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Peer reviewedLittle Soldier, Lee – Childhood Education, 1991
Provides suggestions on ways to include aerospace education in an integrated elementary school curriculum that focuses on content from the social and physical sciences and emphasizes process skills. Activities that build understanding of aerospace concepts are described. (BB)
Descriptors: Aerospace Education, Community Resources, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Elementary School Curriculum
Peer reviewedKantrowitz, Barbara; Wingert, Pat – Young Children, 1989
Reprints an April 17, 1989 NEWSWEEK cover story, "How Kids Learn," which maintains that young children learn best in developmentally appropriate programs that promote cognitive, social, and language development; physical activities; feelings of competence and self-esteem; individual rates of growth; parent involvement; and teacher…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Competence, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education
Peer reviewedGlover, Mary Kenner – Childhood Education, 1990
Presents an account of the project approach used by American first graders to study Japan. (BB)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Elementary School Students
Download full textBridge, Connie A.; And Others – 1993
In June 1990, the state of Kentucky passed its innovative Education Reform Act, which totally restructured the finance, governance, and curriculum of its public schools. One of the major provisions of the act was the mandate for Kentucky's primary schools to change from the traditional placement of children of the same age in kindergarten, first,…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Constructivism (Learning), Developmentally Appropriate Practices
