Vocational agriculture program participants were interviewed to determine the importance of including instruction in values development for students. Data analysis revealed that enhancing values is an important part of vocational agriculture programs. Students generally rated the importance of each value category lower than teachers,…

Suggests the ways in which English teachers should seek to develop students' predispositions toward English study, thereby enhancing the value of an English major in combination with other professional and vocational pursuits. (RL)

Recounts one Black student's writing development during the first semester of a freshman composition course. Provides background on how the course was organized. (RL)

Using vignettes of individual handicapped children in Ohio schools, the authors discuss the importance of P.L. 94-142 in helping these children to develop productive lives. (SJL)

Reviews the essential characteristics of experiential learning. Shows how this approach was applied to a business communication course. (RL)

For the adventurous teacher and student there is an alternative to the often messy mixing, pouring, casting, cutting, scoring and sanding of plaster of Paris for casting or sculptural projects. Balloon sculpture, devised, designed and shown here by a sculptor/teacher, is an eye appealing sculptural form and holds a strong interest for students.…

How's the weather? It can be rainy, cloudy, foggy, hot or cold when students understand the hows and whys. (Editor)

Learning-disabled kids in a farmhouse classroom. (Editor)

The author comments on the need to discuss death openly in the classroom, noting that engaging students with the idea of coming to grips with the fact of their own death can prepare them for living, working, and loving more fully. (SH)

Activities described represent an experiential approach to fostering positive personal qualities vital to job success. (TA)

Recommends introducing students to the works of contemporary artists through slides and reproductions and exploring with students the aesthetic considerations and qualities of these works. They can then develop innovative ideas and techniques characteristic of modern art. (Author/RK)

Contends that research methods can play an important role in undergraduate education, especially in mass communication, and that methods courses help students develop an appreciation for the tentative nature of knowledge. States also that such courses can help communication departments demonstrate centrality to their respective universities. (PA)

Explores the implementation, results, and the limitations of the Residence Life Cinema program at the University of Memphis. Claims that such programs offer an innovative method for fostering student development by utilizing movies to stimulate affective and cognitive processes in students--processes that may not occur without a catalyst. (RJM)

Outlines the elements of the Discipline with Dignity model. Describes three kinds of intervention--crisis, short-term, and long-term--in which students develop new strategies for success in school and life. Claims that these strategies will enhance student development. Contrasts punitive approaches with effective methods that elicit dignity. (RJM)

The authors examined inflectional and derivational morphological forms within narratives written by 247 3rd and 4th graders. Results indicate that children's control of morphological structures in their writing mirrors that in their speech: inflectional morphology is largely mastered by age 9 or 10, but skills with derivational morphology continue…