This field guide was used as a basis for documenting classroom events at five community school sites in Papua New Guinea, as part of the Indigenous Mathematics Project in its ongoing research into primary mathematics learning. Methodology for evaluating the appropriateness of curriculum form and content is described and specific sections focus on…

Describes the activities of a field experience program in marine biology for high school students sponsored by a group of Pennsylvania colleges. (LS)

Describes in detail a program utilizing the study of marine biology to motivate students. (LS)

Describes an activity for biology students designed to involve them in working with the National Park Service in the determination of the effects of fire on black oak reproduction and subsequent survival. (PEB)

Describes archeology as a discipline and explains the interdisciplinary approach being used to explore the Koster excavations in Illinois. Four programs involving direct student participation in archeological research are outlined as well as the major findings at Koster and their contribution to interdisciplinary archeology. (BR)

Cautions educators not to make field trips convergent experiences resulting in a one-world view but to allow students to raise introspective questions about their intimate relationship with the web of natural reciprocity. (BR)

Describes a cooperative program in Ohio which involves the Ohio EPA, universities and public schools all involved in water testing. The philosophy of the program is based on students investigating a problem, applying science tools to understand the problem and then using the social sciences as instruments to affect change. (BR)

The use of computers as an aid to instruction is increasing along with the amounts of time, effort, and resources needed to implement computer-based education (CBE) in higher education. The proliferation of instructional computer applications in the classroom necessitates the development of a system for evaluating CBE as it is used in the…

This paper describes storyknifing activities practiced by a small group of young girls in a Yup'ik Eskimo village on the Kuskokwim River in Alaska. Storyknifing is a form of play in which girls tell stories to one another, while making drawings and designs in mud or snow. The girls will sit in a circle for hours at a time, taking turns telling…

To examine programs currently in place, an evaluation model was designed to insure inclusion of all those who have a stake in program performance. The evaluation design includes: (1) a set of researchable questions which are to be answered by the evaluation, each question referenced to one or more appropriate audiences; (2) for each question, the…

Noting the increasing interest in qualitative research in general and ethnographic research in particular, the authors of this report clarify the place of the latter within the former. The authors present six criteria for an ethnographic approach to education, illustrated with examples, and discuss ethnography's advantages and disadvantages. The…

A study was conducted to investigate acceptance and openness as possible universal, consequent interpersonal rewards among foreign-born employees who work in United States companies. In this replication of an earlier study using United States-born employees, 42 United States-born and 52 foreign-born employees completed a booklet containing 20…

The purpose of this research project was to identify ethnographers who had used computers in the field to record and analyze qualitative data. To locate such individuals a literature search was conducted, an announcement was placed in the "Anthropology Newsletter," anthropology computer specialists were contacted, a special symposium was…

Described is a course offered at Wilbur Wright College, on Chicago's Northwest Side, in which students investigate the Des Plaines River and its drainage system and relate ecological information to their lives. (PEB)