Presents a lesson in which students explore important mathematical topics such as frequency distributions using the popular board game Scrabble. Offers an opportunity for students to work cooperatively in collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data. (ASK)

Field trips, group activities, audiovisual aids, printed materials, and further education are the suggested motivational techniques. (BP)

Describes 24 activities for encouraging response to literature, designed for individual work and for classroom work with pairs, small groups, or the whole class. (GT)

Explores characteristics of group dynamics which teachers should be aware of in planning group activities for social studies classes. Provides guidelines by which teachers can plan group activities which help students attain cognitive, affective, and process-skill goals for the social studies. (Author/AV)

The author lists a variety of leadership activities for Future Farmers of America (FFA) members and notes that an FFA alumni group can be a valuable asset in supporting vocational agriculture and the FFA. (MF)

Describes the selection of officers in a Future Farmers of America chapter and the training of these officers after their election. (MF)

Offers an assignment which heightens student awareness of media effects and appropriateness through the simulation experience of planning and executing a persuasive campaign using print, audio and audio-visual media. (MH)

Discusses a proposal writing project in a technical writing course, in which students develop and actually submit a proposal for possible implementation. (GW)

Secondary students find that junk is an inspiration for a creative project in the final days of high school. (RK)

An approach to problem solving, said to lessen the barriers in the usual small group or committee situation, is described as a structured, task-directed method of brainstorming. Rules for brainstorming, organizing, a sample brainstorming assignment, and potential merits and pitfalls of the system are given. (MF)

Describes the Birmingham (Michigan) Public Schools' morale-boosting program. First the superintendent established a district communications team (composed of administrators, teachers, and noncertified staff members) to plan morale-building events. The district also hired a consultant to work with staff and students to improve specific aspects of…

Advocates the use of two frameworks, "gathering" and "sharing," for junior high school homework assignments that connect the classroom to the outside world and make students responsible for some of their own learning. (NKA)

Described is a teaching approach that applies principles of cooperative learning to an individualized program for learning mathematics in grades 3-6. The program, Team Assisted Individualization, has several important elements including student teams, a placement test, curriculum materials, the team-study method, team scores and team recognition,…

Provides ways for teachers to make ninth-grade general mathematics courses more pleasant and productive. (MD)

Presents a set of principles to serve as guides for motivating students: inviting success, cooperative learning, high expectations, set induction, and interaction. Includes a scorecard for rating motivational skills. (MD)