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D'Arcy, Pat – Forum for the Discussion of New Trends in Education, 1981
The author asserts that teachers must interest children more directly in the actual process of learning. She suggests having students keep "learning logs" in which they reflect back over their classwork and examine their intentions, observations, and feelings during the school day. She presents examples from several such student diaries.…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Diaries, Learning Processes
Langrehr, John – 1988
Intended for practitioners, this book provides a valuable resource by offering teachers a volume of practical exercises for introducing and reinforcing a variety of fundamental thinking skills. Each exercise allows teachers and students in grades six through nine to focus on a selected thinking skill while serving as a stimulant for thoughtful…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Instructional Materials
Peer reviewedDavidson, Neil A.; McKeen, Ronald L. – American Mathematical Monthly, 1979
Objectives are defined in a manner that eliminates many of their attributes that have been criticized as being harmful or unappealing. Examples of objectives appropriate for secondary school mathematics are given and the relationship between classroom processes and objectives is discussed. (MK)
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Class Activities, Educational Objectives, Learning Processes
Peer reviewedGray, Susan S. – Journal of Developmental Education, 1991
Reviews recent research related to metacognition and mathematical problem-solving performance. Offers suggestions for classroom activities to teach the skills of metacognition (i.e., plan, monitor, and evaluate thinking) in the context of mathematics. Offers instructor observations and students' self-evaluations about the types of metacognitive…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Higher Education, Learning Processes
Gayle, Barbara – 1990
Teaching organizational video is best accomplished by integrating organizational communication theory, rhetorical theory, and video production planning in one course. Focus on the individual project is the most beneficial as a stand-alone segment and as a highlight of the planning process that may be part of a corporate communication employee's…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Class Activities, Higher Education, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedManzo, Anthony V. – Reading Psychology, 1982
Presents a method and rationale for enhancing verbal learning in a typical reading-language arts lesson through personal and group generated images and associations. (FL)
Descriptors: Child Language, Class Activities, Elementary Education, Language Acquisition
Langrehr, John; Presseisen, Barbara, Ed. – 1990
Intended for practitioners, this book identifies some important strategies for processing information in different ways. The book is organized around the framework of Bloom's Taxonomy: remembering information, understanding information, applying information, analyzing information, synthesizing/creating information, and evaluating/criticizing…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials
Peer reviewedVon Aufshnaiter, Stefan; Schwedes, Hannelore – Science Education, 1989
Described is a curriculum project developed in Germany. The importance of playing and gaming for the acquisition of cognitive and social capacities, the relationships among acting, reasoning, and learning in physics instruction, and the spheres of subjective experience are discussed. The framework and evaluation of the curriculum are outlined. (YP)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Foreign Countries, Learning Processes, Physics
Download full textAlberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation Branch. – 1994
Presenting diagnostic teaching units for grade 7 science and Science 14, this handbook is intended to be used along with the companion handbook 1, "Evaluating Students' Learning and Communication Processes: Integrating Diagnostic Evaluation and Instruction." The student activities of the diagnostic teaching units in the handbook have…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Evaluation Methods, Grade 7, Junior High Schools
Lipton, Laura; Hubble, Deborah – 1997
Designed for teachers of kindergarten through grade 6, this book contains practical and innovative ideas on fostering literacy generated from discussions with teachers from the United States and Canada, visits to their classrooms, and observations of their interactions with students. The book addresses all levels of learner-centered literacy…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education
Huba, Mary E.; Freed, Jann E. – 2000
This book is intended for practicing or aspiring faculty who are interested in a learner perspective. It can be used individually or collectively in orientations, graduate teaching seminars, and faculty development seminars. Recognizing that most college faculty learned to teach using the lecture method, and that while the lecture method is not…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Teaching, Educational Assessment, Educational Resources
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation Branch. – 1993
Presenting the diagnostic teaching units for grades 7, 8, and 9 social studies, this handbook is intended to be used along with the companion handbook 1, "Evaluating Students' Learning and Communication Processes: Integrating Diagnostic Evaluation and Instruction." The student activities of the diagnostic teaching units in the handbook…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Communication Skills, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
Burrows, Lodema; Dubitsky, Barbara – 1984
A program, developed to train teachers to use the computer, is based on the belief that adults acquire computer literacy in the same way that children do: sequentially and with hands-on experience. Programming is taught first. Reliance is placed on peer teaching as well as teaching by a skilled instructor. The role of play is emphasized in…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Class Activities, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy
Cummings, Alysa – 1987
Aimed at classroom teachers interested in teaching learning skills to their elementary and secondary students, this guide offers an alternative to teaching "facts" that may rapidly become outdated. The guide is based on Dr. Leslie Hart's Proster Theory, which proposes that the brain requires large amounts of input to function; that after…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cognitive Processes, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Murphy, Dermot F. – Guidelines, 1993
In a study of learner-centered teaching, eight student teachers examined their students' reaction to a number of lessons and tasks. Information was gleaned on aspects of learning, materials, and management perceived to be helpful, and a simple procedure was suggested for helping teachers to conduct similar action research. (Contains five…
Descriptors: Action Research, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages)
