Discusses Colchester (England) Sixth Form College's residential fieldwork program, in which students observe a business first hand. Argues that the students (1) learn the relevance of their coursework; (2) develop new ideas; (3) experience business and economic principle applications; and (4) practice data collection and analysis. Suggests that…

Describes a space education program in rural Manitoulin Island, Ontario. Reports that gifted and talented students examined space exploration, built models, met with astronauts, and designed multimedia presentations. Explains that the students also hosted a one-day conference on space for students, teachers, and parents and later visited…

A college shares insights on the development and integration of a new molecular biology major into the curriculum. (ZWH)

Emphasizes writing a dissertation in undergraduate geography study as a means of giving the student some control over subject matter. Offers criteria for selecting a topic including originality, topicality, feasibility, and likelihood of sustaining student interest. Warns that choices by academic supervisors may be made with regard to grant money…

Provides an exercise for broadening students' understanding of what research is and why it is important. Shows how students can be taught the value of source materials as fundamentals of true research. Outlines a method of taking apart an expository article and tracking down its multiple sources. (HB)

Describes the development of a course to teach undergraduates the historian's craft through the use of short, provocative books. Lists the books used in the course and how they were used. Discusses student writing assignments using archival materials that allow students to put their learning into practice. (DSK)

Secondary school students are not research experts; they need consistent, constructive guidance to make researching enjoyable, engaging, enriching, and meaningful. Library research too often becomes a necessary evil. Students should learn to move naturally into task definition; information seeking; location and access; and information use,…

Physical access to information is only the first step. Gaining intellectual access to appropriate information is a challenge. Students have trouble using appropriate indexes, generating searching synonyms, and developing conceptual fluidity. They also need considerable assistance in evaluating and using information. (14 references) (MLH)

Describes two teacher-preparation programs at California State University, San Marcos, that integrate action research. The paper highlights models for implementing action research and presents four examples of action research through the voices of preservice teachers. Preliminary findings suggest that both preservice teachers and supervisors…

Junior nursing students participated as research subjects in a faculty study, collected data for a student project on health attitudes, and analyzed both studies' findings. Thus, they learned about the research process through participation in several different phases. (SK)

Describes a research assignment (called "photo-elicitation") in a graduate course on the role of photography in society in which students interview people similar to the subjects in the photographs to discover how the photographs affect them. Includes material from one research project interviewing three recovering drug addicts responding to Larry…

Examines ways in which instructors and teaching professionals might work with students in guiding their research to establish good practices in citing and using resources from the World Wide Web. Discusses active learning, experiences at Bucknell University, and using traditional library resources. A final project assignment is appended.…

Recommends a social studies activity that combines geography and history within a current events framework to make the curriculum more interesting and challenging to the students. Explains that students investigate natural disasters from around the world and determine the effect humans have on these "natural" occurrences. (CMK)

Describes one college-faculty member's research project based on the experiences of five college students involved in service learning with children's organizations. Students served as participant-observers at an international conference on children's issues and their field reports yielded a solid profile of ideal environments for children…

Describes six high-achieving eighth-grade students asked to write a report about a significant person they would like as a mentor in high school. Finds the students chose their topics rapidly, and all but one created a task impression of the assigned report with little difficulty, using both content- and procedural-related goals to accomplish…