This book highlights the importance of design in computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) by proposing data-driven design and assessment. It addresses data-driven design, which focuses on the processing of data and on improving design quality based on analysis results, in three main sections. The first section explains how to design…

The Effective Instructional Strategies Series is a collection of six booklets based on the components used in Pacific Communities with High-performance In Literacy Development (Pacific CHILD), a principles-based professional development program consisting of research-based teaching and learning strategies proven to help improve students' reading…

A discussion of the techniques used by Auburn University, Alabama, to introduce new students to an innovative program of teacher education. (HB)

A discussion of how the computer has compelled educators to devise new education experiences by which students can acquire information. (Author/HB)

Classifies the major kinds of learning apparently inherent for children participating in creative drama and attempts to define the kinds of learning a teacher can help promote. Available from: Children's Theatre Review, Children's Theatre Association of America, American Theatre Association, 1029 Vermont Avenue, Suite 402, Washington, D.C. 20005.…

Philography, or autograph collecting, is a good way to liven up social studies classes. For example, after watching the TV miniseries "Winds of War," students wrote to famous real life participants in the war asking them a variety of questions. The response rate was nearly 100 percent. (RM)

Explains the origins of the "Foxfire" project and suggests ways teachers of gifted students can create similar projects. (FL)

Five areas are suggested for individualized instruction. (HB)

In this college level economics exercise, students at the University of Wisconsin (Madison) learned about the concepts of demand and price setting through a real world experience. They studied and analyzed a service provided by the Wisconsin Student Association which sells students subscriptions to lecture notes for large lecture courses. (RM)

Describes a drama game invented by college students for use in the primary school and details the educational goals, instructional materials, and potential uses for such learning activities. Speech and Drama, White College, ALLINGTON, Chippenham, Wilts. Subscription Rates: $6.00 per year. (MH)

Maintaining that the judicial process is particularly effective as a form of program evaluation, this article details organizational procedures and lists the following advantages for use of the judicial process: issues are investigated in an open forum, the community can participate, and exciting opportunities for teaching and learning are…

Described is an attention-getting assignment in a college level developmental psychology course in which students were given a list of 24 library research questions on the first day of class to be completed and discussed on the third day. Student reaction to the assignment is discussed. (Author/DB)

The BASIC ID framework of multimodal education provides elementary school personnel with a means for expanding their instructional offerings. By using the BASIC ID as a guide, elementary school teachers can identify neglected instructional areas, implement classroom activities to correct the deficiencies, and increase their impact on the lives of…

The assimilation of Interstate Distributive Education Curriculum Consortium learning activities packages into distributive education classes at Lumberton Senior High School, Lumberton, North Carolina, is described. (LH)