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Direct linkAlfonso, Vincent C., Ed.; Bracken, Bruce A., Ed.; Nagle, Richard J., Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020
"Psychoeducational Assessment of Preschool Children," Fifth Edition, provides academics and school-based practitioners such as psychologists, speech-language pathologists, and social workers with an up-to-date guide to the assessment of young children. Long recognized as the standard text and reference in its field, this comprehensive,…
Descriptors: School Psychology, Educational Assessment, Preschool Children, Psychoeducational Methods
Klubock, Dorothy, Ed. – 1991
The keynote of this document is "empowerment." Children can and should have opportunities from an early age to take part in the significant events in their world. Learning activities in this curriculum provide a general context in which young children can explore and appreciate various definitions of participation for elementary school…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship, Classroom Environment, Decision Making
Abraham, Doc; Abraham, Katy – Instructor, 1976
Provides suggestions on how to turn the classroom into an all-green growing center and how to harvest some good learning at the same time. (Editor/RK)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Environmental Education, Horticulture, Learning Activities
Cornwell, J. B. – Training, 1979
Some methods for getting adult learners to participate in classroom discussions are offered by a training manager. The trainer's attitude and the classroom environment contribute to motivating all trainees to participate, stimulate the nonparticipant to join in, and control the aggressiveness of the overparticipant. (MF)
Descriptors: Adults, Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
Cassidy, Jean Marie – 1984
This practicum was designed to enhance the school and home learning environments of 20 neurologically and perceptually impaired students in kindergarten through sixth grade. Participating students received daily regular class and resource room instruction. Needs assessment measures revealed that little learning characteristic data were available…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cognitive Style, Educational Improvement, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedHamblen, Karen A. – Art Education, 1984
The questions that teachers ask students are often not the best types of questions for initiating an art dialog. Classroom discussions require an open atmosphere and properly constructed questions. Examples of effective and ineffective types of questions and appropriate and inappropriate teacher responses are provided. (IS)
Descriptors: Art Education, Classroom Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Improvement
Peer reviewedBrouillette, John R.; Turner, Ronny E. – Teaching Sociology, 1992
Describes an exercise for the first day of courses in introductory sociology. Includes four objectives: (1) telling students what they will be able to do by the end of the class; (2) exposing them to the social construction of reality; (3) showing the power of the sociological imagination; and (4) changing students into participants in their…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Higher Education, Learning Activities, Sociology
Abruscato, Joseph; Hassard, Jack – Instructor, 1977
Maintaining a high "synergy" classroom, when the total effect of the people in an environment seems to be greater than the sum of the effort of the individuals, requires a commitment to a cooperative learning environment and hard work. Here are some learning activities designed to provide students with "synergy" all year long. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, Learning Activities, Student Experience
Ray, Mary Lou – Teacher, 1976
Creating humorous characters is one way to infuse a language arts program with creativity. (Editor)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Creative Activities, Creative Writing, Guidelines
Klein, Nicki – Teacher, 1980
The author finds that her students concentrate better and become more organized when she allows each to begin the year by selecting and arranging a private work space--an "office"--in the classroom. (SJL)
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedAlexander, Carolyn; And Others – Music Educators Journal, 1978
Presents eight ideas for making your music classroom visually attractive. (Editor/RK)
Descriptors: Bulletin Boards, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Creative Activities
Peer reviewedKergaard, David A. – NASSP Bulletin, 1985
This high school's successful suspension alternative assigns disruptive students to an alternative classroom for several days, where they are isolated from the remainder of the student body all day, and excluded from participation in or attending all regular programs and cocurricular activities. (DCS)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Discipline Policy, Discipline Problems, High Schools
Peer reviewedEeds, Maryann; Wells, Deborah – Social Education, 1991
Discusses a study in which fifth and sixth grade students joined with novice teachers to discuss literature in cooperative study groups. Finds students engaged in dialogue with teachers and peers, constructing meanings, revealing personal involvement, and actively inquiring about and evaluating the literature. Includes an excerpt from the…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Childrens Literature, Classroom Environment, Cooperative Learning
Peer reviewedScheff, Thomas J. – Teaching Sociology, 1992
Discusses a teaching method used by the author in his college sociology classes. Describes a method of active learning in which students are encouraged to discover interrelationships of parts and wholes on their own. Compares this discovery method to the Montessori method used in elementary education. (DK)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Discovery Learning, Higher Education, Montessori Method
Winebrenner, Susan – 1996
This book offers principles and practical suggestions for effectively teaching students with a variety of learning difficulties in the regular classroom. Chapter 1 contains tips for helping all students feel welcome in the classroom and Chapter 2 suggests ways to get all students involved in all learning activities. Chapter 3 describes categories…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style
