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D'Arcy, Pat – Forum for the Discussion of New Trends in Education, 1981
The author asserts that teachers must interest children more directly in the actual process of learning. She suggests having students keep "learning logs" in which they reflect back over their classwork and examine their intentions, observations, and feelings during the school day. She presents examples from several such student diaries.…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Diaries, Learning Processes
Peer reviewedRivers, Wilga M. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1979
An adult learner of Spanish presents a diary outlining the process of learning Spanish during her five-week program in South America. (AM)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Diaries, Grammar
Enright, Lee – Forum for the Discussion of New Trends in Education, 1979
By keeping a diary of her class activities, the author was able to analyze her teaching behaviors and judge if they helped or hindered her goal of developing her students as independent learners. Extracts from the diary are included. (SJL)
Descriptors: Diaries, Independent Study, Intermediate Grades, Learning Processes
van Daalen, Margaret – Dialog on Language Instruction, 1999
Explores test usefulness in alternative assessment and discusses self-assessment, portfolios and diaries, video and peer observations, and peer assessment. The concept of washback (how the test affects processes of learning and instruction) and concerns about alternative assessment are also addressed. Considerations for implementing alternative…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Diaries, Evaluation Methods, Learning Processes
