While applied sociology has gained much popularity over the past decade, attempts to document empirically the use of sociology have produced disappointing results. Possible reasons for these results include lack of knowledge about how information is used in the decision making process, methodological bias stemming from the fact that those who…

This bibliography assists junior and senior high school students and teachers in planning, preparing, executing, and evaluating science fair projects. A few books with experiments suitable for elementary grade students are listed. This publication is not intended to be a comprehensive bibliography but is designed to put the reader "on target."…

This seasonal project integrates the skills of typing, photocopying, calculating, composing, alphabetizing, and human relations, which the student has acquired during the first part of the Administrative Support Occupations II course. The activity is a simulation that involves a small, specialty, mail-order business selling novelty items for…

The study looked at the relationship between gifted students' sense of self-efficacy to their decisions to undertake independent investigations. It also examined whether efficacy beliefs, gifted behavior, or both could be increased by participation in a mini-course on research methodology. The literature on self-efficacy theory is reviewed showing…

Teaching the basic course in speech communication can be challenging in many ways. A class debate revitalizes the course, while offering an excellent means for evaluating learning at the end of a semester course. Proficient use of interpersonal skills is necessary to organize group members and control group discussion; sufficient knowledge of…

Guidelines are offered for helping gifted high school students present oral and written presentations of individual learning projects. Students need to work toward a goal and accept responsibility for presenting the project formally. Written reports foster discipline, completed projects, and documentation for further study. Verbal reports offer…

This paper presents the elementary mathematics behind the traditional cost-volume-profit model of the business firm in both deterministic and probabilistic forms. By a simulation process the structure could be modeled to derive a wide variety of data analysis sets for use in the classroom. The data sets can be used to aid students in applying…

These guidelines are intended to assist high school psychology teachers in safeguarding the rights and welfare of students and experimental subjects while promoting high-quality instruction. There are three sets of guidelines. The first set deals with the use of animals in school science behavior projects. The major goal of such projects should be…

CCC Kei Wai Primary School (Ma Wan) is a 30-classroom 7-story primary school located at Ma Wan Island. The campus was completed in 2003. There are three arrays of photovoltaic modules installed on the roof with an expected annual yield of 5600 kWh a.c. electricity. This system is supported by a research project called "Building Integrated…

An animatronic robot was designed and constructed for the 2003 Annual Student Robotic Technology and Engineering Challenge organized by the Robotics International (RI) association of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME). It was also the senior capstone design project for two of the design team members. After a thorough study of body and…

In the activity described, elementary school children each adopt a tree and make monthly observations which are recorded in their log books. (JR)

Describes the use of student projects within a traditional biology laboratory class to incorporate openness, inquiry techniques, and student choice into course teaching. Included is a list of sample investigations. (CC)

Broadbased topic or project work, the environmental studies of the primary school and the interdisciplinary programs of the secondary school, provides an organizing principle under which children and teachers may engage in a variety of activities. (Author)

Two years' experience in sponsoring a real-life project for drafting students has convinced the sponsoring firm that both the firm and the students benefit. (Author)

Mathematical investigations pursued by two gifted students are presented. One is written by a boy age 9 with his follow-up at 11; he studied patterns to derive the factors for the difference of two squares. Another boy of 11 discovered formulas for slopes of tangent lines and areas under curves. (LS)