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Total Class Development of Simulation Games
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Shelly, Ann Converse – Social Education, 1973
This article deals with the basic techniques of teaching entire classes to cooperatively develop simulation games. The first section presents a model which serves as a nucleus for developing the instructional strategies in the second section. (Author/KM)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Curriculum Development, Game Theory, Guidelines
Raising the Bar for Classroom Publication: Building a Student Press Initiative
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Gordon, Erick – English Journal, 2007
Erick Gordon, founding director of the Student Press Initiative, illustrates collaborations with teachers and students that have motivated students to invest themselves in the process and product of writing, including research, oral history, revision, and an immersion in and commitment to community.
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Secondary Education, College School Cooperation, Publishing Industry
Interdisciplinary Teaching with Students as Inventors.
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Ackermann, Barbara E. – Middle School Journal, 1998
Discusses a middle school level interdisciplinary science project in which students create and display their own inventions. Considers the role of science, math, language arts, writing, social studies, and computer science in the project. Describes the process whereby students become inventors and present their work. (JPB)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Class Activities, Curriculum Development, Integrated Activities
Involvement: A Practical Handbook for Teachers on Law-Related Methodologies. Law Related Education Program for the Schools of Maryland, Elementary Level.
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Vetter, Donald P.; Paradis, Gerard W. – 1976
The teacher's handbook provides goals, objectives, and teaching strategies helpful to elementary teachers in supplementing existing law-related curriculum materials in the social studies classroom. Intended as a means of actively involving students in a study of law, the first section presents 17 lesson plans for use in grades K-2. Topics include…
Descriptors: Civics, Class Activities, Cognitive Objectives, Curriculum Development
Museum-in-Progress: Student Generated Learning Environments.
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Koetsch, Peg – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 1994
Maintains that, although museums are visited by children and adults for their unique learning experiences, few people understand how museums and their exhibits are created. Discusses the Museum-in-Progress program. Describes four examples of elementary class projects in two states and includes a list of teacher resources. (CFR)
Descriptors: Ancient History, Class Activities, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education
Tools of the Trade: Video and Languages for Business and the Professions.
Lindenau, Suzanne E. – 1985
Student production of videotape recordings for teaching commercial foreign language is a means of engaging students in the learning process, providing ample opportunity for active use of the commercial target language (CTL) in a wide range of contexts, promoting the integration of cultural understanding in CTL communicative behaviors, and…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
Learning Styles in the ESL/EFL Classroom.
Reid, Joy M., Ed. – 1995
A selection of essays in learning styles in English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction includes: "Cultural Differences in Learning Styles" (Gayle L. Nelson); "Difficulties with Cross-Cultural Learning-Styles Assessment" (Patricia A. Eliason); "Gender Differences in Language Learning Styles: What Do They Mean?" (Rebecca L. Oxford); "Cognitive…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Ambiguity, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques