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Peer reviewedWeininger, Otto – International Journal of Early Childhood, 1972
For forty years, the nursery school movement has emphasized play as part of the socialization process, but in the past few years, much research has been aimed at the question of stimulating cognitive development in the preschool years, especially for culturally deprived children. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Creative Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Discovery Learning
Download full textHelm, Judy Harris, Ed. – 1996
A project is an extended, in-depth investigation of a topic, ideally one worthy of children's attention and energy. This catalog, prepared for an annual meeting of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, combines articles explaining the project approach in the classroom with summaries of projects displayed at the meeting. It…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Cooperative Learning, Creative Development, Discovery Learning
Helm, Judy Harris, Ed. – 2003
Projects are in-depth studies of a topic undertaken by a class, a group, or an individual child. Projects are intended to strengthen children's dispositions to be interested, absorbed, and involved in in-depth observation, investigation, and representation of worthwhile phenomena in their own environments. This Catalog on the Project Approach, the…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Learning, Creative Development
Peer reviewedTaylor, Lyn – Arithmetic Teacher, 1991
Presents activities employing LOGO to help create situations that enable students to make meaningful cognitive connections while exploring mathematical relationships. Activities explore the concepts of angles and rotations, progressing from off-line to on-line activities with suggested extensions. (MDH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Games, Computer Uses in Education
Helm, Judy Harris, Ed. – 2000
Projects are in-depth studies of a topic undertaken by a class, a group, or an individual child. Projects are intended to strengthen children's dispositions to be interested, absorbed, and involved in in-depth observation, investigation, and representation of worthwhile phenomena in their own environments. This Catalog on the Project Approach, the…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Administrator Role, Cartography, Cooperative Learning
Helm, Judy Harris, Ed. – 1998
Projects are in-depth studies of a topic undertaken by a class, a group, or an individual child. Projects are intended to strengthen children's dispositions to be interested, absorbed, and involved in in-depth observation, investigation, and representation of worthwhile phenomena in their own environments. This Catalog on the Project Approach, the…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Cooperative Learning, Creative Development, Discovery Learning
Helm, Judy Harris; Beneke, Sallee; Steinheimer, Kathy – 1998
This book grew out of the experiences of three teachers as they learned to document young children's work in their respective schools. Part I of this book enables readers to learn about documentation. Chapter 1 provides the rationale for the study of documentation, and chapter 2 explains the windows framework that guided the teachers in thinking…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Learning, Creative Development
