Assessment: Assessing the Influence of Visitors on Learning.

Glazer, Susan M.

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ERIC Number: EJ520428

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Publication Date: 1995

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Assessment: Assessing the Influence of Visitors on Learning.

Glazer, Susan M.

Teaching PreK-8, v26 n3 p112-13 Nov-Dec 1995

Recommends exposure to and interaction with classroom visitors to influence children's views of themselves, learning, and school. Illustrates the effects of a visiting poet and a visit to a butterfly farm on children who have lost confidence in their abilities to read and write. Emphasizes the value of providing opportunities to respond to real ideas and real events. (BAC)

Descriptors: Children, Classroom Techniques, Discovery Learning, Elementary Education, Experiential Learning, Farm Visits, Human Resources, Information Sources, Learning Experience, Learning Motivation, Pets, Reading Skills, Student Characteristics, Writing Skills

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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