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Peer reviewedAckermann, 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
Peer reviewedMuir, Mike – Middle School Journal, 1998
Discusses the implementation of a student-designed integrative curriculum taught by team teachers in a middle school classroom. Considers the role of computer technology in organizing the curriculum, instruction, and assessment. Describes the process of engaging students, encouraging them to develop their curriculum, and selecting and completing…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Curriculum
Direct linkPieters, Jules M. – European Educational Research Journal, 2004
The availability of user-friendly tools for designing learning environments resulted in an innovative shift of design focus. This shift has been noticed from a user-centred, although passive and reactive, design approach to a participatory, at responsibility and self-directedness directed, design approach. This latter innovative and promising…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Teaching Methods, Student Developed Materials, Teacher Role
