Yell, Michael M.

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ERIC Number: EJ658264

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2000

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ISSN: ISSN-1056-6325

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"Hooking" Students on Social Studies.

Yell, Michael M.

Social Studies Review, v39 n2 p43-46 Spr-Sum 2000

States that in order to gain students' attention, social studies teachers should use more active teaching strategies. Describes six hooking strategies that immediately draw students in: (1) inquiry; (2) media hook; (3) sentence synthesis; (4) what they know, what they want to know, what they learned (K-W-L); (5) roundtable; and (6) concept attainment. (CMK)

Descriptors: Active Learning, Concept Mapping, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Inquiry, Instructional Innovation, Relevance (Education), Social Studies, Student Interests, Teacher Role

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Note: Social Studies Review is a refereed journal.