Students at the Orchard Lane Elementary School, New Berlin, Wisconsin, learn to make their own carousel as part of their celebration of our nation's Bicentennial. (RK)

This article describes a class activity for use with students (ages 8 through 15) having moderate-to-mild disabilities. Children work through feelings of grief and loss by constructing a "class book" from pictures and articles depicting loss or grief. Students use the book as a basis for personally reflecting on and writing about the…

Provides a cooperative-learning activity in which students calculate the horsepower of an individual by collecting and analyzing data. (ASK)

Tells about an assignment in a technical writing course, in which students are presented with a hypothetical problem faced by a business corporation; they then work in groups to write memos detailing possible solutions to the problem. (GW)

Discusses transitions to and from specific activities (i.e., free choice time, group activities, clean-up time, outside play, meals, naps, and using bathrooms) as well as children's arrivals and departures from the preschool or day care center. (CB)

Discusses the organization of a college German club and gives ideas for social, cultural, and educational activities for a club to sponsor. (EKN)

Presents strategies to increase the flow of writing so that students become more attuned to the usefulness of words in capturing thoughts, feelings, and impressions. (RL)

Discusses the 'wasted time' dilemma and its effects on children in day-care centers. 'Wasted time' refers to small, seemingly insignificant incidents of waiting between activities which add up to more than an hour of boredom for children during an eight-hour day. (CM)

Suggests an extented exercise to help students interpret myths and discover sex-role stereotyping in them. (TJ)

A large class that must share one computer can still get the benefits of adventure/simulation software if students work in small groups. Teamwork stimulates sharing and cooperation. The importance of planning, useful peripherals, follow-up activities, and product information are included in this article. (IAH)

Presents three classification activities in which students work in cooperative small groups using physical materials to foster flexible thinking in doing mathematics. Concludes that attribute blocks are useful physical manipulatives for promoting classification activities and problem-solving skills. (ASK)

This reading program theme deals with mysteries in their broadest sense. The mystery theme is not limited to who-done-its although they are a place to start. The library is full of solutions to other kinds of mysteries. Craft and program ideas, clip art, press releases, a planning time line, and calendars were developed to assist in the…

Students and their teacher had the interesting experience of visiting the Plymouth Plantation, a recreation of the Pilgrim settlement not far from the original site in Plymouth, and learned how the original Pilgrims lived while they developed their own character. (Author/RK)

Presents the view that formal assignments such as problem sheets to be solved at home within a given amount of time are detrimental to the development of a mature outlook in college students. Presents an alternative to this approach. (GS)