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Hughes, Stephany – 1987
Research on leadership in gifted education is reviewed, focusing on studies conducted with various age groups in education settings. Leadership research is examined through three general approaches: the trait approach, leadership styles, and the situational approach. A leadership training model for high-school students is presented, based on the…
Descriptors: Gifted, Group Experience, High Schools, Leadership Styles
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Schuncke, George M. – Social Studies, 1979
Explores characteristics of group dynamics which teachers should be aware of in planning group activities for social studies classes. Provides guidelines by which teachers can plan group activities which help students attain cognitive, affective, and process-skill goals for the social studies. (Author/AV)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Group Activities, Group Dynamics, Group Experience
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Jones, Robert M. – Science and Children, 1985
Task groups (consisting of three-five students per group), for hands-on, inquiry-oriented activities can provide meaningful learning experiences, develop interpersonal skills, and save money in the classroom. Suggestions for using task groups are provided, describing a recommended instructional model, instructional strategies, and student roles in…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Group Activities, Group Experience
Fields, Owen F. – Journal of Business Education, 1977
To insure student participation in a basic business class, a system of committees is suggested, small groups which perform various activities for the benefit of the entire class. Types of committees, forming committees, and a rotation plan for committee activity are outlined. (TA)
Descriptors: Business Education, Class Activities, Committees, Group Experience
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Buchan, L. Gerald; And Others – Clearing House, 1976
Within the last few years a "new wave" of therapeutic techniques for teaching the mentally retarded has emerged in this country. Describes how the behavior of two demonstration groups of mentally retarded children utilize the accomodations of role playing and behavior modification to develop social skills. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Case Studies, Child Development, Educational Objectives
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Whittaker, Catharine R.; Salend, Spencer J. – Journal of Reading, Writing, and Learning Disabilities International, 1991
This article describes a variety of collaborative writing strategies that teachers can use within the four subprocesses of writing (prewriting, drafting, revising, and publishing). The strategies include, among others, brainstorming, semantic maps, directed reading and writing, discussion tests, editing groups, and group efforts in layout and…
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Group Activities
Irish, Gladys H. – New Directions for Continuing Education, 1980
Although decision making should be shared between teachers and learners, teachers should take a leadership role in establishing learning objectives, organizing learning activities, and maintaining a positive social environment for learning. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Behavioral Objectives, Decision Making
Ferguson, Dianne; And Others – 1994
This report describes the Teacher Work Group Project to help teachers of students with severe disabilities learn about new teaching practices and implement them in the classroom. Teacher Work Groups (TWGs) were formed at week-long summer institutes and the groups subsequently met during the school year to apply the strategies and learning in the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Group Experience, Inservice Teacher Education
Clements, Rhonda L.; Kinzler, Suzanne K. – 2003
This book offers a multicultural approach to physical education for students in grades 7-12. The approach is intended to increase the individual's feelings of self-worth and generate a shared sense of accomplishment among diverse students. The book offers a variety of innovative learning experiences aimed at fostering interpersonal relationships…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Development, Diversity (Student)
Lyons, Paul R. – 1990
This paper identifies the bases and rationale for the concept of cooperative learning; describes the dynamics of the cooperative learning approach; and proposes methods that college faculty can use to enhance student motivation and learning. Cooperative learning is defined and is reported to have positive effects on student achievement, human…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Educational Methods, Group Experience, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA. Economics Dept. – 1992
This paper describes one course offered in the Economics Department at the Drexel University (DU), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that uses directed learning and focuses on public sector problems. As the opening notes, the course is titled "Learn by DU-ing" ("DU" is a reference to Drexel University) and offers a menu of…
Descriptors: College Students, Cooperative Learning, Economics Education, Graduate Students
Wright, Jeffrey Cyphers – Teachers and Writers Magazine, 1981
Recounts the experiences shared in a writing workshop for senior citizens in Harlem. Notes how the teacher developed as a workshop leader, what techniques were used to elicit writing by participants, and the "chemistry" of participant interaction. (RL)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Classroom Techniques, Creative Writing, Group Behavior
Doris Marshall Inst. for Education and Action, Toronto (Ontario). – 1990
This manual provides materials for a 6-day workshop to develop skills in democratic learning and teaching practices. Goals of the workshop are as follows: (1) train facilitators to use the methodology; (2) introduce people in the African National Congress (ANC) to the potential of popular education methodology; (3) determine follow-up action to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change Agents, Change Strategies, Curriculum Development
Stracke, J. Richard; Snow, Sara – 1986
To provide students with a rhetorical stance and motivation, a college freshman composition class adopted the ideas of the "radical" literacy educator, Paulo Freire, who believes that literacy should allow students and teachers to become truly conscious of the world. Class projects were initiated in which the students had as much…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Freshman Composition, Group Activities, Group Experience
Doris Marshall Inst. for Education and Action, Toronto (Ontario). – 1989
This manual provides materials for a 6-day workshop for immigrant women working on the issue of woman abuse; it is intended to help them do their own programs in their own language out of their own cultural context. Objectives of the course are as follows: to increase educator skills and confidence in (1) developing learning activities and using…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Battered Women, Change Agents, Change Strategies
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