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Direct linkvan Zee, Emily H.; Hammer, David; Bell, Mary; Roy, Patricia; Peter, Jennifer – Science Education, 2005
This case study documents an example of inquiry learning and teaching during a summer institute for elementary and middle school teachers. A small group constructed an explanatory model for an intriguing optical phenomenon that they were observing. Research questions included: What physics thinking did the learners express? What aspects of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Middle School Teachers, Physics, Investigations
Longfield, Judith – Science and Children, 2007
This article presents how Developmental Approaches in Science, Health and Technology (DASH) summer institute sparks the author to try and succeed in using inquiry with her young students. It is a program created by the Curriculum Research and Development Group, University of Hawaii, and funded in part by the National Science Foundation. DASH is an…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Test Results, Sequential Approach
Download full textRoberts, David H., Ed.; And Others – 1992
This compilation presents materials associated with the 5-week summer session of the Samford University Writing Project, 1992. The compilation begins with curriculum vitae of staff, teacher consultants, and guest speakers. The compilation also presents lists of group and committee members and daily logs written in by participants in a wide variety…
Descriptors: American Indian Literature, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Friendship
Smith, Hilton – 1991
The original Foxfire program evolved into the Foxfire Teacher Outreach program during the 1980s, providing an approach to classroom instruction applicable to all content areas and grade levels. It is a student-centered, hands on, community-based generally for 2 weeks in the summer. Teacher networks are test-driven). The Foxfire Course for Teachers…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education
AARONS, ALFRED C. – 1965
HOPEFUL OF SEEKING MUCH-NEEDED SOLUTIONS TO FLES PROBLEMS, "THE FLORIDA FL REPORTER" DEVOTED ITS FALL 1965 ISSUE TO A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. HIGHLIGHTED ARE ARTICLES (1) BY FILOMENA AND GUILLERMO DEL OLMO ON A 6-PHASED APPROACH TO THE TEACHING OF STRUCTURE THAT MIGHT HELP SOLVE THE…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Bilingualism, Comparative Education, Curriculum Problems
Twin City Inst. for Talented Youth, St. Paul, Minn. – 1967
IN THIS REPORT TO THE ENGLISH TEACHING PROFESSION, THE TWIN CITY INSTITUTE STAFF DESCRIBES ITS CURRICULUM EXPERIMENTATION WITH ACADEMICALLY TALENTED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS DURING THE SUMMER OF 1967. THE FOLLOWING COURSES ARE BRIEFLY DISCUSSED IN THEIR REPORTS--(1) COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC, IN WHICH THEORY AND PRACTICE WERE BALANCED, AND EXPOSITION…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Contemporary Literature, English Instruction, Gifted
Moreland, Floyd L. – Northern California Foreign Language Newsletter, 1968
A 10-week accelerated summer Latin workshop was held for graduate students and undergraduate honor students. The course included a rapid introduction to basic Latin morphology and syntax and careful reading of selected poetry and prose. Course content, teaching methods, and student achievement are briefly discussed. (AF)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acceleration, Classical Literature, College Language Programs
Lincoln Univ., Jefferson City, MO. – 1972
The document is introduced by a summary of goals, activities, participants and other aspects of the institute. Chapter two, Background of Urban Adults, presents highlights of five lectures: African Heritage; Discovering Negroes in American History; Development of Urban Communities; Motivational Characteristics and Values of Urban Adults; and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Black Culture, Black Dialects
Sheridan, Harriet W., Ed. – Minnesota English Journal, 1968
Six articles on the problems in planning and executing a high school humanities program are collected here. Wallace Kennedy gives a partial listing of Minnesota teachers and schools that offer humanities in grades 11 and 12. Fred E. H. Schroeder takes up the problems of defining "humanities," selecting good teachers, preparing an interdisciplinary…
Descriptors: Course Organization, Cultural Activities, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives
Burke, Daniel L. – 1997
"Looping" is an essentially simple concept: a teacher moves with his or her students to the next grade level, rather than sending them to another teacher at the end of the school year. This Digest explores the practitioners' perspectives on looping, the experience of European school systems, and research on looping. Practitioners report…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
Meehan, Merrill L.; Cowley, Kimberly S.; Burns, Rebecca C. – 2000
The Interdisciplinary Teamed Instruction (ITI) project investigated the effects of interdisciplinary, teamed instruction on secondary school teaching and learning. It examined the effectiveness of a professional development model that facilitated the development, implementation, and evaluation of ITI. Through summer institutes and onsite…
Descriptors: Action Research, Curriculum Development, Faculty Development, Inservice Teacher Education
Peer reviewedAram, Roberta; Breck, Susan; Saunders, Georgianna – Rural Educator, 2002
A summer professional development institute introduces middle school teachers to interdisciplinary work and development of local place-based units. Teachers learn to develop a common experience, use tools of inquiry for their own discipline, communicate their findings, and respect both disciplinary and shared interdisciplinary understanding.…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, High Risk Students, Institutes (Training Programs), Integrated Curriculum
Peer reviewedMcNair, Rodney E. – Urban Education, 2000
Discusses the importance of considering the role of students' social environments in determining how students will participate in mathematics classroom activities and what kinds of connections can be made to life outside the classroom. Argues that these issues may be particularly important for students in urban environments who are not sheltered…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Achievement
Peer reviewedVan Handle, Donna C.; Ayres, Evelyn; Cimino, Ellen; Dunn, Bryan; Foell, Kimberly; McCarthy, Jennifer K. – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 2001
Describes the creation and use of Web sites developed by secondary school teachers of German and European history who participated in an NEH-sponsored summer institute titled "Post-Wall Germany: Integrating Post-Unification German Culture into the High School Curriculum. Teacher participants also offer suggestions for using sites they created…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Foreign Countries, German, High Schools
Roberts, David H., Ed.; And Others – 1994
This compilation presents materials associated with the 5-week summer session of the Samford University Writing Project, 1994. The compilation begins with curriculum vitae of staff, teacher consultants, and guest speakers. The compilation also presents lists of group and committee members. Summaries of 14 presentations (on such topics as…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Bias, Civil War (United States), Elementary Secondary Education
