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Responsive Classroom?: A Critique of a Social Emotional Learning Program
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Stearns, Clio – Critical Studies in Education, 2016
This paper looks critically at the Responsive Classroom (RC) program, a social/emotional learning program used ubiquitously in elementary schools for teacher and student training, in the US as well as in Australia, the UK, and other parts of Western Europe. The paper examines empirical studies on RC's efficacy and outcomes, many of which were…
Descriptors: Criticism, Social Development, Emotional Development, Behavior Problems
Instructional Design as Critical and Creative Thinking: A Journey through a Jamestown-Era Native American Village
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Baum, Liesl M.; Newbill, Phyllis Leary – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2010
The role of critical and creative thinking has been debated within the field of instructional design. Through an instructional design and development project we have identified how critical and creative thinking are essential to the instructional design process. This paper highlights a recent project focused on a virtual Native American village…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, American Indians, Instructional Materials, Creative Thinking
Directory of Academic Library Instruction Programs in Virginia.
Newins, Nancy, Ed. – 1989
In January 1989, the Library Instruction Forum of the Virginia Library Association sent a two-page questionnaire to each of the 82 academic libraries in Virginia to obtain information on current bibliographic instruction activities within the state. Designed to encourage cooperative development of new instructional programs and techniques and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Instructional Materials, Library Instruction
The Social Studies Curriculum in Virginia's Public Schools.
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Virginia State Dept. of Education, Richmond. Div. of Secondary Education. – 1973
A report on the social studies curriculum in Virginia is the result of a study of the social studies program, kindergarten through grade 12, undertaken over a four year period. Special focus was placed on the four following areas: proliferation of elective course offerings in social studies at the senior high level; course offerings at grades…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Educational History
The School Librarian's Workout Book. A Guide to Cooperating with Public Libraries; The Public Librarian's Workout Book. A Guide to Cooperating with School Libraries.
Virginia State Library, Richmond. – 1984
This booklet, with a physical workout "get-in-shape" theme, is intended to stimulate cooperation between public and school libraries in providing services to elementary and secondary level students. The potential benefits of cooperation are cited, including sharing ideas and materials; reaching a wider audience by sharing publicity for…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Instructional Materials
Basic Skills--Learning Disabilities: A Secondary Learning Disabilities Resource Program Handbook for Teachers.
Gray, Ann S.; Shriver, David K. – 1978
The handbook provides general information about the resource program for learning disabled (LD) students at the secondary level in Augusta County, Virginia. Noted in the section on program philosophy is the intention to provide academic skills and coping strategies through a unified combination of remedial and compensatory teaching. The section on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Coping, Curriculum