Descriptor
Publication Type
Journal Articles | 2 |
Guides - Classroom - Teacher | 1 |
Guides - Non-Classroom | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Practitioners | 3 |
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating

Bishop, Bobbi – School Arts, 1978
What do you do with 100 or more children who would rather be in a warm art room than outside on the cold playground for 45 minutes at noon? The solution, games: to arouse interest, to teach basic art principles, and to reinforce art concepts. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Materials, Educational Games, Elementary Education
Turner, Thomas N. – Tennessee Education, 1982
A technique, useful in loosening up the stiffness of the first class meeting, is a people scavenge. Its objective is to identify people who have certain knowledge or have had particular experiences relative to class content. Scavenges make interesting "get acquainted" activities for groups meeting together for the first time. (NQA)
Descriptors: Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education, Intergroup Relations, Interpersonal Relationship
Henderson, James G. – Illinois Schools Journal, 1982
Suggests five techniques for combining learning with fun, including (1) lessons that evoke the joy and pride of mastery, (2) learning adventures, (3) "democratic" classrooms, (4) educational games and discovery learning centers, and (5) reward or rest breaks from study. (CJM)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Experience