This case study examined the relationships between the programmatic features of service learning and student willingness to participate in and development during a service learning opportunity in the secondary, Social Studies classroom. The sample included two sections of Advanced Placement Psychology which consisted of 58 junior and senior…

Studies teacher and student attitudes toward computer assisted instruction in Mobile, Alabama. High school and middle school teachers and students were given a knowledge/attitude survey before and after a simulation exercise on the microcomputer. Results show that attitudes toward computer assisted instruction improved after the simulation. (JJD)

Oral history has not been widely used in required high school history courses. Time, money, transcribing interviews, lack of teaching manuals, and the difficulties in evaluating students were cited as problems associated with using oral history as an instructional tool. Yet oral history projects do not have to be major productions to be…