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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
Peer reviewedLipson, Abigail – College Teaching, 1992
The journals of students in introductory college science courses give insight into the bewilderment students feel about science. Problems fall into five categories: semantics; use of symbols; inability to evaluate their own progress; difficulty in assimilating quantities of new knowledge; and cognitive overload. Students should be encouraged to…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Concept Formation, Diaries, Higher Education
Peer reviewedO'Shea, Thomas – Mathematics Teacher, 1991
During a six-week methods course for preservice elementary school teachers, student pairs were asked to solve a problem and record their experiences in a dairy. Presented are the dairy entries of two students as they worked on determining the number of squares that can be formed on a five-peg geoboard. (MDH)
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Diaries, Experiential Learning, Geometry
