This curriculum and discussion guide explains how teachers can include written words in the on-going activities of a preschool classroom. Practical suggestions are given, and actual classroom incidents are used to illustrate how they can be implemented. (Author)

The activities in the guide will help you connect the suggestions and strategies in "Classroom Instruction from A to Z" to your real-life teaching experiences. For each of the 26 chapters in the book, you will find a series of three activities that will help you reflect on your current practices. They ask you to ACT now and turn your classroom…

EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION MAY SOLVE THE PROBLEMS OF TEACHER INSERVICE TRAINING. IN SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, 21 SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE COOPERATED IN PRODUCING A TEACHER INSERVICE PROGRAM. THE TELEVISION CENTER OF THE STATE COLLEGE PRODUCES AND DIRECTS THE TELECASTS. A COMMERCIAL TELEVISION STATION DONATES ITS FACILITIES AND AIR TIME. A PERMANENT…

Introduces three reading guides for helping upper elementary students comprehend informational text: the point of view reading guide, the reading road map, and the interactive reading guide. Presents examples of each type of guide along with recommendations for development and use of reading guides in the classroom. (ARH)

Describes ways to use reading, reaction, and vocabulary extension guides to help maintain students' interest in poetry. (KS)

Alternatives to the lecture in college teaching of literature. (AA)

Describes the development and use of a study guide in a general psychology class. Especially valuable were definitions that eliminated the need for classroom dictation. (CS)

Discusses the three roles that study guides have in facilitating learning. Explains that study guides assist in the management of student learning, provide a focus for student activities related to learning, and provide information on the subject or topic of learning. (Author/CCM)

Many students read below grade level and have problems reading their core textbooks. Presented are five techniques secondary teachers can use to improve their students' reading skills. (MD)

Findings from a study of 111 high school biology students indicate that students who received instruction combining a pictorial analogy comparing the cell to a factory and an analogical study guide displayed significantly better comprehension of this material than did their peers, whose instruction did not include the pictorial representation.…

Teachers can help students use textbooks that are too difficult to understand by developing study guides with outlines, vocabulary lists, short summaries, and study questions for each chapter. These study guides can also help students learn how to use feedback and how to learn efficiently. (CL)

Describes a study guide to help students read short stories, essays, novels, drama, and poetry. (AEA)

Suggests that study guides can help teachers set priorities and teach students how to learn through more efficient reading. A sample guide shows sections on background, vocabulary, organization, cause-effect, and detail. (MKM)

A two-year project researching reaction to a new approach to postgraduate, on-campus teaching and learning, the Integrated Learning System (ILS) is described. ILS was intended to partly replace traditional lectures with study guides and to make seminars and tutorials more interactive in order to promote different ways of learning and teaching.…