Suggests that the undergradute geology curriculum should emphasize the student-oriented approach, which involves the learning of process skills to solve problems rather than learning facts and concepts as ends in themselves. Students should engage in independent research, leading to research projects in their senior year, and college instructors…

Describes how a teacher incorporated her own experience of interviewing into an assignment that required her students to conduct interviews about the importance of writing skills. (JL)

Discusses current methods used to encourage undergraduate psychology research and discusses ways to further support student research. Descriptions of local and outside sources for funding undergraduate research projects are included. The authors urge greater support for undergraduate research through increased funding and undergraduate research…

Describes a Rutgers University program involving psychology undergraduates in an experience of applied clinical and community research. Five upper-level psychology majors evaluated the services of a community mental health center. Students collected and analyzed demographic and clinical data and presented the results to the center's director. (AM)

Describes a project in which students write research papers about a chosen career. Explains that the project is successful because the students view it as a practical exercise. (FL)

Reports on a business communication assignment to conduct an in-depth study of a corporation. The assignment concludes with a formal report of the students' findings centering on a study of the company's annual report. (TJ)

Describes high school social studies student projects involving a study of local cemeteries. Projects include charting life expectancies, creating slide shows of community grave sites, and collecting tombstone rubbings. (KC)

Describes a project used in a technical writing class to teach students about questionnaires and informal reports. Tells how students work in small groups to create questionnaires, use the questionnaires on selected populations, evaluate the questionnaires, and write informal reports of the project. (TJ)

Suggests using field trips to motivate students in choosing topics for limited research in the field of technical writing. (MAI)

Challenges the perception that students' research capabilities are limited to historical topics. Suggests that every student can do subject-based mathematical research on topics of importance within their normal curricula. By having opportunities to do research-oriented mathematics, students can connect what they are studying with the mathematics…

Describes how adult students in Great Britain mobilized research, learning, and action in a campaign to protest building closures and funding cuts. (SK)

Students in an experimental research design course were trained in survey research and gerontology by interviewing older adults, keeping a journal, completing statistical analysis and research reporting exercises, and presenting conference-style poster sessions. (SK)

As extension faculty are more integrated into tenure-track positions, extension-based graduate education offers nontraditional opportunities. The informal nature of much extension work leads to contentious and timely issues for graduate student research. (Author/SK)

Argues that research and the author's own experience show that working in groups and emphasizing learning about a topic helps students, especially low achievers, access and use information more effectively. Describes several forms of collaborative research for low achievers; offers guidelines for collaborative research; and presents an overview of…

Presents a case study of a high school student working as an apprentice in a university research laboratory. Examines communication between mentors and students and how it constrained or supported learning. Reports that the student learned to participate in activities and discourse that were part of the everyday practices of members of a research…