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Henley, David R. – School Arts, 1990
Examines how discipline based art education (DBAE) has affected the teaching of art to exceptional children. Argues that balance must be maintained between self-expression and academic rigor. Recommends using reproductions of artistic works as visual motivational aids. (KM)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Appreciation, Art Criticism, Art Education
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Chanlin, Lih-Juan – International Journal of Instructional Media, 1997
This study examined: (1) the effectiveness of integrating verbal elaboration (metaphors) and different visual presentation strategies (still and animated graphics) in learning biotechnology concepts; (2) whether the use of verbal elaboration with different visual presentation strategies facilitates cognitive processes; and (3) how students employ…
Descriptors: Animation, Biotechnology, Cognitive Processes, College Students
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Fastier, Murray; Macaulay, John – New Zealand Journal of Geography, 1995
Provides instructional materials, tasks, and activities to supplement a unit on map reading. Presents a two-page color topographical map of Arthur's Pass (New Zealand). Includes learning activities covering reading grid references, estimating distances, cross-sections, and sketch mapping. Briefly discusses and illustrates digital terrain models.…
Descriptors: Cartography, Discovery Learning, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries
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Kyer, Ben L.; Maggs, Gary E. – Journal of Economic Education, 1995
Utilizes two-dimensional price and output graphs to demonstrate the way that the price-level elasticity of aggregate demand affects alternative monetary policy rules designed to cope with random aggregate supply shocks. Includes graphs illustrating price-level, real Gross Domestic Product (GDP), nominal GDP, and nominal money supply targeting.…
Descriptors: Business Cycles, Capitalism, Competition, Consumer Economics
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Lake, Vickie E. – Early Child Development and Care, 2003
This qualitative study that allowed children to be the dominant voice examined children's stories of hope. Twenty-nine kindergarten children through to third graders were interviewed using familiar school items: story board, pictures, puppets, and so on. One elementary school, located in a large southwestern metropolitan city, was selected for…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3
Gunton, Brad; Rubin, Adam – New Visions for Public Schools, 2006
In cities across the country, educators and civic leaders are taking on the challenge of transforming large, failing high schools where graduation rates have remained below 50 percent for many years. They are replacing these high schools with small schools that will prepare students in underserved urban communities to meet the high standards…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, High Schools, Public Schools, School Restructuring
Zaccarelli, Herman E. – 1993
This guide, in a workbook format, presents information on how a manager at an institution of higher education can plan, present, and follow up on training programs designed to yield competent employees. Stressed throughout are the four steps of training: (1) defining the job (position analysis); (2) planning the training; (3) presenting the…
Descriptors: Colleges, Consultants, Educational Objectives, Faculty Development
Gibbs, William J.; Fewell, Patricia J. – 1997
There are a number of issues that must be addressed when delivering courses entirely online, such as designing effective user interfaces, using the visual medium of the World Wide Web effectively, and modifying traditional instructional methods. This paper discusses the design, development, implementation, and evaluation of an online course at…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Design Preferences, Distance Education, Electronic Mail
Gueulette, David G. – 1993
This investigation of a decade of discussion on the uses of media for adult learning continues a collection of information that was initiated in September 1974 in an earlier bibliography. This report describes the methodology and search strategies employed in a comprehensive review of research on the applications of visual and digital technologies…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bibliographic Databases, Distance Education, Educational Media
Safwat, Yvonne; And Others – Passage, 1986
The adult English literacy program at the Phanat Nikhom Refugee Camp has developed techniques for actively engaging the sometimes reluctant students in the skill development process leading to literacy. A literacy warm-up chart used daily for five minutes develops the prereading skills of sequencing and left-to-right eye coordination; a variety of…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Educational Games
Siefer, Nancy; Lenhart, Debra – 1984
This manual is one of four self-contained components of a larger handbook designed to assist secondary and postsecondary instructors and support staff in meeting the needs of limited-English-proficiency (LEP) students in vocational training programs. Together with an accompanying set of vocational English as a second language (VESL) vocabulary…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Computer Literacy, Computers
Holley, John F. – 1985
Visual aids can provide a visual context for the mastery of new terminology, helping to make the abstract appear concrete and introducing new approaches to material that can easily become dull and routine. Visual aids can be easy to make, by the instructor alone or with the help of the class, and they can be designed to illustrate concepts…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Charts, Classroom Techniques, Concept Teaching
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1982
The guide provides strategies for regular teachers to use with visually impaired (VI) students in the province of Alberta, Canada. After an introduction, definitions of terms such as "adventitiously blind" are presented. Next addressed are effects of visual impairment on cognitive development, emotional and social aspects, and…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Braille, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development
Cover, Roberta G.; And Others – 1983
An inservice training guide for teacher educators and State Department staff to use with teachers, administrators, and other personnel responsible for vocational training of special needs students is presented, as part of Project SSAVE (Special Student Access to Vocational Education), in Tennessee. The guide, which was based on the evaluation of…
Descriptors: Administrators, Counselor Training, Disabilities, Educational Objectives
Graves, Norman J., Ed. – 1984
This collection of papers examines research methods in geographical education in nine countries. "Research Methods in the History of Geographical Education" (William Marsden, the United Kingdom) examines the methods used and some of the research undertaken in the history of geographical education. "Research Methods in Investigating…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comparative Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Media
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