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Direct linkPadilla Rodriguez, Brenda Cecilia, Ed.; Armellini, Alejandro, Ed. – IGI Global, 2021
Active blended learning (ABL) is a pedagogical approach that combines sensemaking activities with focused interactions in appropriate learning settings. ABL has become a great learning tool as it is easily accessible online, with digitally rich environments, close peer and tutor interactions, and accommodations per individual learner needs. It…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Blended Learning, Cooperative Learning, Experiential Learning
Rothstein, Evelyn; Lauber, Gerald – 2000
Based on the understanding that writing should not be confined to the language arts classroom, this book provides over 200 examples of how 12 different strategies can be used in kindergarten through high school classrooms. The writing strategies in the book demonstrate how writing can also be employed as a powerful tool for processing new…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Biographies, Content Area Writing, Elementary Secondary Education
Hubbard, Ruth Shagoury, Ed.; Ernst, Karen, Ed. – 1996
Noting that making images is as natural as speaking, this book presents 13 essays by teachers from elementary school through college that show how writing, art, and reading can be combined in different ways in various subject areas. Essays in the book share ways that teachers connect the visual arts to literacy instruction as well as to their own…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Art Activities, Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textMorrow, Lesley Mandel – 1996
An 8-month study tracked 166 second graders of various ethnic backgrounds in an urban setting while they were being motivated to read through a literature-based reading and writing program. The classrooms in which the research was conducted used basal readers and did not have well-designed literacy centers. Collaboration was not an integral part…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Childrens Literature, Childrens Writing, Classroom Environment
Peer reviewedYoung, Art – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1997
The purpose of assigning writing that will not be formally graded is to assist students in learning subject matter and to create a classroom context that encourages active learning and interactive teaching. Offers three examples of college-level writing-to-learn assignments used in various disciplines, and some ways teachers can respond to such…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Assignments, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques
McAllister, Elizabeth A. – 1995
Designed to tap the rich collection of instructional techniques in the ERIC database, this compilation of lesson plans focuses on helping elementary-school students to work together as they learn to read, write, and communicate. The 48 lesson plans in the book cover writing to communicate, reading for information, responding to literature,…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Class Activities, Cognitive Processes, Communication Skills
Peer reviewedHerrington, Anne J. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1997
Argues that developing writing activities, consulting with students as they work on a major writing project, and responding are important vehicles for teaching that fosters engaged learning. Central principles are to make assignments inquiry- or issue-based, to keep them focused but open enough for students to develop their own angle or interest,…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Assignments, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques
Brooke, Robert E., Ed. – 2003
Written for writing teachers by writing teachers, this book celebrates local knowledge and the engagement of teachers and students with their communities through writing. Ten members of the Nebraska Writing Project invite readers into their rural classrooms and communities to explore the rich writing and active citizenship that emerge when writing…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Career Education, Citizenship, Educational Practices
Golub, Jeffrey N. – 1994
Focusing particularly on student writing, this book describes the principles of an interactive classroom and presents specific activities which adhere to those principles. Acknowledging that such classrooms require that the students feel comfortable with each other, the book details several activities that help to build a positive classroom…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Class Activities, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment
National Postal Museum, Washington, DC. Education Dept. – 1997
This curriculum is designed to be a flexible enrichment project for adult English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) education by harnessing the dynamic power of letters for language learning purposes. The goals of the project are to help teachers assisting students in developing communication skills, encourage social interaction as a means of building…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Adult Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Classroom Techniques
Brickman, Nancy Altman, Ed. – 1996
The High/Scope Curriculum is a developmentally based approach to early childhood education. The curriculum's "Extensions" newsletter, in which the articles in this collection first appeared, informs curriculum users about new development, relating to the High/Scope "open framework" curriculum. This collection divides the…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Art Education, Child Development, Childhood Needs
Peer reviewedLevine, Martin G. – Social Studies Review, 1995
Maintains that California and the nation's school districts have been challenged by growing numbers of limited English proficient students in grades 6 through 12. Presents a series of social studies classroom activities designed to improve students' reading and writing skills. Includes graphic organizers and activity objectives. (CFR)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Classroom Techniques, Content Area Reading, Cultural Pluralism
