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Schneider, Elsa L., Ed. – 1984
Designed to supplement the conventional textbook treatment of Louisiana history, this booklet of primary source material exposes junior high school students not only to history but to the events of those who lived it. Students develop an appreciation for the work and technical skills used in the writing of history and a sensitivity to history as…
Descriptors: Contracts, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Instructional Materials, Junior High Schools
Peer reviewedCzekanski, David E. – Science and Children, 1974
Elaborates on the argument that listening is a neglected observational skill and provides suggestions for skill development. (PEB)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Communication, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Elementary School Science
Download full textMurphy, Elizabeth; Rodriguez Manzanares, Maria A. – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2006
This paper provides an illustrative example of an approach to creating and reporting individual profiles of engagement in particular behaviours in an online asynchronous discussion (OAD). Individual results of analysis of transcripts of an OAD can provide insights different from those gained by focusing on aggregate measures of group behaviours.…
Descriptors: Asynchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Graduate Students, Student Behavior
Harris-John, Mary – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2006
As educators in higher education, we face many challenges, but probably none like that of teaching online. While institutions of higher education have enjoyed a long history of traditional teaching and learning, the realities of providing an environment tailored to the needs and interests of today's adult learners is a very real and timely issue.…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Web Based Instruction, Higher Education, Online Courses
Susser, Phyllis – Exceptional Parent, 1974
A family involvement program has been developed at the Pathfinder School, a school for 3- to 7-year-old multiply handicapped brain injured children. (DB)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Exceptional Child Education, Grandparents, Group Discussion
Education Journal of the Institute for the Development of Indian Law, 1973
The American Indian Law Students Association, which has been in existence for 5 years, provides a forum where the ideas of the soon-to-be attorney can be expressed, and a common ground where the student becomes aware of current legal developments affecting the Indian community. (KM)
Descriptors: Activism, American Indians, Communication (Thought Transfer), Community Involvement
Dalis, Gus T.; Strasser, Ben B. – 1977
The term "teaching behaviors" is defined; categories of behaviors are identified; and, within these categories, taxonomies of teaching behaviors useful in facilitating the goals of values awareness instruction are examined. A teaching behavior is defined as a word, set of words, or some nonverbal actions used by the teacher to have some specified…
Descriptors: Classification, Definitions, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Educational Methods
Peer reviewedRossett, Allison – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1975
Described is an educational program for parents of preschool deaf children which uses open ended visuals to stimulate group discussions of concerns about deafness and of strategies for facilitating the child's development and improving parent-child relationships. (LH)
Descriptors: Deafness, Educational Programs, Exceptional Child Education, Group Discussion
Diekhoff, George M.; Wigginton, Phil – 1982
In recent years, there has been increasing interest in finding ways of promoting and evaluating structural knowledge (knowledge of how ideas, events, and principles are interrelated). Research has demonstrated that students' numerical judgments of the strength of relatedness among ideas drawn from a domain provide insights into how they have…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cluster Analysis, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Style
Carroll, Mary R.; And Others – 1978
A simulated search and screen committee activity for selecting three candidates for final interviews for the position of assistant professor of higher education in a College of Education is presented. The institution, "Metropolitan State University," and the position are briefly described, and the process of the appointment of the…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Committees, Decision Making, Group Discussion
Houlberg, Rick – 1981
The qualitative research method of focus group interviewing was employed in a study of the subjective meaning of newswatching for the average American. Thirty-two adults were interviewed in four groups of seven to nine people each, and the audiotapes of the discussions were analyzed for comments on various aspects of television newscasters (the…
Descriptors: Adults, College Students, Group Discussion, Higher Education
Daryl V. Gilley; Smith, Sonja – 1978
A program designed to help student teachers improve their skills through interaction with their peers is described. The Peer Group Support System (P.G.S.S.) is a self-evaluation process. Participants in the P.G.S.S. are elmentary student teachers, secondary student teachers, selected students enrolled in general methods courses and the faculty of…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Group Discussion, Helping Relationship, Peer Evaluation
Johnson, Mary Canice – 1979
Dynamics of discussion in the classroom are analyzed based on data from 64 classrooms in Georgia, Alabama, and Florida. Among the discourse problems considered are the separation of answers from questions, the relationship between the presupposition of an utterance and the speaker/hearer assumptions, and the relationship between utterance form and…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Discourse Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Group Discussion
Wickens, David – 1980
"Games" is a decision-making process for groups to use in analyzing the educational needs of a school. During three group sessions, a moderator leads the participants through a series of activities in which they identify: 1) concerns about the educational program, 2) needs for program improvement, 3) resources that are being used in relation to…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Group Discussion
GRIB, THOMAS F. – 1966
THIS PAPER EXAMINES SOME OF THE MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED IN RESEARCH ON STUDENT-LED SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION TEACHING PROCEDURES. IT FOCUSES UPON PROBLEMS OF CRITERION EXAMINATION, USE OF RATING FORMS TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF VARIOUS METHODS OF INSTRUCTION, AND METHODS FOR CHARACTERIZING CLASSROOM PROCEDURE. THIS PAPER…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classification, Cognitive Processes, College Students
