Describes an animal laboratory course using male Siamese fighting fish which is inexpensive, compact, and permits students to conduct a wide variety of behavioral investigations. (Author/CK)

States that a Studies in Genre course essentially explores genre theory with the "hook" of a particular popular genre (in this case, horror) that serves as case study and exemplar for more general theories of genre. Describes the course's modular design so it can be expanded into other genres as time passes. Discusses each unit's…

Describes a seminar course using Galileo's book "Two New Sciences" as an instructional tool to give students insight into the Greek's achievement in science. Includes references. (Author/YDS)

Describes two courses in research methodology, required respectively for graduate and undergraduate chemistry students as they begin research projects. The courses include traditional classroom sessions with discussion as well as exercises in writing and speaking, critiquing a journal article and a thesis, and preparing a research proposal.…

The article describes organizing a seminar in the humanities as a "metalogue" where the object of study is both a text and the occasion itself, as well as the conscious analogical relation between the two. Two examples of the seminar as metalogue are offered. (Author/DB)

Advocates that technical writing teachers should teach computer (or other) hardware, in spite of its difficulty and perceptions that it is not needed. Shows why hardware should be taught, gives the specifications necessary to contract the teaching of such a course, and includes a reading list. (SR)

Explains mathematics appreciation and how to teach a basic course in it. Shares experiences teaching mathematics appreciation. (Contains 43 resource materials.) (ASK)

Presents a course design of English 102: Intermediate College Composition. Describes this course as the second of two written communication courses required of undergraduates at the University of Louisville. Notes the goal of this course was to dissuade first-year writers from a limited outlook without debasing the education out of which it grew.…

Lexical bundles--recurrent sequences of words--are important building blocks of discourse in spoken and written registers. Previous research has shown that lexical bundles are especially prevalent in university classroom teaching, where they serve three major discourse functions: stance expressions, discourse organizers, and referential…

Describes a summer mass media course in which students traveled through Europe, using the trip as a source for news stories and photographs. (RB)

An innovative course structure which combines a traditional sociology course with a special topic minicourse is described. Possible options for using the structure are discussed. (Author/DE)

Suggests using the laboratory as a means of developing college students' skills for producing a yearbook. (RB)

Describes a beginning journalism course at West Virginia University in which fifteen juniors and seniors with high grade point averages take on the responsibility of working with beginning journalism students. (RB)

Presents an account of an attempt to develop "experiencing" and involvement in a graduate reading course during a 4-week summer session. (Author/PG)

Describes a course at the University of Toledo in which journalism students learn the newsletter publishing business. (RB)