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Cox, Carole; Burroughs, Jan – Journal of Physical Education and Recreation, 1979
Folk dance can be utilized in the teaching of cultural awareness, as well as in traditional elementary school physical education classes. (LH)
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Cultural Education, Dance, Elementary Education
Kovitz, Valerie S. – Academic Therapy, 1980
The article suggests activities to help learning disabled children develop awareness of the differences between right and left. Techniques for combining movement, language, and sensory skills as well as for using musical, visual, and tactile stimuli are described. (CL)
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Learning Disabilities, Motor Development, Perceptual Motor Coordination
Peterson, Marla; Veter, Louise – VocEd, 1980
Practical suggestions for vocational educators who are trying to modify classroom practices so that students can experience a sex-fair learning climate. Lists state sex equity coordinators. (JOW)
Descriptors: Coordinators, Instructional Materials, Learning Activities, Sex Bias
Gerler, Edwin R., Jr. – Vocational Guidance Quarterly, 1980
Mental imagery, a factor in learning and fantasy, can be used in multimodal career education programs to aid students in speculation about their futures. This multimodal approach addresses areas of human functioning such as behavior, affect, sensation, imagery, cognition, interpersonal relations, and physiology. (Author/CC)
Descriptors: Career Education, Cognitive Processes, Decision Making, Fantasy
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Davidson, William B. – Teaching of Psychology, 1979
Presents method for introducing William Sheldon's approach to psychology through a classroom demonstration using student observations. Sheldon contends that three general body types relate to three types of personality. (KC)
Descriptors: Class Activities, College Instruction, Higher Education, Learning Activities
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Westphal, Patricia B. – French Review, 1979
Proposes some new approaches to teaching reading in the French classroom on the secondary level. (AM)
Descriptors: French, Language Instruction, Learning Activities, Reading Skills
Schlichter, Carol – G/C/T, 1978
The author describes a learning center in which primary aged gifted students are encouraged to think creatively. Examples of three creative activities are given. (CL)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Activities, Creative Thinking, Gifted
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Crawford, Harry – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 1978
Five graded sets of examples of alphametrics are provided. The puzzles are suggested for use in developing the traits of considering all possibilities and systematic working. (MP)
Descriptors: Instruction, Learning Activities, Problem Sets, Puzzles
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Kissane, Barry V. – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 1978
An activity is described for introducing some fundamental notions in inferential statistics to students in elementary high school statistics courses. (MP)
Descriptors: Calculators, Computation, Instruction, Learning Activities
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Derby, Stanley K. – School Science and Mathematics, 1979
This experiment designed for beginning physics students, is related to postal regulations restricting the size of envelopes. A graph is constructed that allows for testing the mailability of envelopes. (MP)
Descriptors: Graphs, Higher Education, Instruction, Learning Activities
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Grady, M. T.; And Others – School Science and Mathematics, 1979
Detailed instructions are given for the construction of a nomograph that can be used to compare unit prices of packaged foods in a grocery store. (MP)
Descriptors: Food, Instruction, Learning Activities, Mathematical Applications
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Rubin, Richard L. – American Mathematical Monthly, 1979
An approach is described for teaching formulation of mathematical models to undergraduates with no modeling experience. Instruction is based on observation of successful patterns of behavior. (MP)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Higher Education, Instruction, Learning Activities
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Wheatley, Charlotte L.; Wheatley, Grayson H. – Mathematics in School, 1979
A discussion is given of the nature of spatial ability and a rationale is provided for use of spatial activities such as tiling, tangrams, and polyominoes. (MP)
Descriptors: Developmental Tasks, Geometry, Instruction, Learning Activities
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McIntyre, Margaret, Ed. – Science and Children, 1979
Provides instructions for planting a variety of common plants including avocados, and sweet potatoes, oranges, and onions. Discusses key concepts to develop. (MA)
Descriptors: Botany, Early Childhood Education, Horticulture, Learning Activities
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Gordon, Sheldon P. – American Mathematical Monthly, 1979
Some of the implications and advantages of an instructional approach using results from the calculus of finite differences and finite sums, both for motivation and as tools leading to applications, are discussed. (MP)
Descriptors: Calculus, College Mathematics, Computer Oriented Programs, Higher Education
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