher kept a journal to record books, poems, and ideas of ways to integrate to two disciplines. She sent a survey to 10 PE teachers that asked what books they used and how they integrated language arts and PE. She…

Summarizes the history of concepts concerning the molecular nature of polymers, involving the carbon chain theory, graphic formula, polycondensation, colloidal properties, polypeptide hypothesis, secondary aggregation, and Watson-Crick model. Indicates that macromolecular science should be accommodated within the discipline of molecular science…

Assesses opportunities and problems of a number of integrated social service programs housed in public schools throughout the nation. (Author/JH)

Describes social cognition curriculum learning activities designed to enhance young children's social and moral reasoning. Activities present challenging problems that children could deal with through dramatic skits, a thinking game, and/or spontaneous discussions. (BJD)

Explains how Sir Joshua Reynolds' paintings and William Blake's etchings enriched the study of Blake's "The Chimney Sweeper" in a seventh-grade class. (JL)

Provides sources of information for (1) the rationale and theory for integrating the arts and reading instruction, (2) practical suggestions to combine reading and the arts, (3) the results of research that investigated the integration of reading with the arts. (FL)

Newmann develops six guidelines for reducing student alienation, and shows why current efforts in school reform have failed to provide a comprehensive solution to the problem. (SK)

Describes seven simple art projects which reinforce reading skills. Examples are: vowel finger puppets, a blend mobile, a shoebox-top racing game, and book illustration. (SJL)

Discusses the literacy problems caused by teaching reading and writing separately and by teaching in isolation the skills required in these two processes. (HTH)

Discusses research constraints cited for nursing faculty--lack of socialization for nurses to research, lack of academic background, and lack of research time--and suggests ways to incorporate research activities into nursing faculty regular workload using resources available in clinical and campus settings. (MF)

Describes 16 activities that use student-created visual arts to teach conventional reading skills such as organizing sequences and remembering details. Activities suggested include: illustrating poems, descriptions, and stories; designing scenery and costumes; making pictures, book covers, cartoons, and books; and a listening game. (DF)

Presented are two visual aids, the Lesson Plan Tree and the Interdisciplinary Planning Wheel, which can serve as a framework and reference for student and teacher cooperative planning of an interdisciplinary studies unit. Both planning aids are illustrated with sample learning activities on pioneer life in Ohio. (SJL)

A journalism adviser with no formal background in journalism education analyzes his successes and proposes a new approach to scholastic journalism--separate publications (newspaper, magazine, yearbook) with a common staff and the sharing of resources. (RL)