The history of social psychology should be given primary emphasis in undergraduate seminars. A college senior seminar which uses historical case studies is described. (AM)

Describes a program for teaching writing as an integral part of college sociology classes. Students do frequent free-writing exercises, participate in small weekly writing groups, and compose final papers. Suggestions for implementation are offered. (AM)

Describes the use of drama students to role play subjects of case studies in simulations of standard interviews in a college-level abnormal psychology class. Graduate drama students role-played clients in interviews with instructors or student panels. After the interviews, class discussion covered alternative possible diagnoses and possible…

The article presents a technique for motivating and teaching the unmotivated reader with special reference to deaf students. A case study is presented illustrating how cognitive level questions can be incorporated into an original story developed by the teacher to motivate such students. (Author/DLS)

Discuses the Student Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders (SPICOL), a week-long university interdisciplinary simulation exercise in which students take the role of government officials, lobbyists, researchers, and news reporters. Notes journalism students report, edit, publish, and broadcast for their campus station Radio Pasifik and the special…

Examines life-space diagrams as a form of nonverbal poetry which taps personal feelings, tells a story, and characterizes a particular life situation, forming a useful therapy technique that provides a family the opportunity to examine its internal family relationships. Offers two case studies, discusses five levels of knowing and awareness, and…

This volume of Collaborative Partnerships between ESL and Classroom Teachers gives emphasis to collaborative partnerships in the middle and high school levels. Editors Faridah Pawan and Ginger Sietman gather expert authors who present us with models of classroom-based and school-based collaborative partnerships from middle and high schools across…

Interviewing is one of the most common methods used in small-scale educational research. This book is about semi-structured interviews, in which the interviewer sets up a general structure by deciding in advance the ground to be covered and the main questions to be asked. The detailed structure is left to be worked out during the interview, and…

This booklet is a guide for discussion among teacher groups, including affiliates of the International Reading Association and the National Council of Teachers of English. The booklet presents 14 brief case studies designed to increase awareness of the range of meanings embraced today by the term literacy--reading and writing of course, but also…

Noting that with the increased popularity of courses in organizational communication, a wider array of pedagogical techniques is required to enhance students' learning experience and thus produce more competent participants in organizational life, this paper presents a rationale and guidelines for the use of case studies as an instructional…

This 3-section guide was compiled to provide assistance to teachers who want to work with video in the classroom, and also to relate the experiences of students and teachers who participated in the video project, "Ptarmigan TV." The first section describes the significance of using video in the classroom and explains what video is and…

A holistic case can encompass the whole of technical writing by allowing the student to experience the total communication act in which the technical task and data are fully integrated into the rhetorical situation. The salient components of a holistic case are the persona of the technical professional, the facts about the technical problem and…

Noting the increasing importance of internship experiences in the graduate training of students for applied careers, this article presents a comprehensive case study analysis of an internship program. It reviews such issues as student preparation, supervision, grading, and intern-sponsor matching. (JDH)

Describes the use of a case study in a business communication course to teach students empathy and identification or how to see things from someone else's point of view. (PD)

Secondary social studies students analyze and discuss a case study dealing with free trade in this lesson requiring one class period. (RM)