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Download full textChristensen, Lois M.; Dennis, Mary Beth – 1992
The theory and practice of whole language teaching should be integral and simultaneous components of preservice teacher education. A number of instructional strategies and class activities can be used to provide preservice teachers with experiences similar to experiences they will provide to elementary school children. Examples of class activities…
Descriptors: Assignments, Class Activities, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedHale, Sylvia – Teaching Sociology, 1995
States that an important goal of introductory college sociology courses is to make the discipline come alive for students and to encourage active involvement in learning. Describes a student project approach in which students interview three people and analyze the data relevant to four theoretical perspectives. (CFR)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Assignments, Course Content, Course Descriptions
Mitchell, Felicia – 1987
Research has suggested that students have difficulty completing content area writing assignments if the teacher's written instructions are not clear. Students' written work is more likely to be of higher quality if teachers specify the assignment's audience and purpose and offer prewriting instruction. Controversy exists over how explicit the…
Descriptors: Assignments, Classroom Communication, Communication Problems, Content Analysis
Crookes, Graham, Ed.; Gass, Susan M., Ed. – 1993
Essays on second language teaching focuses on how the kinds of tasks performed by the learner relate to language output. "Choosing and Using Communication Tasks for Second Language Instruction" (Teresa Pica, Ruth Kanagy, Joseph Falodun) contains a taxonomy of communication task types, based on the concepts of goal and activity,…
Descriptors: Assignments, Case Studies, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques
Lenn, Emily E.; Hatch, J. Amos – 1992
A professor from the University of Tennessee and a mathematics teacher who formerly taught kindergarten teamed up to plan and teach a kindergarten methods course for undergraduate elementary education majors. The course includes both practical and theoretical perspectives. Course readings consist of selections from textbooks and articles from…
Descriptors: Assignments, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives
Peer reviewedMumm, Ann Marie; Kersting, Robert – Journal of Social Work Education, 1997
Social workers in direct practice rely on critical thinking to apply theories, make informed decisions, and explain their assessments and decisions. This paper defines critical thinking and discusses skills needed for its development, methods and assignments for teaching those skills to undergraduate and graduate students in practice courses, and…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Assignments, Classroom Techniques, Course Content
