Asserts the need for increased critical-thinking learning outputs via more active student learning inputs. Reviews current literature, describes the Broad Analytical Expository Report (BAER) approach to teaching critical thinking, and relates experiences in experimental general education courses at a typical regional state university. Suggests…

Describes a cross-curricular mathematics and physics course offered at Kanazawa Technical College in Japan. The course facilitates students' understanding of the connection between mathematics and physics through hands-on activities. Outlines the advantages of the cross-curricular approach, including students' increased levels of interest in…

Looks at the failure rate of students in Accounting 211 in the Virginia Community College System. States that rote teaching styles that do not incorporate interdisciplinary and other diverse methods, do not take into account developing learning skills, and do not encourage active learning are doomed to fail. Makes recommendations for new…

Focuses on using drama in social studies by describing the use of the flippy play, a narrative illustrating social problems and written and drawn on flippable panels. Discusses the process for creating a flippy play, beginning with researching, developing, and constructing the play, building the flippy frame, and then producing and pacing the…

Addresses the ease with which teachers in subjects other than art incorporate design into their curricula. Considers the nature of design knowledge. Examines three of the visual arts standards from National Standards for Arts Education as a means for revealing the distance between art and design education. Offers four recommendations for art…

Develops a rationale for integrating technology with the social studies. Uses five principles of powerful teaching and learning in social studies (social studies that is meaningful, integrative, value-based, challenging, and active) as a framework to review the research literature related to social studies and technology. (CMK)

Explains how various national reform initiatives encourage curriculum integration. Considers traditional means for integrating the arts into the curriculum. Explores the inherent interdisciplinarity of design-based teaching and learning and describes a more central role for the arts in interdisciplinary curricula, stressing the importance of…

Discusses the restructured teacher education course design of a Professional Development School program called the January Experience, in which student teachers work in an interdisciplinary team with an experienced teacher. Considers the history of the program, data on the success of the experience for teachers and students, and the Center for…

Describes the Mental Health Consultation Team at the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center nursing home. The team is an interdisciplinary group of mental health professionals and primary care providers. Cooperation among these professionals has decreased the demands for formal psychiatry and psychology consultations while increasing mental…

Examines the growing body of literature dealing with interdisciplinary academic research and discusses challenges that the erosion of subject-area boundaries presents to those selecting library materials. Reports on a case study that ascertained patterns of interdisciplinary research at Rutgers University's School of Communication, Information,…

Restructuring efforts, including curriculum integration, require that teachers exercise intellectual skills transcending craft wisdom and recipe exchanges. This article explores the tension between teamed middle-school teachers' technical interest in seeking recipes and their deliberationist interest in engaging in fruitful dialog. Teachers…

Examines changes which have occurred in the development and evaluation of intelligent tutoring systems (ITSs), speculates on future directions, and proposes a conceptual model for the development of ITSs. Topics discussed include the effectiveness of ITSs; the need for multidisciplinary efforts; and internal and external evaluation. (Contains 78…

This article offers guidelines for the evaluation and treatment of the child or adult client with vocal disorders, including the importance of obtaining a thorough history; the physical examination, including use of such technology as video strobolaryngoscopy; and medical, surgical, or rehabilitation treatment. A team effort, involving both…

Presents background information on the method used by Hipparchus to determine the distance between the earth and the moon. Describes student activities that employ Hipparchus's Method and Aristarchus's Method for determining the relative distance of the sun and the moon from the earth and Eratosthenes's Method for finding the circumference of the…

Outlines a program that was designed to be the first step in the development of an academic home for informal science education at the New York University. Aims at taking advantage of nonformal educational resources and bridging the formal and nonformal systems in order to provide people with access to an understanding of science and technology.…