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Direct linkZheng, Lanqin – Lecture Notes in Educational Technology, 2021
This book highlights the importance of design in computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) by proposing data-driven design and assessment. It addresses data-driven design, which focuses on the processing of data and on improving design quality based on analysis results, in three main sections. The first section explains how to design…
Descriptors: Data Use, Instructional Design, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning
Kagan, Jerome – Today's Education, 1975
The need to create a love for learning in children is discussed. (RC)
Descriptors: Learning, Learning Activities, Learning Motivation, Students
Kennedy, Ruth L. – Teacher, 1976
Base a learning center on magic and the results will be magical. (Editor)
Descriptors: Guidelines, Learning Activities, Learning Laboratories, Learning Motivation
Peer reviewedBurg, Karen – Young Children, 1984
Describes the learning experiences of three kindergarten students, providing an account of their teacher overcoming prejudice toward computers. (BJD)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Discovery Processes, Learning Activities, Learning Motivation
Atwood, Beth S. – Learning, 1977
Students need to be able to classify mapping devices, map purposes, and code forms so that skills learned on one map setting can be readily transferred to any map using the same techniques. (MB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Activities, Learning Motivation, Map Skills
Foster, Herbert L.; And Others – Communicator, 1976
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Individualized Instruction, Learning Activities, Learning Motivation
Filella, J. – New Frontiers in Education, 1975
Nine teaching methods are described (conditioning, habit formation, lecture, audio-visual aids, seminar, case study, simulation games, conscientization, and affective learning) and each discussed with reference to the types of material, learners, and teachers to which it is best suited. (JT)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Education, Instructional Materials, Learning
Peer reviewedMadden, Lowell – Education, 1981
Advocates use of students' interests to develop "learning starters" (anything from the students' world with which they can become involved) as a motivational strategy in open classrooms. Identifies and discusses three major categories of learning starters: large group presentations, small group interactions, and independent study. (JD)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Activities, Learning Motivation, Open Education
Weinberger, Paula; Cox, Ann – Teacher, 1976
A week-by-week readiness program for preschool and early primary children. (Editor)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Learning Activities, Learning Motivation, School Community Relationship
Peer reviewedMcCarthy, Martha M. – Elementary School Journal, 1977
Explores the rationale for learning centers, outlines steps in using this approach, and describes pupil-evaluation techniques. Illustrates concretely how a teacher can phase in the use of learning centers. (BF/JH)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Design, Curriculum Enrichment, Educational Environment
Balajthy, Ernest; Reinking, David – Electronic Learning, 1985
Introduces the range of computer software currently available to aid in developing children's basic skills in reading, including programs for reading readiness, word recognition, vocabulary development, reading comprehension, and learning motivation. Additional information on software and computer use is provided in sidebars by Gwen Solomon and…
Descriptors: Courseware, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Activities, Learning Motivation
Noyce, Ruth M. – Teacher, 1976
By exploring languages other than their own, children can learn important concepts about the nature of language. The center described here was designed to help a class of sixth graders understand that within their own structure languages assign meanings to symbols arbitrarily and to stimulate interest in the way languages operate. (Author)
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Foreign Language Books, Learning Activities, Learning Laboratories
Peer reviewedArmstrong, David G.; Burlbaw, Lynn M. – Social Studies, 1991
Presents classroom activities using banknotes to teach history and social studies. Suggests that students' interest in money can be utilized to teach about geography, national heroes, symbolism, and the image a nation wishes to present to its citizens and the rest of the world. Lists sources for obtaining banknotes and directories to help identify…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Geography Instruction, History Instruction, Imagery
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
Wlodkowski, Raymond J. – Performance and Instruction, 1985
Considers the powerful influence of the motivational factors of attitude, need, stimulation, affect, competence, and reinforcement on adult behavior and learning. Their integration into the Time Continuum Model of Motivation to guide instructor selection and implementation of motivational strategies is also discussed. (MBR)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Affective Behavior, Attitudes, Behavior
