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Direct linkBloom, Lisa A.; Doss, Kristy K.; Sastre, Cameron; Martin, Todd H. – Gifted and Talented International, 2019
The purpose of this research was to determine the effects of explicit instructions on children's divergent and creative thinking. Fifty-two children were assigned to one of four groups. Two of the groups were presented a problem with a model and instructions for solving the problem first and then presented problems with no instructions/model. The…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Direct Instruction, Thinking Skills, Problem Solving
Download full textGreen, Michael; Piel, John A. – Journal of Instructional Pedagogies, 2012
A summer session, math methods course for elementary teachers incorporates 30 hours of instruction that emphasizes (1) developmentally appropriate instructional strategies, (2) hierarchical levels of increasingly abstract manipulatives, (3) ongoing assessment of student learning, (4) integrated thematic instructional modules, (5) team planning and…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Teachers, Teaching Methods
Scott, Catherine Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine the knowledge, skills, and dispositions enabled for elementary school participants in two summer herpetology programs, one in North Carolina and one in Florida. An additional purpose of this study was to examine the normative scientific practices in which participants engaged and to describe how these…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Elementary School Science, Summer Programs, Animals
Winter, Carl K.; Fraser, Angela M.; Gleason, Jeanne B.; Hovey, Susan K.; McCurdy, Sandra M.; Snider, O. Sue – Journal of Food Science Education, 2009
Musical parodies of contemporary songs with their lyrics altered to address current food safety issues were incorporated into a variety of food safety educational programs and the effectiveness of the music was evaluated by semiquantitative and qualitative measures. Audiences receiving the music-enriched curricula included school foodservice…
Descriptors: Food Service, Music, Singing, Safety
BARTON, ROGER E.; AND OTHERS – 1966
A DENTAL ASSISTANT TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAM OF APPROXIMATELY 4 WEEKS IN LENGTH WAS HELD FOR GRADUATES OF ACCREDITED DENTAL ASSISTING PROGRAMS HAVING 5 OR MORE YEARS OF DENTAL ASSISTANT TEACHING EXPERIENCE. THE 72 PARTICIPANTS WERE PRE- AND POST-TESTED IN KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS OF DENTAL ASSISTING. THE PRESENTATION INCLUDED LECTURES, DEMONSTRATIONS,…
Descriptors: Dental Assistants, Health Services, Institutes (Training Programs), Summer Programs
Simonelli, Jeanne; Earle, Duncan; Story, Elizabeth – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2004
Joint service-learning programs of Wake Forest University and the University of Texas-El Paso are working to develop an anthropologically-informed service model for/with the authors' Universities, our students, and our community colleagues. Building on extensive ethnographic fieldwork and experience leading experiential programs, the model results…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Foreign Countries, Summer Programs, Field Experience Programs
Thompson, Charles L.; O'Quinn, Sam D., III – 2001
The gap between the academic achievement of minority group and white majority group students is at the forefront of educators' and policymakers' agenda in North Carolina and nationwide. The North Carolina Education Cabinet has set the target of eliminating the gap by the year 2010. This report reviews the evidence for each of several steps…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Black Students, Class Size
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Languages. – 1999
This document is the report of a 3-year project designed to improve and expand foreign language study for elementary and secondary school students through the development of a variety of assessment tools. It is organized into four main sections: an overview of the project; assessment; articulation; and what has been learned. Teams of North…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Articulation (Education), Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education
Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, GA. – 2000
This document provides a framework for academic and career/technical teachers who want to raise students' achievement through real-life projects reflecting the rigorous academic and technical standards needed for further learning in the workplace and postsecondary education. The document begins with definitions of the six A's of project-based…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Case Studies, Classroom Techniques
