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Peer reviewedGoldfarb, Joseph M. – Strategies, 1995
The article presents a method for swimming teachers and coaches to stave off workout boredom in their students by using a circuit in the pool. After explaining how to set up a training circuit, the article describes sample stations and notes important safety precautions. (SM)
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Athletes, Athletic Coaches, Elementary Secondary Education
Boffy, Roy; And Others – 1985
This paper is intended to help supervisors, trainers, and teachers involved in Great Britain's Youth Training Scheme (YTS) understand the principles of participative learning and use them in teaching core skills to YTS trainees. Participative learning is discussed in terms of its emphasis on individual activity in learning and recognition of the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis
Perry, Jim – Performance and Instruction, 1994
The Socratic method of teaching, which uses open-ended questions asked in a logical sequence, is discussed. Suggestions for structuring curriculum content around seven adult learning principles and Socratic process analysis systems for student motivation are included. (SLW)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Curriculum Development, Discovery Learning, Industrial Training
Moke, Susan, Ed.; Shermis, Michael, Ed. – 1992
This manual is a resource book for organizers and leaders and parent groups who want to explore specific strategies to use in motivating children to become better learners. The guide contains material necessary to conduct a 1- or 1.5-hour session on motivational techniques that parents can use at home with children. The guide includes: (1) a…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Enrichment Activities, Family Literacy, Learning Motivation
Moke, Susan, Ed.; Shermis, Michael, Ed. – 1992
This manual is a resource book for organizers and leaders and parent groups who want to explore specific strategies to use in helping children with home learning. The guide contains material necessary to conduct a 1- or 1.5-hour session on how parents can encourage and support children's efforts toward home learning. The guide includes: (1) a…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Enrichment Activities, Family Literacy, Home Study
PDF pending restorationFleming, Douglas S.; Hange, Jane E. – 1995
The purpose of the workshops presented in this notebook is to: (1) help educators learn about the needs of marginal learners (described as students, preschool through twelfth grade, whose academic performance may be less than that of their classmates or whose behavior may interfere with learning); (2) identify proven practices in both classroom…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Classroom Techniques, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers
Cantor, Jeffrey A. – 2001
This one-stop guide for trainers and educators of adults in industry, business, or the professions details a results-oriented instructional strategy that is based on the following principles for instructing adults effectively: (1) act as a leader, helper, guide, change agent, coordinator, and facilitator of learning; (2) promote active…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Attitude Change
