Initiatives for outdoor education have gained popularity because of their capacity to boost teacher well-being, foster better mental health in instructors, and enrich the learning environment for students. We demonstrate the influence that outside education programs have on the achievement of students and how they create a vivid tapestry of…

Cardiovascular fitness is an important aspect of overall fitness, health, and wellness, and running can be an excellent lifetime physical activity. One of the most simple and effective means of exercise, running raises heart rate in a short amount of time and can be done with little to no cost for equipment. There are many benefits to running,…

It has been suggested that both internal (e.g., acceptability) and external (e.g., feasibility) factors should be taken under consideration in order to fully understand children's usage of interventions designed to improve their behavior. The purpose of this study was to initiate development of a student self-report measure (Children's Usage…

A debating program has been successful in developing issue resolution, research skills, and public speaking skills among gifted fifth and sixth graders. A high school debate program is modified to make it more manageable. (CL)

A beginning teacher of intermediate gifted students describes her experiences with a mentorship program involving seven preservice teacher trainees. Both students and mentors responded positively to the approach. (CL)

Identifies several objectives of a student-assistance program that can aid students who wish to keep the group intact and those who wish to withdraw because of personal growth or changes in preferences. Seven consecutive group sessions are outlined in detail, and follow-up procedures are discussed. (NB)

A teacher describes how photographs of projects, holidays, science fairs, and special reports encourage students. Tips on how to incorporate photography in the classroom are included. Companies to contact as resources are listed. (JL)

Presents a critical thinking unit designed to teach students in grades 4-6 to identify propaganda techniques in advertising and to create and evaluate original advertisements. Objectives, directions, and a series of five activities are outlined. Various propaganda techniques are defined. (MES)

A good way to introduce students to the subject of peace and friendship is to celebrate the International Day of Peace. Activities in language arts, media/drama, physical education, art/music, social studies, and science/math are suggested. A list of resources concludes the article. (MT)

A six-week unit in the study of poetry and the practice of poetics for gifted intermediate students is outlined with daily unit descriptions and information about the principles being applied. The unit results in a poetry anthology for publication. (CL)

Planning and organizational details of a citywide spelling bee for intermediate-level hearing impaired students are described. (CL)

When fifth-grade students were first introduced to abstract imagery in printmaking, the adjustment from figurative shapes to nonrepresentative forms was difficult for them. To make them more comfortable with the development of abstract ideas and forms, the students' initials were used. (RM)

Fifth-grade students used their bodies to form a design on blueprint paper. The end result was a frieze, which was used to brighten hallways. (RM)

The author describes a fifth grade gifted class biography project based on J. Renzulli's Interest-A-Lyzer which asked students to choose three people from the past and three from the present they would invite to the class as teachers. (SB)

Explains FLEX, foreign language exploratory program, a self-contained presequence course which usually involves a multilanguage contrastive approach and which is given in the grade immediately before year in which students may enroll in first year of standard sequence of second language courses. (Author/BK)