Describes an experiment to determine if college students could be stimulated to undertake additional self-modification projects after completing similar projects in personal adjustment courses. Student responses to questionnaires indicated that experimental group students, who were required to submit plans for additional projects, were more likely…

Since the 1930s, high school students in Pulaski, Wisconsin have been producing the town's only newspaper. In addition to providing the community with a source of news, the paper involves students in an educational experience that they would otherwise only be able to receive at a "regular" newspaper. (Author/GC)

This article provides instructions on inkle loom weaving, from the construction of the loom through the weaving process. This article is one of seven in this issue on fiber arts. (SJL)

Describes a psychology course in which magical illusions were used for teaching the principles of sensation and perception. Students read psychological, philosophical, historical, and magical literature on illusion, performed a magical illusion, and analyzed the illusion in terms of the psychological principles involved. (Author/KC)

Described are various arts and crafts ideas, mostly with a February theme. Included are: ceramic boxes, valentine ideas, and patriotic projects--symbols of our country, silhouettes of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, and stars and stripes. (KC)

Homework, like grandmother's spring tonic, is a useless and hated ritual that is continued only because everyone seems to expect it. The best way to make homework enriching and personal is to prepare idea cards for each study unit, allowing each student to select a suitable project. (SJL)

As part of a project in working class history, ninth grade students conduct a bean bake for 1500 people. They cook pork-and-beans in huge black pots fueled day and night by two cords of wood and bake 1500 rolls of bread. An old-fashioned hoedown follows the feed. (KC)

Describes the use of a study of cemetery headstones to give students a feeling for their community's social history. Looks at the kinds of information that can be gathered from the markers about the dead people and ways of analyzing the data. Presents an outline of project procedures. (AYC)

Described is a program which is both an educational philosophy and the title of a three-year program which began in the Fall of 1979. Designed to integrate art into the curriculum, Arts Are Basic is funded by a $51,000 grant from the Title IVC Elementary and Secondary Education Act. (Author/KC)

The author describes the screenprinting project he uses to begin his high school Printmaking I class and gives detailed instructions, with materials lists and diagrams, for the multicolor screenprinting process. This is one of several articles in this issue on graphic arts projects. (SJL)

Describes high school social studies student projects involving a study of local cemeteries. Projects include charting life expectancies, creating slide shows of community grave sites, and collecting tombstone rubbings. (KC)

Describes an art project in which junior high students are producing a 16mm animated cartoon using stop-action filming of handmade plastic figures on a built-to-scale set. (SJL)

Instructions are given for braiding, a special weaving technique, requiring no loom, which is designed to produce narrow bands such as belts, straps, and wall hangings. (Author/SJL)

Points out that evaluating group projects in media courses is an important concern. Recommends three steps: developing criteria such as objectivity, feasibility, creativity, and measurability; having each group evaluate the participation of the members; and having the class evaluate each presentation. Includes forms to facilitate carrying out…

Methods are suggested for encouraging high school students to write mathematics research papers. Sources for information are discussed, a general outline for the paper is given, grading procedures are described, and several topics for reports are listed. (DT)