A reform movement in the United States has focused on STEM education and 21st century soft skills such as critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity. This spotlight on STEM instruction provided an opportunity to explore how K-14 STEM teacher participants perceived a Design Thinking Instructional Problems (DTIP) approach to…

For readers outside North America, the concept of "honors education" may be confusing (since the word honours features in British and Commonwealth degree titles) or obscure (bringing to mind associations with aristocratic privilege or elitist competition). But in the United States the development of honors programs in colleges, and later honors…

Summer outreach programs provide pre-college participants an introduction to college life and exposure to engineering in an effort to raise the level of interest and bring more students into engineering fields. The Junior Engineering, Mathematics, and Science (JEMS) program is a project-based summer workshop in which teams of high school students…

Despite the promise of technology in education, many practicing teachers are faced with multiple challenges of effectively integrating technology into their classroom instruction. Additionally, teachers who are successful incorporating educational technology into their instruction recognize that although technology tools have the potential to help…

Describes a summer workshop at Ohio University that is devoted solely to helping college staffs improve their yearbooks. (RB)

A workshop for summer school administrators helped them solve financial problems. (PG)

Tells how a few members of each upcoming yearbook staff at Indiana State University attend a yearbook workshop at another university during the summer and then present a workshop for other staff members. Includes the outline sheet used for the "home" workshop. (GW)

Presents 10 essays on Columbia Scholastic Press Association's summer workshop which brought students together to build skills and consider new concepts. Discusses a veteran teacher's reasons for attending workshops, opportunities to taste city life, the bond of student journalists, editorial challenges, emphasis on yearbooks' possibilities, and…

The course outlines presented in this report are intended to be used to teach astrophysics to nonscience majors at the junior and senior college level. An extensive set of notes are included which can be useful to an instructor as guidelines for presentation. Additional equipment and references for use in teaching astrophysics are suggested. (SA)

In the belief that large numbers of college teachers would be eager to experiment with new teaching techniques and design new courses if they were given the opportunity and time to do so, the Union for Research and Experimentation in Higher Education established "Project Changeover." There was immense support for this summer workshop…

Explores claims about creative writing through students' experiences in a summer introductory fiction workshop for non-English majors. Suggests that in writing instruction, the critical and the creative need to go hand in hand. Concludes that critical reflection on the makings and use of stories is crucial for students planning careers in…

Suggests that writing, editing, and design (WED) form a symbiotic relationship on each newspaper, graphics, and feature layout. Describes implementing the WED concept at South Dakota State and during summer workshops for yearbook staff. Notes the positive responses of yearbook staff and advisors. (RS)

Describes a summer workshop course in rocketry offered to educators and sponsored by industry. The participants built various model rockets and equipment and worked on challenging practical problems and activities. (GA)

Presents an approach to remedying the technological turbulence that both k-12 and university faculty face. Describes the Electronic Communication Across the Curriculum Summer Workshop. Offers this workshop as a model approach for other workshop developers, for those interested in educational partnerships, and for those committed to professional…

This paper describes a college summer-enrichment program that helps minority students improve their communication skills. The program concentrates as many different writing experiences as possible into a month-long workshop that provides intensive, individualized, daily writing practice with a variety of instructional materials. The major thrust…