This document, prepared by students involved in the Task Force on Student Involvement program, provides guidelines for administrators who are attempting to enhance constructive student participation in the total educational program. An outline of specific recommendations for dealing with high school unrest is followed by general recommendations…

The purpose of this study was to determine whether the level of writing achievement of a class of college freshmen who were exposed for one semester to a methodology in which the students selected the form and topic of writing assignments and publicly evaluated each others' writing, and in which the teacher acted only as a moderator of student…

Describes and compares formative evaluation approaches: expert review, developmental testing, three-stage model, learner verification and revision, and general approach to formative evaluation. Discussion of differences among approaches related to duration of try-out/revision cycle and recommendations for effective acquisition of data are…

Student ideas and views are seen to be useful to administrators by helping: (1) administrators make sounder decisions, (2) ascertain, and thus better serve, the needs of present students, (3) anticipate the needs of prospective students, (4) bring fresh ideas and innovative approaches, and (5) strengthen future alumni support. (MLW)

Attempts to identify those dimensions lacking in most adolescent/adult English-as-a-foreign-language coursebooks whose objectives are to foster developmental language learning in instructed social contexts and to assist students in communicating in and learning English. Findings indicate that most coursebooks fail in these objectives. (27…

States that when students create rubrics, they have a better understanding of a music class assignment. Addresses how teachers can assist students in creating rubrics. Provides sample rubrics created by students and offers a list of resources related to creating rubrics. (CMK)

Discusses the use of cooperative learning principles in bibliographic instruction at the University of Minnesota. Topics include changing the role of the instructor to relinquish some control and have an open attitude, and increasing student participation and control of the discussion for a more interactive environment. (LRW)

A study of eight students with moderate to severe disabilities investigated the nature of their involvement in transition planning during their final year of high school. Teachers and parents made little investment in preparing students for their transition planning meetings, and none were active participants with designated roles. (Contains…

Describes a small-scale research project that considered the roles that students with severe learning difficulties can play in identifying and monitoring their own learning needs and in setting learning targets. (CMK)

Describes the Peers on Contemporary Art (POCA) program at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), for which 9th-12th grade students act as tour guides. Focuses on issues such as the students' role in curriculum planning, the application and training process, description of the tours, and reasons for POCA's success.…

Lee Canter's Assertive Discipline method was studied using a survey of 72 high school teachers' attitudes. Assertive Discipline calls for firm but fair rules, negative consequences for inappropriate behavior, and positive consequences for positive behavior, all set by the teacher. After a lengthy literature review, the survey is discussed.…

In a study of whether more student control and responsibility in the classroom would cause them to feel more positive about a task and to like their co-workers better, 57 undergraduates were asked to complete an 8 statement questionnaire on how much control they would be willing to allow others working with them. They were placed in pairs with…

This manual describes a project funded through the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) and conducted by the Encampment for Citizenship, an organization designed to help young people from different racial, ethnic, social, geographic, and economic backgrounds to understand each other and explore their citizenship responsibilities. The ESAA human…

Forty-three percent of California school districts with one or more high schools have some sort of student representation on the board of education. Some observers have said that students act like adult board members, but that their interests at the beginning of each year make everyone keenly aware that they are students. In California, student…

Because student participation in the affairs of higher education has metamorphosed from a discussion level of expression to one of overt activity, the author expresses various ways in which student personnel workers may assist in preparing other segments of the academic community for the new forms of student participation. Current and historical…