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| Clearing House | 27 |
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| Journal Articles | 19 |
| Guides - Classroom - Teacher | 16 |
| Opinion Papers | 4 |
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Peer reviewedRoueche, William L., III; And Others – Clearing House, 1988
Describes one successful secondary science model involving a child-centered plan of instruction that uses several nontest evaluation and documentation strategies to verify mastery of essential elements. (MS)
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Classroom Techniques, Educational Strategies, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedDobbs, Ralph C.; Wall, Virginia – Clearing House, 1971
A unique way of teaching is discussed. (CK)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Learning Activities, Role Playing, Student Participation
Peer reviewedCalhoun, Michael J. – Clearing House, 1982
Suggests a technique for use in teaching science students how to gather and analyze statistical data. (FL)
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Activities, Probability
Peer reviewedChittenden, Marilyn Ward – Clearing House, 1984
Discusses a program in which high school students with inferior spelling skills received help through a system that taught them to spell by syllables. (FL)
Descriptors: Language Usage, Learning Activities, Learning Strategies, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedMcCollum, Dannel – Clearing House, 1976
Map reading offers insights into a kind of literacy and communication area which involves the printed word with pictorial and symbolic representations. A method for developing basic skills in map reading within the confines of the classroom was described. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Map Skills, Maps, Program Descriptions
Peer reviewedGoggin, William F. – Clearing House, 1980
From his own teaching experience, the author presents his views on the essentials of effective writing instruction: diagnostic testing, student grouping, meaningful assignments, and the teacher as model. He also presents some of his techniques for teaching observational skills, exactness, and logical sequence. (SJL)
Descriptors: Class Organization, Higher Education, Learning Activities, Teacher Effectiveness
Peer reviewedMiller, Beverly – Clearing House, 1978
Describes several activities a teacher may employ in meeting the individual needs of early adolescent students in a social studies classroom. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Heterogeneous Grouping, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedCunningham, Patricia M.; Cunningham, James W. – Clearing House, 1977
Sequencing is essential to survival in the real world and in the content-subject school world. It is also the hidden agenda in many content-area classrooms. If students are to improve their sequencing ability, teachers must become aware of the hidden, sequencing requirements in their curriculum. Describes some simple exercises for helping students…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Group Activities, Learning Activities, Program Descriptions
Peer reviewedHickman, Judy – Clearing House, 1984
Argues that many of the pragmatic concepts set forth by John Dewey might be modified and used in science education. Explains how this can be done. (FL)
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Educational Theories, Learning Activities, Pragmatics
Peer reviewedMetzger, Devon J.; Chachere, Ernest G. – Clearing House, 1982
Presents a social studies unit of study that involves having students conduct investigations of events and people in their own neighborhoods. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Inquiry, Learning Activities, Local History
Peer reviewedPartin, Ronald L. – Clearing House, 1986
Discusses how to use homework as an effective teaching method and offers creative sample assignments. (SRT)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Communication, Homework, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedFrager, Alan M. – Clearing House, 1985
Discusses List-Group-Preview, an activity that combines eliciting prior knowledge with guiding students through a new textbook chapter. (FL)
Descriptors: Classification, Learning Activities, Prior Learning, Reading Ability
Peer reviewedJohannessen, Larry R.; And Others – Clearing House, 1984
Discusses ways to introduce literature to students in a manner that will encourage them to read and prepare them for the concepts and themes they will encounter when they read assigned materials. (FL)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Learning Activities, Literature Appreciation, Motivation Techniques
Peer reviewedGiordano, Gerald – Clearing House, 1982
Provides nine methods students can use to file information efficiently while reading: (1) time-space arrangements, (2) absurd pictures, (3) narratives, (4) rhymes, (5) acronyms, (6) acrostics, (7) numerical acrostics, (8) graphic illustrations, and (9) spontaneous associations. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Activities, Learning Processes, Mnemonics
Peer reviewedCunningham, Patricia M.; Cunningham, James W. – Clearing House, 1976
How can the content teacher improve his student's learning of history or math and give them practice in writing at the same time? SSSW (Sustained Student Summary Writing) is one resolution of this issue. (Author)
Descriptors: Educational Media, Learning Activities, Program Descriptions, Reading Development
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