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Costa, Arthur L., Ed.; Kallick, Bena, Ed. – 2000
This is the fourth volume in a series describing 16 types of intelligent behavior called habits of mind. It presents a collection of papers that explain how communities, departments, teams, school districts, and school faculties can integrate the habits of mind into the school culture and sustain them. After "Series Foreword: Thinking on the…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership, Lifelong Learning
Rule, Audrey C., Ed.; Lord, Linda Hurley, Ed. – 2003
This manuscript contains 13 curriculum units designed to enhance differentiated instruction for learners with special needs from grades 1-12, including gifted students. It integrates Benjamin S. Bloom's levels of cognitive understanding with Howard Gardner's eight domains of intelligence to provide a framework for individualized instruction. Each…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education
Chen, Jie-Qi, Ed.; Isberg, Emily, Ed.; Krechevsky, Mara, Ed. – 1998
Project Spectrum is a collaborative research and development project that offers an alternative approach to assessment and curriculum development for preschool and early primary years. The project, based on Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences theory and David Henry Feldman's nonuniversal development theory, emphasizes observing children…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Construction (Process), Curriculum Development, Elementary School Curriculum
King, Tom, Ed. – 1997
This collection of articles address three themes: the growing research supporting the belief that technology in education makes a difference for student learning; innovative ways to use technology in teaching; and firsthand accounts of schools that have successfully implemented technology in their classrooms. Through effective use, educators can…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation
National Education Association, Washington, DC. – 2000
In this book, beginning teachers from around the country share their favorite chapters from the National Education Association's "Teacher-to-Teacher" books. Each story illustrates step-by-step how teachers tackle a specific restructuring challenge, describing what worked and what did not work in the process. Each chapter includes diagrams,…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Classroom Techniques, Community Involvement, Computer Uses in Education
Costa, Arthur L., Ed.; Kallick, Bena, Ed. – 2000
This book is the second in a four-book series on habits of mind. It translates a habits of mind approach to education into action using classroom-tested advice. Contributions come from practitioners in literature, math, music, foreign language, reading, character education, and social science. After "Series Foreword: Thinking on the Road of…
Descriptors: Art Education, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Mapping, Concept Mapping
Lipton, Gladys C., Ed. – 1998
A collection of essays on FLES (foreign languages in the elementary school) includes: "Public Education in America and the Implications of Foreign Language and Second Language Acquisition" (Peter Negroni); "The People Factor in the Glastonbury Public Schools" (Christine Brown); "Public Relations: Inside and Outside"…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, FLES