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Kohl, Herbert – Teacher, 1978
Step-by-step details are given for a classroom activity in which fifth and sixth graders construct original crossword puzzles. (SJL)
Descriptors: Games, Learning Activities, Puzzles, Student Developed Materials
Schillinger, Julius F. – Audiovisual Instruction, 1976
The author explains why his experiences with children in media-related learning activities lead to one conclusion: media are tools for children. (HB)
Descriptors: Educational Media, Learning Activities, Student Developed Materials, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewedMcKnight, Martha Brown – Reading Teacher, 1978
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Activities, Reading Materials, Reading Skills
Instructor, 1978
Ideas for early childhood curriculum readiness aids made from manila folders. (CM)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Media, Learning Activities, Student Developed Materials
Peer reviewedDemetrulias, Diane Mayer – Clearing House, 1982
Proposes student-taught minicourses as a way of fostering self-directed learners while meeting the demands of an extensive and varied curriculum. Outlines a procedure for establishing such courses. (FL)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Learning Activities, Minicourses, Secondary Education
Clay, Marilyn – Instructor, 1980
To enliven her class' study of the American West, the author had students write letters as if they were pioneers heading west. The results were developed into a school play, an excerpt of which forms the bulk of this article. (SJL)
Descriptors: Drama, Elementary Education, Learning Activities, Letters (Correspondence)
Peer reviewedNettleship, Jim – Economics, 1992
Suggests that students create "mind maps" and wall charts to help them make and review economic connections. Recommends starting with a picture or question in the center, printing, using color, redrafting, and keeping the chart simple. Includes samples of charts produced by students. (DK)
Descriptors: Economics Education, Flow Charts, Learning Activities, Secondary Education
Godfrey, Lorraine Lunt – Teacher, 1975
Math and language skills meet at a recipe-menu-measurement food information station. (Editor)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Guidelines, Language Skills, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedClark, K. S. – Mathematics in School, 1975
Reluctant learners made plastic geometric shapes for use in classroom activities. (SD)
Descriptors: Geometric Concepts, Geometry, Instructional Materials, Learning Activities
Limauro, Lorraine – Teacher, 1975
This article was designed to help teachers with ideas for classroom learning centers. Suggestions for making puppets were provided and students were given the opportunity to use their imagination and think creatively. (Editor/RK)
Descriptors: Guidelines, Illustrations, Learning Activities, Learning Laboratories
Peer reviewedLewis, Barbara; Lichtmann, Curtis – Social Education, 1985
This project involves secondary students in selecting and researching an event in U.S. history and writing a poetic ballad, from a first person point of view. Completed works are presented at a school assembly. (RM)
Descriptors: Ballads, Course Descriptions, Learning Activities, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedFox, Becky; And Others – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1994
Describes the use of student developed mathematics questions. Includes explanatory letter to parents. (MKR)
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Grade 1, Learning Activities, Mathematics Instruction
Meyer, Marc E. – Health Education (Washington D.C.), 1983
A sampling of puzzles and games produced by students at North Rockland High School (New York) are presented as an example of a way student-designed activities can be used to cover a specific unit within the health education curriculum. Produced by 9th and 10th graders, the unit on alcohol consists of puzzles and word games using related vocabulary…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Educational Games, Health Education, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedReading Teacher, 1981
Suggestions from five contributors deal with the following topics: (1) helping the child who stutters to read fluently, (2) the vowel-consonant-vowel controversy, (3) motivating the reluctant reader, (4) building self-concept through a story wall, and (5) dictionary study. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Activities, Oral Reading, Phonics
Peer reviewedHarber, Hubert E. – Science Activities, 1979
Describes a sundial contest used to generate interest and enthusiasm in astronomy class. Presents diagrams of three basic types of sundials, a sundial time correction form, and guidelines for a successful contest. (MA)
Descriptors: Astronomy, Earth Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
