The Christa McAuliffe Center
Fellowship Winners
Iowa
John Cazanas
Rudd, Rockford, Marble Rock
Community School District
Box 183
Rockford, IA 50468
"A Unified Multi-Skill High School Approach to the
Teaching of Communication" emphasizes effective
communication: listening, reading, writing, and
speaking. The objective is to compile and field test
communication arts lesson plans which are crafted to
teach and encourage critical and creative thinking.
(1987)
Judy M. Christiansen
New Park Elementary School
1003 Tarkington St.
Harlan, IA 51537
"Sharing the Vision" is a project designed to
improve the teaching and learning of mathematics
at the elementary school level. Activities include:
teacher inservice; an original publication and a
conference; parent and community volunteers; and
professional development. (1992)
Lola R. Mapes
Clive Elementary School
1600 73rd St.
Des Moines, IA 50322
The "Family Stories: A Theme for Accommodating
Interdisciplinary Learning" project will provide
for a partial sabbatical to develop a model
curriculum for the intermediate level which will
integrate reading, writing, social studies, and fine
arts based on using family stories as a learning
tool in a pilot program. Workshops for teachers
will be conducted. (1991)
Lee James VerMulm
Cedar Falls High School
10th & Division St.
Cedar Falls, IA 50613
"Project COBRA: Computer-assisted, Outcome-
Based, Research-Accompanied Writing" will create
a new writing program for high school students that
is based on daily use of the computer as a word
processor and technology to search and retrieve
information. (1990)
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