Presents three group activities for elementary school students to help them identify and practice the skill of paraphrasing information to produce their own original reports. Explains recipes for reporting, extracting important words to write their own sentences, and drawing upon one's memory. (LRW)

Describes seven activities for teaching students "researched writing"--activities that offer possibilities for active and interactive researching, writing, and thinking, and that include small group work, discussion, and other activities. (SR)

Preservice teachers acting as participant-observers coded questions of 544 elementary students and 25 teachers. Students asked few questions; one-third were procedural, one-third content focused, and one-fourth involved social functioning. Teachers asked many questions, two-thirds informative. Both groups asked few imaginative or heuristic…

Describes the Minority Research Scholars Program (MRSP) at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, which funds the education of a group of minority students in seven disciplines: science, engineering and technology, social work, nursing, dental hygiene, physical education, and allied health. The program includes research projects,…

Faculty vitae and student theses in the Department of Adult Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education were examined to identify the state of research. Faculty and student research interests differed. The department had a strong orientation to social rather than economic issues and to interpretive, qualitative research methods.…

Discussion of cheating by business education students first examines the current state of integration of the Internet into marketing education. Then it explores areas of concern that face education in relation to the use of the Internet, including student research and reference techniques, plagiarism, and accessibility of custom and off-the-shelf…

Apparel merchandising students participated in a cooperative research project in which they observed customer service techniques by posing as customers in retail stores. The project taught research processes, collaboration, and principles of customer service. (SK)

Investigates responses to a qualitative research project (intended to develop reflective teachers with an inquiry stance toward teaching) in which preservice teacher education students research a self-determined question related to teaching. Finds that, although they may no longer use formal research processes, these students continue to act as…

Details how students, working under the guidance of an instructor, design an experiment to test the relationship of temperature and digestive passage rate in garter snakes. Allows students to formulate and test hypotheses. (DDR)

Uses four student-led investigations conducted as part of the National Science Foundation (NSF) funded 'Explorations from an Aerial Perspective' program to demonstrate how participatory action research can provide a framework for realizing environmental education goals. (Author/MM)

In a master's-level gerontology course, students choose and develop a research statement in response to an actual request for proposals. They learn about what makes a good research question, develop a policy background, articulate a research plan, and perform group critiques of proposals. (SK)

Describes a student/faculty research project as one example in an area that appears to offer other opportunities for undergraduate research. Investigates whether people tend to prefer the rectangular shape known as the golden rectangle to other rectangular shapes. (Author/MM)

Mary Hoffman, was having a hard time teaching in-depth research skills to her middle school students, due to time limitations. So last fall, she approached her principal with an unprecedented idea: to offer kids a semester-long elective on research. What better way to teach comprehensive, analytical skills to those who really wanted a challenge?…

In this article, the author asks the question "Where do students at your school get most of their information for research?" He states that if they are only using the Web, their research is probably on shaky footing. Using only print or using only digital resources often gives student researchers only part of the picture and provides inadequate…

This study investigated the educational value of research participation by assessing the accuracy of student perceptions regarding the scientific status and methodology of psychology at 3 times during a semester: during the first week, following introductory and methodology lectures, and at the end of the term. Students' understanding of…