Noting that it is important in communication classes to devise ways to help students to be comfortable with each other, this paper maintains that icebreakers and group builders are strategies that are vital in creating openness and trust in such classes. The paper offers eight icebreakers (activities designed to help students feel comfortable with…

This manual provides guidelines for dance teachers in secondary schools. A brief statement is made on the purpose and philosophy of dance education, and activities and instructional suggestions are presented for various dance forms: (1) group dance--folk/ethnic, square dance, and social dance; (2) aerobic dance; (3) jazz dance; (4) modern dance;…

Describes activities of the Future Farmers of America and the opportunities for leadership training and development that it provides. (MF)

Describes a program in which students in a high school graphic arts class taught Grade 4 students basic print skills. (SB)

Suggests teaching a variety of sentence beginnings in writing instruction. (AEA)

Illustrates a method of helping students learn to write paragraphs and to organize their writing using a group writing technique. (TJ)

Describes a game which can be used to acquaint students with the basic elements of narrative fiction. (DD)

Describes a performance at Purdue University of the ACT-OUT Ensemble of Indianapolis, which came four days after a drug-addicted student had murdered his counselor. Finds that the performance was a success because it entertained, educated, explained, and healed, fulfilling the mission of the acting ensemble. Discusses other functions of this (and…

Presents a variation of Deming's funnel experiment to illustrate how a stable process operates and how tampering with a stable process leads to increased variability and less desirable results. The goal of the activity is to minimize product variation around the target value. Includes student handout. (Author/MKR)

Discusses three philosophical pillars that support collaborative learning: "spaces of appearance," active engagement, and ownership. Describes classroom experiences with collaborative learning supported by these pillars. (PRA)

Evaluates the impact of personal construct and psychodynamic group work on the psychosocial functioning of offender adolescents. Group work was effective immediately after terminating treatment in increasing helpful maturational processes and in reducing the less helpful maturational processes. Group work was also effective to some extent in…

Twenty-two tenth grade biology classes performed a simulated problem solving game. Half of each class completed the exercise first as individuals and then in small groups; the other half reversed this order. Results showed that group work preceded by individual work was the most effective arrangement. (MLH)

Suggestions for teaching oral interpretation in English and speech courses. (CH)

This document presents an overview of a survey conducted to determine the educational and social role of interschool sports in the secondary schools of Ontario, Canada. The study is based on the theory that the goal of most youth sports organizations is participation--to get as many children involved as possible. Conversely, professional-athletic…