Including projects in an information systems course provides a valuable experience for the students. The drawbacks (such as instructor time and potential liability) require that the instructor carefully consider the student project method. (Author/JOW)

Describes two projects to illustrate some common principles in the design and development of projects, independent of the level of schooling. (ASK)

Steps for developing students as entrepreneurs are as follows: (1) recruitment of entrepreneurs as class mentors; (2) student conception and planning of businesses; (3) execution of business plans; (4) operation of student businesses; and (5) closing of school-based businesses. (SK)

Explores whether there are continuities or differences between independent study and project work, using published commentaries, review of independent study degrees in the United Kingdom, and review of models of independent study and project work. Develops a new model, proposing that differences are primarily a matter of degree. Outlines value of…

Reports on a survey conducted to ascertain actual practice regarding the delivery of engineering projects in the United States. Describes the breadth of pedagogy in the current delivery of engineering projects represented by the survey responses and the engineering education literature discussing project education. Highlights current trends in…

Suggests that engaging students in designing and making play spaces for younger children makes meaningful learning fun and instills values of community service. (JOW)

High school students helped researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory record and log internal temperatures of their mass spectrometers, allowed researchers access to the readings, and created a way for researchers to be telephoned automatically if temperatures exceeded a certain threshold. The project illustrates the value of…

Describes the current practice of the senior seminar at Ball State University and reflects on how the seminar has benefited both faculty and student participants. (Author/MM)

The topic of orthogonal trajectories is taught as a geometric application of first order differential equations. Instructors usually elaborate on the concept of a family of curves to emphasize that they are different even if their members are of the same type. In this article the author considers five families of ellipses, discusses their…

The rationale behind weeding books is to remove dated, obsolete, erroneous material and worn books in disrepair from the collection to make room for current titles. Students of Lakeview have discovered an innovative idea of creating an altered book from the weeded book by taking a hardcover book and changing the original cover by means of a…

The author of this article describes using a Fantasy Landscapes lesson to get students expressing environmental issues through art. The Fantasy Landscapes lesson is an exploration of art elements and design principles through visual problem solving that links ideas, language, and theory to art. To get students thinking specifically about…

One way to help preservice teachers to articulate and advocate their teaching stance is by developing their knowledge, skills, and confidence in their ability to carefully, didactically, and strategically plan for instruction. The Integrative Research Project (IRP) is a planning process that enables the preservice teacher to incorporate not only…

Peer assessment is an instructional strategy in which students evaluate each other's performance for the purpose of improving learning. Despite its accepted use in higher education, researchers and educators have reported concerns such as students' time on task, the impact of peer pressure on the accuracy of marking, and students' lack of ability…

This paper presents findings of an induction year study of teachers trained in a graduate level social justice teacher education program. At the conclusion of the one-year intensive teacher preparation program, students participated in self-directed group study projects in which they identified and researched critical questions and issues related…

The present study addresses the efficacy of using service-learning methods to meet the GAISE guidelines (http://www.amstat.org/education/gaise/GAISECollege.htm) in a second business statistics course and further explores potential advantages of assigning a service-learning (SL) project as compared to the traditional statistics project assignment.…