Describes a teacher rationale for the use of homework and a take-home page to help parents understand the importance of good homework tasks for enhancing mathematics education. (YDS)

Describes a technique called interactive auditions. Notes that the goals of this type of auditions are: to build a working relationship between the director, stage manager, and actors; and to create a cooperative environment. Suggests that this technique gives the actor a less fearful view of the audition process. (PM)

Makes the point that instruction that focuses only on the academic aspects of reading may not be optimal in terms of the overall benefits to students. Proposes a caring reading curriculum which provides an environment that invites group activity. (MG)

States that using diverse types of museums as sources of information for writing helps to stimulate imagination and personal expression. Describes many possible approaches, including poets in museums, curriculum collaborative programs, intensive student writing projects, high school programs, and after-school programs. Discusses problems that may…

Discusses concerns of parents who volunteer in the classroom. Provides steps teachers and other program staff can take to enhance the volunteer experience, including explaining the program's classroom volunteer policies and procedures, allowing parents to observe, accepting each parent's unique abilities and desires, and expressing appreciation to…

Defines co-operative inquiry as a radically participative form of inquiry in which all involved are both co-researchers and co-subjects. Introduces methodology in a layperson's guide. Reflects on the learning process of an inquiry group, especially the process of research cycling, importance of peer group, and the paradoxical self-reflexive…

Argues against excessive content fragmentation in engineering courses, particularly in the early stages of engineering education. Discusses attempts to encourage cooperative learning and integrative reconciliation between courses. (WRM)

Discusses the benefits that can be achieved as a result of parental involvement in children's mathematics education. Concludes that, when the school and family unite in a partnership for children, their overlapping spheres of influence foster a positive attitude about mathematics at home which helps children learn mathematics at school. (ASK)

Describes a teaching approach that prompts students to help community, state, and federal agencies make decisions on the best uses of rivers and their surroundings. Includes tracking water quality and designing signs to educate the community. (YDS)

Offers Home Literacy Ideas--practical suggestions that involve children in home literacy. Discusses classroom activities and ideas for supporting literacy at home. (SR)

Classroom teaching suggestions excerpted from the book, "50 Simple Ways to Make Teaching More Fun" by Bob Algozzine, are offered. Suggestions include creative worksheets, using lotteries to improve attention and skills, and helping parents improve their child's thinking skills. (DB)

Describes a four-hour drama session, held one hour for each of four weeks, in which 15 girls and one boy ages six through eight participated with 17 college participant observers in a 1991 Children and Drama course, during which a drama teacher came to a "different" playmaking process, guiding children to direct their own dramas, without…

Describes the first Student Biotechnology Expo which came about through the cooperation of high schools, universities, local biotechnology and biomedical companies, and research institutions with the purpose of providing opportunities to high school students to explore science related careers. (Contains 13 references.) (YDS)

Investigates whether science permeates the design environment and is thus contexted within the other activities of collaborative management and technology. Focuses on which contexts gave rise to science talk. Studies a classroom with (n=33) students divided into seven teams. (Contains 46 references.) (Author/YDS)

"Open Minds to Equality" is an educator's sourcebook of activities to help students understand and change inequalities based on: race, gender, class, age, language, sexual orientation, physical/mental ability, and religion. The activities promote respect for diversity and interpersonal equality among students, fostering a classroom that is…