Describes how to organize a computer-paper recycling project. (MM)

Three teachers demonstrate that fund raising at schools can promote global responsibility. This article describes the environmental education value of fund-raising efforts. (LZ)

Presents cross-curricular strands aimed at gearing science toward students whose interest does not lay in the research aspect of the subject while still maintaining the project format established as an essential part of the physics class. (MKR)

Discusses an undergraduate buyer-behavior course project targeted at improving students' business communication skills through a team-teaching project. Highlights the value of integrating written, oral, and electronic communications pedagogy with buyer-behavior course instruction. (SR)

Using an A-to-Z keyword format, this article presents research findings and suggestions on effective use of homework assignments. The article suggests appropriate amounts of homework by grade level, emphasizes the importance of feedback, recommends use of notebooks as organizational tools, and notes the value of displaying completed homework. (JDD)

Including projects in an information systems course provides a valuable experience for the students. The drawbacks (such as instructor time and potential liability) require that the instructor carefully consider the student project method. (Author/JOW)

Describes two projects to illustrate some common principles in the design and development of projects, independent of the level of schooling. (ASK)

Steps for developing students as entrepreneurs are as follows: (1) recruitment of entrepreneurs as class mentors; (2) student conception and planning of businesses; (3) execution of business plans; (4) operation of student businesses; and (5) closing of school-based businesses. (SK)

Explores whether there are continuities or differences between independent study and project work, using published commentaries, review of independent study degrees in the United Kingdom, and review of models of independent study and project work. Develops a new model, proposing that differences are primarily a matter of degree. Outlines value of…

Reports on a survey conducted to ascertain actual practice regarding the delivery of engineering projects in the United States. Describes the breadth of pedagogy in the current delivery of engineering projects represented by the survey responses and the engineering education literature discussing project education. Highlights current trends in…

Suggests that engaging students in designing and making play spaces for younger children makes meaningful learning fun and instills values of community service. (JOW)

High school students helped researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory record and log internal temperatures of their mass spectrometers, allowed researchers access to the readings, and created a way for researchers to be telephoned automatically if temperatures exceeded a certain threshold. The project illustrates the value of…

Describes the current practice of the senior seminar at Ball State University and reflects on how the seminar has benefited both faculty and student participants. (Author/MM)

The topic of orthogonal trajectories is taught as a geometric application of first order differential equations. Instructors usually elaborate on the concept of a family of curves to emphasize that they are different even if their members are of the same type. In this article the author considers five families of ellipses, discusses their…

The rationale behind weeding books is to remove dated, obsolete, erroneous material and worn books in disrepair from the collection to make room for current titles. Students of Lakeview have discovered an innovative idea of creating an altered book from the weeded book by taking a hardcover book and changing the original cover by means of a…