Describes activities that provide students with experience of exploring an unknown planet. Lists of required materials and instructions are included. (PS)

Approaches are discussed for constructing and implementing the ENIGMA (Engineering Individual Growth Through Manipulative Associations) reading program, a language-based activity using teacher-made puzzles and stories in a manipulative-associative manner. (CL)

The philosophy department of the Ohio State University began development of a computer-tutorial program, called ENIGMA, in 1972. The aim of the course was to help students to use various logical tools in the analysis of everyday arguments by giving drill-and-practice sessions, testing, and grading examinations. Part of ENIGMA is the propositional…

Criticizes a survey of historians as an exercise in banality. Asserts that only 1 of every 10 historians who received the survey answered and returned it. Concludes that the Organization of American Historians should forget the survey and focus its attention on matters of U.S. history. (CFR)

Gifted underachievement, at first glance, seems like an oxymoron. By implicit definition gifted students are those who have developed high levels of intelligence and consistently perform at these high levels (Clark, 2002). Underachievement, on the other hand, is associated with a failure to do well in school. This seeming mismatch of terms is…

Can the U.S. keep its dominant economic position in the world economy with only 30% of its population holding bachelor's degrees? If the majority of U.S. citizens lack a higher education, can the U.S. live up to its democratic principles and preserve its political institutions? These questions raise the critical issue of access to higher…

Language classroom games emphasizing verbal interaction are suggested and described, including a genealogical tree puzzle, enigmas, guessing games, and observation problems. (MSE)

Examines the work of British children's author William Mayne. (MM)

Presents a brief biography of Sir Isaac Newton, lists contemporary scientists and scientific developments and discusses Newton's optical research and conceptual position concerning the nature of light. (JR)

Analyzes the reading disorder, hyperlexia, and suggests that further study of this syndrome may contribute to an understanding of both word recognition and comprehension in the total reading process. (AEA)

Describes constructions of sexuality that have occurred within social context in which language, culture, and behavior interact to reinforce male power. Against backdrop of these patriarchal examples of female sexual expression and experience, discusses difficulties of female clients. Addresses critical counseling concerns in terms of contextual…

Discusses the implications for planned giving of the new Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001. Describes changes in income, estate, generation-skipping, and gift tax regulations and their consequences for estate planning. (EV)

Proformative evaluation--first introduced in Scriven's (2006) "The great enigma: An evaluation design puzzle"--"is motivated, like formative evaluation, by the intention to improve something that is still developing, but unlike formative, the improvement is only possible by taking action, hence proactive instead of reactive, hence both, hence…