Describes having students write an organizational analysis paper as part of a collaborative writing project in a human relations course. Discusses initial group formation and outlines the project. (SR)

Senior seminars established at St. Mary's College (Maryland) as capstone courses for majors are intended to offer an interdisciplinary perspective and enable students to demonstrate mastery of skills. Assignments typically include writing a major paper, conducting a research project, or leading a class discussion. (MSE)

Reports results from a study of middle school students composing from self-selected sources and presents a times-stage model of the research process. Finds that strategies used were influenced by the research stage and time left to completion; research processes were recursive rather than linear; and good readers used somewhat different strategies…

Suggests the use of key historical antisocial acts to teach social studies concepts as a means of arousing the interest of adolescents. Recommends overcoming initial sensationalism by shifting emphasis to more appropriate interests. Includes discussion of the Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy assassinations and the Rosenberg spy case. Suggests…

Urges professors to explain to graduate students the difference between undergraduate programs, which reproduce knowledge, and graduate programs, which are designed to produce knowledge and reproduce the faculty. Suggests that professional socialization be made explicit for students by encouraging them to use the informal curriculum. Recommends…

Discusses Plenary Review, a policy decision process utilized in a series of experimental seminars. Emphasizes the use of students as decision makers to assess the social, economic, moral, political, and institutional consequences of implementation efforts in a public policy area. Recommends decision forcing and praises the multidimensional…

Proposes guidelines to promote student-oriented bibliographic instruction programs on college campuses. Urges faculty, librarians, and professional associations to collaborate to develop materials to help students use library resources effectively. Includes guidelines for locating known sources, conducting a literature search, making effective use…

Discusses the nature and application of a research poster exercise used in an advanced undergraduate geography course. Describes the research strategies and the necessary oral, written, and design skills required to complete the project. Concludes that close supervision of student work will help improve the project as an instructional tool. (CFR)

Recommends the use of cemeteries as the focus of student research in secondary social studies. Presents methods for initiating such a project and guidance for appropriate student behavior. Includes a list of suggested activities for cemetery studies. (CFR)

The article evaluates student science projects encouraged by a South African Science Exposition using the criteria of secondary science educator, J.R. Campbell, and the task descriptors of the educator of the gifted, J.S. Renzulli. It is concluded the preparation of such projects meets the educational standards cited. (DB)

Discusses the original rationale for special exemptions from formal ethical oversight for educational research and examines varieties of qualitative educational research consistent with it. Formal ethical oversight of student-research practice is also discussed. Policies are offered to determine which variety should qualify for special exemptions.…

Describes cooperative class projects carried out by at-risk high school students on a variety of topics about Native Americans and involving in-depth research and multimedia presentations of their findings. (SR)

Describes a program at Drew University, in which retired scientists receive offices, research space, and equipment in exchange for directing the research of advanced undergraduates. (PR)

Asserts that science instruction should have students behaving as real scientists. Discusses benefits of high school science research programs for precocious youths. (PR)

Argues for the need for courses in waste management in departments other than civil engineering. Points out that although waste management is a business administration function, it is best performed from an environmental management perspective. (DDR)