A workshop in which faculty meet with their peers to critically review their work-in-progress, conference papers, or journal articles before they are submitted is described. The program has served to assist faculty in making work more publishable, improve skills, and encourage professional development activities. (MSE)

Describes how a workshop format in a composition class lessened the teacher's workload and provided students with additional learning experiences. (DF)

Project SERAPHIM activities that are discussed include identifying, producing, and disseminating materials; reviewing computer-based instructional materials; distributing software; holding workshops on microcomputer use; holding symposia to determine direction microcomputer use is taking; and operating the SERAPHIM/-Chem Con Interface Project,…

Discusses the author's experiences while attending a writing workshop--and how they reshaped the way in which he taught writing in a subsequent workshop developed in his own district--which encompassed writing through reading, writing environments, focus, writing from personal experience, and listening to students while they learn to write. (HTH)

Lists currently available programs for elementary and middle/junior high school teachers at museums throughout the United States. Identifies exemplary programs that were selected by the Association of Science-Technology Centers. Provides the museum's address, program name, intended audience, and types of programs offered. (ML)

Stresses the importance of having teachers of writing participate in writing activities at inservice meetings. (DF)

Uses the form of a Socratic dialogue to discuss the advantages of writers' workshops for students. Suggests classroom strategies and grading procedures. (EL)

Describes a one-day workshop in which teachers examined how science and art activities can be integrated in the classroom. Emphasis is on the activities, which can be used by elementary school children. (JN)

Described are summer economics institutes in which teachers from Pennsylvania learned about local and regional economies through classroom instruction and field experience and then used what they had learned to develop classroom materials. The local community is an excellent vehicle for integrating economics into classroom instruction. (RM)

Presents conversations and writing from a basic writing night course indicating students' improvement through peer interaction and the infusion of grammar on an as needed basis. (HTH)

A follow-up survey of 113 Washington State dental practices participating in a continuing education workshop on efficient use of auxiliaries revealed that positive results of the training depended on the practice implementing the goals for organizational change it had set, and that the results take time to become apparent. (MSE)

Describes a technique used to help American Indian students see the connection between their lives and interests and poetry. (RBW)

The experiences of two social scientists in developing and implementing a teacher inservice program on inquiry skills of teachers are discussed. Problems and successes of the workshop are analyzed. (DF)

Describes the University of Hawaii's writing workshop, a supplemental service of the English department that offers tutorial sessions on a drop-in, voluntary basis. (FL)

The title topic is discussed by noted educators Ann E. Berthoff, Donald M. Murray, Anne Ruggles Gere, and Dan Kirby. (CRH)