Suggests that picture book stories about music and musical instruments can be effectively blended with music experiences in an early childhood education program. Offers ideas for doing this in the elementary school classroom; includes a list of recommended books. (FL)

This paper discusses three software packages that offer unique features and options that greatly simplify the research package for conducting surveys. The first package, EPSILON, from Resource Group, Ltd. of Dallas (Texas) is designed to perform a variety of sample size calculations covering most of the commonly encountered survey research…

This book addresses issues related to the skills agenda in higher education, focusing on key skills, employability skills, transferable skills, and core skills. The chapters provide a practical guide to the ways skills can be effectively integrated into courses and institutions. The chapters are: (1) "The Skills Agenda" (Stephen Fallows and…

This compendium of articles from "Science and Children", the elementary school journal of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), aims to help teachers build connections in their students' minds. The articles describe lessons and units that are interdisciplinary, both integrated and interdisciplinary, or thematic. Each article is…

Unabated subject pluralism and a corresponding network or loose confederation of subject departments is supported in order to promote change. (Author/JB)

Forensic science is an approach to study desirability of specific technologies in the context of value objectives and biological imperatives of society. Such groups should be formed with people from various physical and social sciences. (PS)

Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago has started an interdisciplinary degree program called Education and Experience in Engineering.'' (PG)

Describes a technique that draws upon popular children's literature to help children learn more complex sentence structures through a sentence modeling cycle. Lists books that are appropriate for use with the technique. (FL)

Offers strategies for teaching reading skills that are important in the study of mathematics. (FL)

Reviews traditional approaches to women's history, questioning the value of historical periodization, categories of social analysis, and theories of social change. Outlines the biographical, political, historical era, family/community history, guest speaker approaches to women's history. Offers an extensive bibliography of women's studies…