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Mainstream Literature for Full, Inclusive Secondary Classrooms
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McFall, Lindsey; Fitzpatrick, Michael – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2010
The U.S. Department of Education (2000) reported that approximately 80% of students identified with learning disabilities (LD) received half of their instruction within the general education classroom setting. Therefore, it is important that general education teachers implement teaching strategies and practices that meet the distinct educational…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, General Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies
Teaching Strategies: "What Does Purple Smell Like?"
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Staley, Lynn – Childhood Education, 1997
Discusses activities that can help teachers of toddlers to design environments that stimulate and facilitate children's exploration, discovery, and understanding of color beyond the traditional boundaries of sight. Suggests that by incorporating other senses, teachers offer to the older toddlers rich multi-sensory experiences that can nurture and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Color, Creative Teaching, Discovery Learning
The Jigsaw Strategy: Co-operative Learning in Social Studies.
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Myers, John; Lemon, Carolyn – History and Social Science Teacher, 1988
Discusses cooperative learning in the social studies classroom, highlighting the Jigsaw Strategy--a cooperative learning technique used to encourage students to interact, exchange ideas with peers, and gain confidence in the learning process. Presents an example of its use from a grade seven unit on Canada's native people. (GEA)
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Creative Teaching, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education
Engaging Social Studies Book Reports.
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Turner, Thomas N. – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 1997
Outlines a dozen alternative formats for oral book reports that can turn this often boring ritual into an engaging learning experience. These creative formats emphasize the inherently important concepts of the books and build in listener accountability through authentic assessment. The formats include creating comic books, mock trials, and…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Book Reviews, Books, Class Activities
Discovery Learning and Discovery Teaching.
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Hammer, David – Cognition and Instruction, 1997
Presents an account of a week of learning and instruction from a high school physics course to provide a context for discussion of the role and demands of teacher inquiry. Argues coordination of student inquiry and traditional content is a matter of discerning and responding to students' particular strengths and needs. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Classroom Techniques, Creative Teaching, Discovery Learning
Our Present--Their Future: A Resource Book for Personal and Global Futures in the "Transition Years" and Beyond.
Dixon, Barbara; Lahe, Lillian – 1992
This resource book examines the need for educators in Canada to recognize the importance of implementing personal and global future studies, problem solving, and creative processes within the school curriculum and to provide a theoretical base of ideas and procedures for practicums application in the classroom. The book includes samples of student…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Creative Teaching, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education