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Gaffney, Maureen, Ed. – Young Viewers Magazine, 1980
Designed for media specialists and educators, this issue includes five articles exploring the contributions of children's films to museum programs. Following a brief editorial encouraging the use of films in museums, the first article outlines a picture storybook model for evaluating children's films. Several storybook models are identified, and a…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Family Involvement
Hathaway, Walter E. – 1983
While effective schools research has inspired new efforts toward improving education for all students, it is flawed by offering simplistic prescriptions based on correlational studies focusing on basic skills achievement. Effective school research and theory can be upgraded by a more careful definition of the goals of learning and a systematic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives
Wright, Jean – 1982
Factors that govern effective student learning and ways to improve the learning environment are analyzed, with specific reference to England. In acknowledging the academic importance of motivation, maturity, and effective study methods, attention is directed to the way that these can be developed and encouraged within the present educational…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Counselor Role, Creativity, Educational Environment
Adams, Carl R. – 1989
Communication takes place when a speaker conveys new information to the listener. In second language teaching, information gaps motivate students to use and learn the target language in order to obtain information. The resulting interactive language use may develop affective bonds among the students. A variety of classroom techniques are available…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages), Educational Strategies
Purkey, William W.; And Others – 1990
This monograph describes the theory and practice of the invitational learning model as it applies to school counseling and development. Invitational learning is a paradigm for personal and professional functioning, and for organizational restructuring, based on four values regarding the nature of people and their potential and the nature of…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Counseling Theories, Educational Objectives, Educational Practices
Cathcart, Gayal – 1990
A practicum was designed to change the traditional methods of writing instruction which had not been effective in meeting the developmental needs of first-grade children. Twenty-two teachers responded to two surveys to provide problem documentation data. Four goals and instructional plans were selected to address the problem. The first goal, of…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Grade 1, Language Acquisition, Learning Activities
Wiseman, Richard L.; And Others – 1986
In order to determine the effect of being disabled on the academic progress of disabled college students, a questionnaire assessing the social climate of a major western university, the quality of its programs and instruction, and student academic and career expectations was administered to 100 disabled students. Factors explored in the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Disabilities, Higher Education
Usova, George M.; Gibson, Marcia – 1986
This instructional guide provides curriculum developers, industrial instructional technologists (IITs), and script writers with concrete examples of motivational strategies for the improvement of instruction. It is intended to aid the IIT in addressing motivation within the instructor guide--the driving force of the training package, and to assist…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Boat Operators, Curriculum Development, Instructional Development
Deblauwe, Claude – 1986
The University of San Francisco developed a certificate program in Western European area studies covering French-speaking countries, and subsequently a Latin American area studies program for Spanish-speaking countries, in response to uneven language enrollments and as a means of increasing intermediate-level enrollment. The French program begins…
Descriptors: Area Studies, College Second Language Programs, Degree Requirements, Enrollment Influences
Kirkpatrick, Patricia; And Others – 1986
The Learning Support Center (LSC) at Taylor University in Upland, Indiana, has developed the Three R method--resources, retention, and renewal--of helping high risk students understand the material in their classes and remain in the university. The first method, resources, involves four types of resources--state-of-the-art equipment, qualified…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Facilities, Enrollment, High Risk Students
Practitioner, 1987
Although ability partly explains why some students are eager to learn in school whereas others are disinterested, motivation is another significant factor. This newsletter discusses factors that affect students' motivation to learn, considers techniques that can increase motivation, and identifies schools that have developed activities to enhance…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Educational Environment
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Zapata, Dianna; Cohn, Joanne – 1986
This handbook brings together a variety of resources for the implementation of strategies and programs to promote self-esteem in children/students of all ages. The book begins with an explanation of the principles of motivation which facilitate learning, and a discussion of responsibility, structure, motivation, and persistence as functions of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Interpersonal Relationship, Learning Disabilities, Learning Motivation
Lee, William R. – 1988
In the twentieth century, both the need and the opportunities for acquiring a foreign language have greatly increased. However, even today, foreign language instruction has not been firmly established worldwide as an essential element of basic education. In Great Britain, enthusiasm for foreign language instruction has risen and fallen repeatedly.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Cultural Differences, Educational Benefits
Guskey, Thomas R. – 1987
Designed as a resource for persons interested in improving the quality of teaching and student learning, this book covers aspects of the teaching-learning process that can be altered with relative ease. Practical suggestions are given in chapters focusing on concepts known to have a strong influence on student learning. The chapters include: (1)…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, College Instruction, College Students, Feedback
Gibbs, Graham – 1981
Methods, their rationale, and exercises for Open University tutors are presented. The book is divided into two parts, the first concerning practical issues of how to actually teach students to learn and the second dealing with theoretical issues and the rationale for the teaching methods described in Part I. Part I, "A Student-Centered…
Descriptors: College Students, Extension Education, Higher Education, Learning
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