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Challenge Students' Skills and Creativity with Student-Directed Projects
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Kraft, Thomas E. – Tech Directions, 2009
Student-directed projects motivate and educate the students, inform the public--and produce some very handsome furniture that may well become treasured family heirlooms that will live beyond their makers. In this article, the author describes how he adopted a student-directed approach in his Fine Woodworking course by setting up a two-project…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Creativity, Student Projects, Woodworking
It's a Three-Dimensional World
Schirmacher, Stan – Sch Shop, 1970
Descriptors: Industrial Arts, Student Projects, Woodworking
Update Woodshop Instruction via Scaled-Down House Construction
Smith, Harry T. – Sch Shop, 1969
Descriptors: Building Trades, Industrial Arts, Student Projects, Teaching Methods
Design Problem in Wood Carving
Hicks, Jerry L. – School Shop, 1971
Descriptors: Diagrams, Industrial Arts, School Shops, Shop Curriculum
Wood Flour Molding
Snyder, Charles R. – Sch Shop, 1969
Descriptors: Industrial Arts, Laboratory Experiments, Problem Solving, Research Opportunities
Vacuum-Bag Molding
Weiss, Allen – School Shop, 1972
Descriptors: Construction (Process), Industrial Arts, Plastics, Student Projects
A Space Craft Project For Your Industrial Arts
Louis, James V. – Industrial Arts and Vocational Education, 1972
Descriptors: Aerospace Technology, Construction (Process), Electricity, Industrial Arts
Veneer Methods Make Sense For the Woods Area
De Cristoforo, R. J. – Industrial Arts and Vocational Education, 1972
New system of adhesives and veneers expands range of joinery methods students can use in woodworking and cabinetry. (Editor)
Descriptors: Construction (Process), Industrial Arts, Production Techniques, Student Projects
Strengthening Interdisciplinary Roles in Industrial Arts
Wood, James D. – Man/Society/Technology--A Journal of Industrial Arts Education, 1972
Descriptors: Design, Electricity, Graphic Arts, Industrial Arts
Solving an Elementary IA Problem.
Shealey, Harry M., Jr. – School Shop, 1978
For a woods curriculum project, senior high students designed and built a tool cart needed in the elementary school industrial arts classes. Photographs of two carts of different design, diagrams, and list of materials are included. (MF)
Descriptors: Cabinetmaking, Construction (Process), Design Requirements, Equipment Storage
How to individualize project-building in any shop
Neil, Ralph H. – Industrial Education, 1973
Descriptors: Individualized Programs, Industrial Arts, Laboratory Equipment, Laboratory Procedures
Seeing is Believing through Experimentation
Allen, W. Clayton; Hinrichs, Roy S. – Man/Society/Technology, 1975
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Experiential Learning, Industrial Arts, Junior High Schools
The Senior Project: Authentic Assessment at Hodgson Vocational/Technical High School. A Series on Authentic Assessment and Accountability.
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Ancess, Jacqueline; Darling-Hammond, Linda – 1994
Hodgson Vocational Technical High School, New Castle County (Delaware), has recently converted from being a shared-time vocational center to being a full-time academic-vocational-technical school. As part of its restructuring, the school instituted a Senior Project, a three-part authentic assessment that combines a research paper, a shop product,…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Experiential Learning, Graduation Requirements, High School Seniors