Reviews a set of juvenile books by Franklin Watts, Inc., that blends reference, informational, and recreational reading. (FL)

Introductory psychology students were introduced to the topic of crowding by experiencing high density in physical arrangements of the classroom. Results did not demonstrate the complexity and possible interactive effects of crowding variables. Students gained insights into other aspects of crowding, experimental design, and interpreting…

Discusses the merits of doing institutional research with a business writing class and outlines the process for completing such a project. (AEA)

Recommends ways teachers can help students write better research papers. (JL)

Reviewed are 12 recent instructional kits, supplementary texts, and professional references for library and study skills instruction in the secondary grades. (SJL)

Sixth graders learn how to conduct a survey in this problem-solving project. (Editor/SJL)

Discusses how students can learn history and use research skills as they study the genre of biography. Presents a biography unit on Western artist Charles M. Russell. (RS)

Discusses a composition assignment that integrates library instruction with a research assignment, thus encouraging students to take an interdisciplinary approach to their writing and thinking. (SR)

Presents ideas to help elementary teachers encourage their students to discover the excitement of doing descriptive, historical, or experimental research by seeking new information, testing hypotheses, gathering data, drawing conclusions, and using appropriate vocabulary. The article includes questions for children to investigate and words used by…

Describes seven activities for teaching students "researched writing"--activities that offer possibilities for active and interactive researching, writing, and thinking, and that include small group work, discussion, and other activities. (SR)

The purpose of this document is to provide teachers with a uniform guide and uniform standards for writing skills, and with general style principles which will provide for an easy flow of student skill development in grades one through six. Included under the major heading of General Skills are: Ten Steps to Better Writing; The Proper Heading;…

Describes how microcomputers were integrated into a large introductory sociology course to teach basic sociological concepts. Included is a description of the teaching principles which guided the project's instructional design, a description of the formation and operation of the student research teams, and several concrete examples of the problems…

Describes two teaching simulations which can be used to introduce students to problems encountered in field research. The first simulation deals with gaining access to a research setting, while the second concerns some ethical difficulties which may potentially confront a field researcher. A number of reasons for using simulations in preference to…

Presents several alternative approaches to the traditional research paper for teaching research and library skills. (MM)

Described are methods that secondary students can use in social science research projects. They include case studies, interviews, questionnaires, and participant observation. (RM)