The University of Nebraska's Home Management Group Project involves groups of four to six students in the accomplishment of a self-determined goal on a topic in home management. The activity provides an opportunity for practical application of theory as well as for practice in group relations. (SK)

Group communication and interactive techniques are an important means for accomplishing office tasks. Teachers should plan learning activities which require and simulate planning and interaction in small groups to develop these communication skills. (SK)

Discusses the role of listening in the language arts and provides a six-stage group project for developing a variety of listening skills. (HTH)

Examines some basic principles underlying success or failure in classroom management and suggests activities to promote cooperative awareness among students. (CM)

A description is given of an organized effort on the part of a university mental health staff to meet individual faculty members and acquaint them with health service activities. (JD)

Suggestions are given for developing an effective creative dance program in an elementary class. (JD)

This book contains classroom experiments designed to promote group skills. Each lesson has 4 parts: a 3-minute set-up; 5-minute warm-up, 25-minute experiment, and 5-minute clean-up. During each part, each member of the group is responsible for performing a specific task. Included are 34 labs that cover a range of topics: observations, physical…

This handbook provides nutrition activities and resource material that the food service worker can use in cooperation with the teacher to promote an understanding of major nutrition concepts and concerns. It focuses on the concept that a school's food service program serves as an extension of the classroom. The classroom and the cafeteria…

In an attempt to motivate students learning a social studies unit on the Middle Ages, elementary teachers developed cooperative planning lessons and then combined groups to culminate the unit with a medieval fair. (Author/RK)

Reports the activities of a fraternal journalists' group, explaining why journalism teachers should join it. (RL)

Describes a model for behavioral change which synthesizes behavioral awareness with empirically identified target behaviors. Stages of the model are presented and cautions for implementation are given. Suggests the model can help students gain an understanding of the consequences of behavioral problems. (BL)

Presents a procedure writing students can use, either singly or in groups, to exploit the general knowledge they have of common objects, artifacts, and institutions. Describes the use of a matrix to integrate knowledge about realms, or areas of interest, and concerns, or problems. (MM)

Describes various cooperative programs and procedures for resource sharing used by independent school libraries related to library education, joint services, special projects with books and television, directory development, acquisition, and microfilm. (CMV)

Summarizes a series of four class sessions in which students write and rewrite an analysis of advertisements together. (TJ)

High individual accountability did not show significant positive effects on learning when compared with cooperative reward conditions. (JD)