The School for New Learning at DePaul University gives adult students a primary role in the design of teaching and assessment. Both academic standards and student goals become part of the student-referenced assessment process, in which self-assessment plays an important part. (SK)

Describes the experiences of a kindergarten class that conducted an extensive outdoor vegetable gardening project with the help of parent volunteers. The article presents seven steps to assist PTAs in establishing such a project and notes the value of school gardens in developing student skills. (SM)

Describes a tension-to-learn theory of experiential learning and incorporates a motivation construct that is needed to overcome student inertia, which may restrict participation. The theory is based largely on Loewenstein's manageable gap perspective of curiosity as well as on the role that absorptive capacity plays in providing the learner's…

Describes different home-schooling options available to children with disabilities. Services of a special-education consultant are reviewed, along with services of the Home School Legal Defense Association, an umbrella school that provides consulting services to home-schooling families, and a public school home-instruction program. (CR)

Describes research projects in four experimental schools in Osijek, Croatia, that were interrupted by war. Pilot projects featured lectureless classes, independent study, increases in learning activities, and alterations in school surroundings. In all the experimental schools, significant changes occurred, but academic achievement results were…

Examines the adaptive strategies of institutionally marginalized students in an alternative high school setting. Uses Snow and Anderson's (1987) model of "identity work" to analyze how students symbolically distance themselves from features of their "home" school and embrace their alternative school. Presents findings and…

Outlines three possible futures for higher education: "nonuniversities" that modify courses and offer distance learning to adult reentry students; increasing involvement of business/industry in postsecondary education delivery; and technologically delivered nontraditional and nonsponsored education. (SK)

Proposes that Appalachia pursue an economic development strategy based on exporting knowledge and training. Partnerships between governments, private utilities, and institutions of higher learning could improve the telecommunications infrastructure, establish new learning products companies, instruct adults at their home and work places, expand…

Distance education according to Moore depends upon "dialog" and "structure." The actual distance between the learner and the teacher is nothing but the degree of dialog and structure in them. This degree is represented as "distance continuum.""Interaction scores" are defined based on this distance continuum and the "mediapackage" is quantified.…

Describes the first of three levels, or generations, in the development of online courses. Explores the design and value of generation one (G1) activities, including steps such as prewriting, drafting, editing, and presenting. Discusses the value of G1 courses and provides some examples. Future issues will address G2 and G3 online courses.…

Describes gender differences in the use of online chat room tutorials by nontraditional chemistry students enrolled in distance-learning sections of a general chemistry course. (Author/CCM)

Gender trends for self-reported work values of nontraditional college students were surveyed in 1982 (N=384) and in 1992 (N+335). Changes in men's and women's value preferences were studied over time. More similarities than differences were found for men's and women's value preferences for both decades within groups. Additional findings are…

Discusses evolutionary stages in the education establishment's reaction to charter schools: stopping them cold, keeping them few and weak, competing with them, and accepting and using them. Charters are not revolutionary. They embody three time-tested features: community rootedness; resemblance to magnet and alternative schools; and institutional…

Describes a study on the performance of Internet notes and PowerPoint lecture slides in a physical geology course and compares it with the traditional lecturing method. (Contains 12 references.) (YDS)

Students who do not respond to well-managed schoolwide discipline programs are less likely to learn than attentive, academically engaged students; they also deprive classmates of learning opportunities. This article describes evolution of the ABC Event Frame, an approach that addresses the academic and social needs of chronically disruptive…