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Hoge, John D. – 2003
History instruction must serve, above all else, to develop critically important citizenship knowledge, skills, and values. This book aims to blend recent scholarship on teaching U.S. history for citizenship with ideas on how to achieve this mission in grades K-5. Chapters in the book are: (1) "Teaching History for Citizenship in the Elementary…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Elementary Education, History Instruction
ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher Education, Washington, DC. – 2001
This Critical Issue Bibliography (CRIB) Sheet highlights key issues and trends associated with Asian students. It also contains resources about key differences among Asian students related to development and lists resources on perceptions about Asian students since they are often characterized as the model minority. Resources are grouped into…
Descriptors: Asian American Students, Attitudes, College Students, Cultural Differences
Kuh, George D.; And Others – 1994
This digest reviews the literature on ways that institutions of higher education can enhance student learning outside the classroom. It considers research on the contributions of out-of-class experiences to valued outcomes of postsecondary education and identifies nine institutional conditions which appear to foster student learning outside the…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Extracurricular Activities, Higher Education, Student Development
Bloland, Paul A.; And Others – 1994
This monograph provides an intensive examination of the student development movement in college student affairs. Chapter I examines student development as a reform movement within the field of student affairs in higher education. Chapter II challenges the assertion that student development as conceptualized in its seminal documents represents a…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Change, Higher Education, Student Development
Brynildssen, Shawna – 2002
The issue of character education has recently received much attention at both the state and federal level. One approach that shows particular promise in instilling in children character traits known to promote success and happiness in life is that of using children's literature as a pedagogical device. This digest examines some of the pertinent…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Lewis, Warren – 1997
This digest argues that whole language theorists and adult education theorists have much in common, much to say to one another, and much to learn from one another. The digest first defines and discusses "whole language," then defines and discusses "andragogy," (the learning of adults) and finally asks educators to recognize…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Andragogy, Classroom Techniques, Discourse Communities
Ascher, Carol – 1991
New educational programs are attempting to meet the needs of male African American students. The new programs vary widely in approach, scope, content, and targeted age group. However, they all focus on helping African American male youth develop productive behaviors and values by bringing them into contact with African American male adults. The…
Descriptors: Black Culture, Black Students, Blacks, Educational Innovation
Dyment, Janet E.; O'Connell, Timothy S. – 2003
This digest explores the literature related to journal writing from various disciplines, including psychology, language studies, outdoor education, and experiential education. Although journal writing has been around since ancient times, it was not until the early 1960s that it flourished as a learning tool. Instructors from a wide range of…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Educational Strategies, Experiential Learning, Journal Writing
Jacobi, Maryann; And Others – 1987
Factors that contribute to useful measurement of the impact of educational programs on college students are reviewed. Chapters cover the following: goals of student outcomes assessment; philosophy of assessment; outcome taxonomies; issues of measurement in talent development assessment; cognitive outcome instruments; increasing the usefulness of…
Descriptors: Classification, College Students, Educational Assessment, Educational Philosophy
Herbert, Deborah – 1985
This fact sheet focuses on the school counselor role at the elementary level. It discusses the developmental role of school counselors, kindergarten through grade 12 comprehensive developmental guidance, and counselor role essentials. Also included are sections on elementary developmental guidance, the counselor role in elementary guidance, and a…
Descriptors: Comprehensive Guidance, Counselor Role, Counselor Teacher Cooperation, Elementary Education
Herbert, Deborah – 1985
This fact sheet focuses on the school counselor role at the high school level. It discusses the developmental role of school counselors, kindergarten through grade 12 comprehensive developmental guidance, and counselor role essentials. Also included are sections on secondary developmental guidance, a model job description for secondary counselors,…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Career Guidance, Comprehensive Guidance, Counselor Role
Meisels, Samuel J. – 1995
Performance assessment offers an approach to assessment different from that of group-administered standardized tests by documenting activities in which children engage on a daily basis. Flexible enough to reflect individual academic achievement and designed to evaluate elements of learning not captured by standardized tests, the Work Sampling…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Check Lists, Early Childhood Education, Performance Based Assessment
Ngeow, Karen Yeok-Hwa – 1998
This Digest discusses approaches to group learning in the language classroom, presenting some principles that are common to any group learning approach, whether it be cooperative learning, student team learning, group investigation, or collaborative learning. The Digest also discusses the Collaborative Learning Model (Reid et al., 1989) which…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Group Activities, Group Instruction
Berger, Sandra L. – 1991
No matter where gifted and talented students obtain their education, they need an appropriately differentiated curriculum designed to address their individual characteristics, needs, abilities, and interests. A program that builds on these characteristics may be viewed as qualitatively (rather than quantitatively) different from the basic…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Principles, Elementary Secondary Education
Council for Exceptional Children, Reston, VA. – 1993
This digest summarizes the literature on principles of changing behaviors in students with behavior disorders. Principles include: (1) focus on behaviors that need to be changed; (2) identify new behaviors to be developed; (3) provide opportunities to practice new behaviors; (4) treat social skills deficits as errors in learning; (5) teach…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Problems
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