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Burmaster, Elizabeth; Dold, Steve; Soldner, Robert; Decker, Paula Crandall – 2002
This publication includes up-to-date information about charter schools in Wisconsin. It is intended to present best or promising practices of charter schools to each local educational agency in the state. It is a means of demonstrating agency accountability for informing the public, legislators, and those interested in charter schools, both within…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Government Publications, Instructional Effectiveness

Evans, William H.; And Others – Preventing School Failure, 1994
The use of unconventional interventions in special education is addressed, and teachers are urged to stick with data-based interventions that have empirical evidence supporting their effectiveness. (DB)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, Intervention
Gray, Gary – Kamehameha Journal of Education, 1994
Sixth graders at Kamehameha Elementary School ascended a high mountain peak, successfully orienting themselves for over 5 miles using topographical maps and compasses and the knowledge, skills, and attitudes acquired at school. The article describes the program, noting the knowledge and tools students used to accomplish their goal. (SM)
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Geography, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades
Kline, Lois Twombley – 1984
In 1981, Pikes Peak Community College initiated a new Continuing Education Area, which featured a "weekend college" for communication classes held on Friday evenings and Saturdays. Faculty and administrators have identified several advantages of the weekend college, including the following: (1) since classes are held in existing…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Community Colleges, Nontraditional Education, Program Descriptions
Giddings, Louise R. – 1986
The use of the instructional module in college teaching is discussed. The module is an independent learning package that emphasizes students' learning activities rather than teacher activities. Along with independent modular activities such as reading, writing, discussing, and problem solving, students can use more class time to write, inquire,…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Educational Objectives, Higher Education, Independent Study

Watson, Gwen S. – Business Education Forum, 1976
Suggestions for implementing learning activity centers for basic business. (HD)
Descriptors: Business Education, Classroom Techniques, Course Organization, Learning Activities

Daloz, L. A. – International Journal of Career and Continuing Education, 1975
Descriptors: Adult Students, Competency Based Education, Educational Innovation, Learning Activities

Simpson, Steve – Journal of Experiential Education, 1981
A student teacher describes his experiment to foster experiential learning in a secondary sociology class by allowing the students to determine their own classroom society and teaching and evaluation methods. He also describes the unfavorable reaction of his cooperating teacher. (NEC)
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Techniques, Educational Change, Experiential Learning
World Education, Inc., Boston, MA. – 1991
The introductory pages from the "Facilitator's Guidebook" and the first 10 days of lesson plans translated into English comprise appendix A of this excerpt from a handbook for teaching English to adults. The purpose is to give the reader an idea of the guidebook's design and pattern of activities, as well as information about how the program's…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Classroom Environment, Comics (Publications), English (Second Language)
Manitoba Dept. of Education, Winnipeg. – 1988
This handbook presents materials designed to assist teachers in meeting the needs of primary school children in multi-graded classrooms. The handbook is divided into two parts. The first part consists of the following sections: (1) the multi-graded school; (2) strategies for multi-graded classrooms; (3) oracy--listening and speaking; (4) language…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Foreign Countries, Language Arts, Multigraded Classes
Cronin, Mary E. – 1988
This paper discusses the instruction of adult performance outcomes and life skills in classes for students with mental disabilities. Basic considerations in teaching life skills include teaching for lifelong learning, teaching for relevancy, and teaching beyond textbooks and classrooms. Several strategies have contributed to the success of…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Daily Living Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Mental Retardation

Gass, Michael A. – Journal of Experiential Education, 1985
Examines theories of specific, nonspecific, and metaphoric transfer of learning and outlines 10 factors and techniques to assist adventure educators in linking challenging experiences to students' future learning. (LFL)
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Experiential Learning, Learning Strategies, Learning Theories
Reglin, Gary – 1998
Research has shown mentoring to be a powerful alternative education and dropout prevention strategy for students at risk. This book is designed to help teachers, school administrators, case managers in the juvenile justice system, and others who work with at-risk students develop mentoring programs. Chapter 1, "Teachers Can Restructure Education…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Elementary Secondary Education, High Risk Students, Interpersonal Relationship

Lock, Roger – Australian Science Teachers Journal, 1994
A number of less-usual approaches to work in biology education are discussed and illustrated. The approaches include a range of nontraditional writing activities, drawing, and model making. A rationale for such work is given and criticism leveled at these activities reviewed. Examples are drawn from the work of pupils aged 11 to 16 years.…
Descriptors: Art, Nontraditional Education, Science Activities, Science Education

Simpson, Michele L. – Journal of Reading, 1987
Addresses three questions: (1) What is involved in understanding a word or concept? (2) How do we presently measure word knowledge? (3) What are some alternative formats which teachers could utilize with their students? Suggests techniques such as paired word questions, categorizing, analogies, and sentence writing as ways to evaluate vocabulary…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Nontraditional Education