Discusses how one teacher used writing--her own writing as well as that of her graduate students--to learn, about student interests, their writing attitudes, and what a writer really is. Describes the use of dialogue journals, use of excerpted entries for class handouts, and the use of writing for more constructive student assessment. (HTH)

Explains how teachers can involve junior high school students in active language arts bulletin board production. (HOD)

Discusses one teacher's gradual acceptance of poetry as a useful means for teaching many areas of the language arts. Includes a case study of one student's growth as a poet. (HTH)

Outlines the principal areas in which computers have the potential for improving learning. These include: math remediation, vocabulary and language arts, enriching learning opportunities, helping the handicapped, and computer literacy. Includes discussion of areas to consider when planning basic computer programs. (MD)

Linking the content of mythology to the art of story-telling, the three-week residency of a myth teller at a Long Island middle school provided students with opportunities to better understand and appreciate the myths, discuss and interpret them, and synthesize their experiences through writing activities. Results were overwhelmingly positive.…

Describes an integrated language arts unit built around Brian Doyle's "You Can Pick Me Up at Peggy's Cove" that provides a supportive language learning environment for children in the upper elementary grades. (FL)

ues that picture books can be used effectively in teaching all areas of the elementary school curriculum. Describes lessons in mathematics, language arts, science, social studies, and art which use picture books. (FL)

Thirty-five outstanding educational programs were identified by a panel composed of educators, parents, and students. Computer programs are listed in the areas of reading and language arts, mathematics, general problem solving, science, social studies, creative arts, foreign languages, and computer literacy. (PP)

Of the various theories about how to treat black dialects, the approach by way of appreciating dialect differences is now in favor. (JH)

Tasks in which students were asked to write sentences concerning the relationships between pairs of probability concepts are presented and discussed. Methods for using writing tasks in the mathematics classroom are suggested. (DT)

The saying "Good teaching is good teaching" holds considerable truth when thinking about exemplary practices used in educating students who are deaf. Some adaptations not withstanding, educating deaf or hearing students well should mean engaging in similar pedagogical practices that link language-learning with content-learning. All students, deaf…

This book is aimed at a specific audience. Like others before it, it derives from teaching on courses designed to prepare postgraduates to become English teachers. It was designed both to explain the mainstream ideas that have shaped secondary school English and to help readers rehearse teaching which is based on those ideas. Many of the…

Let students travel to countries around the world and experience life in different cultures and times by using foreign films with English subtitles in the classroom. Author Kerry Holmes, contends that students want to read as they become involved in the plot of a movie, their interests are piqued by novelty, and their attention is attracted to…

Advocates of a multicultural curriculum in the public schools argue that including the heritage and cultures of the many cultural and ethnic groups in our society will result in a better educated citizenry with a better understanding of the broader society of the United States. To achieve this goal it is important that students investigate ways of…

Do students often struggle with difficult novels and other challenging texts? Do they think one reading of a work is more than enough? Do they primarily comprehend at a surface-level, and are they frequently unwilling or unable to discover the deeper meaning found in multi-layered works? Do teachers feel that they are doing more work teaching the…