This paper defines the concept of structured processing as an activity that encourages students to reflect, describe, analyze, and communicate that which was recently experienced. The paper explores structured processing, outlines a cognitive processing hierarchy, and suggests methods for designing and leading processing activities for…

Presents an approach to making practical on-the-job work experience of secondary school students part of instruction in social studies. Maintains that social studies classes can serve as a vehicle for students to gain social learning from their work experiences. Includes tables outlining the conceptual framework of this approach. (DB)

Presented are suggestions for increasing the efficient use of the transition board while reducing its overall size. Discussed are the construction and preparation of the boards. Teaching addition and subtraction using these materials is described. (CW)

Examined is the situation in which pupils invent mathematics on their own and teachers' reactions to this situation. The assimilation of students' original ideas into correct mathematical concepts is discussed. (CW)

Reported is an effort to train mathematics and science teachers in Chicago, Illinois, to integrate mathematics and science and to concentrate on hands-on science participation. Support for the Academy for Mathematics and Science Teachers is discussed. (CW)

Discussed are several activities suitable for students from middle school through high school designed to furnish concrete experiences with the concepts of rate of change and slope and approximating areas, the central themes of differential and integral calculus. The implementation of national curriculum standards is stressed. (CW)

Describes a "scavenger hunt" approach to teaching research and critical thinking skills to high school and college students. Students are provided with lists of challenging questions, supporting materials (cartoons, quotations, odd facts and humorous excerpts), and clues for developing a research strategy. Examples of questions, clues…

The article describes the Social Studies Professional Semester at the State University of New York at Albany as a capstone experience for prospective secondary social studies teachers. Promoting development of critical rather than technical rationality in beginning teachers, it encourages a realistic perspective on the context and processes of…

Outlines an exercise dealing with the geographic concept of regions. Suggests this activity as a means of relating theory to students' personal understanding of the world. Provides a lesson plan which helps students appreciate the concept of region as an analytic tool through a "hands-on" exercise. (KO)

Presents four Physics General Certificate of Secondary Education assessment practicals which can be photocopied for use in instruction. Includes notes for guidance of teachers in determining student skills in management and organization, designing and carrying out experiments to solve problems, draw conclusions, and select suitable apparatus for…

Describes the methods and materials used to obtain satellite pictures from weather satellites. Discusses possible physics lessons which can be done using this equipment including orbital mechanics, and how the satellite works. (CW)

Discusses the curriculum objectives, typical student, and degree programs of Empire State College. Nontraditional course selection is possible since each student designs his/her own degree program and completes it through independent study. Programs of these non-traditional students have professional content, but the anthropological content is not…

Discussed are general considerations for educating visually impaired students including planning, testing, lecture/discussion, field trips, and laboratory activities. Fourteen activities that have been adapted are described. One such undergraduate course is described. (CW)

University staff who teach and research in professional schools are required to commit both to traditional academic norms and scholarship and to the transmission of distinctly vocational skills and attitudes. Tensions created by these two roles and the implications of these for the functioning of a university are explored. (Author/MLW)

Describes a strategy which uses writing to help students learn science concepts. Provides a description of the target population, a justification for the various components of the strategy, and information on brainstorming and concept map formation. Reports that use of this method enhances students' interest, motivation, and understanding of…