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Kress, Gunther – 1997
This book calls for a radical reappraisal of the phenomenon of literacy, and hence for a profound shift in educational practice. Through close attention to the multitude of objects which children constantly produce (drawings, cuttings-out, writings, collages), the book suggests a set of principles that reveal the underlying coherence of children's…
Descriptors: Childrens Writing, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Language Arts
Download full textLand, Elizabeth R.; Land, Warren A. – 1992
An analysis was done of methods for dealing with cultural insensitivity found on predominantly white university campuses and of strategies for remedying the dissatisfaction of students from minority groups with their college experience. The analysis used Arthur Chickering's vectors of development theory and Alexander Astin's theory of student…
Descriptors: Black Students, College Students, Cultural Differences, Diversity (Student)
Peer reviewedSwatton, Peter – British Educational Research Journal, 1992
Examines children's ability to formulate testable hypotheses, both from a theoretical viewpoint and from results of a British study of responses to an assessment instrument. Addresses implications for science education and difficulties in judging whether a child has demonstrated the skill. Concludes that evidence presented by teachers about…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Hypothesis Testing
Newlon, Betty J.; Arciniega, Miguel – 1983
A study applied and evaluated an inservice model for teacher education based on Alderian techniques. Subjects were 24 elementary school teachers, in a southwestern metropolitan city, who volunteered for an inservice program. Teachers in this experimental group were matched to teachers in a comparison group on the basis of age range, sex,…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Inservice Teacher Education
Jutras, Phillip F. – 1994
Regis College (Massachusetts) has expanded student learning skills through through changes in the management program toward increasing integration of management and liberal arts disciplines and increased opportunities for cooperative and experiential learning. The program stresses making conceptual connections and part/whole relations in…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, College Faculty, College Instruction, College Students
Cross, K. Patricia; Steadman, Mimi Harris – 1996
The centerpiece of this book are four cases which illustrate classroom research in the context of various learning issues in college classrooms. The cases are intended for discussion by readers of: (1) how the students in the hypothesized situation perceive what is going on; (2) possible hypotheses about what is interfering with student learning;…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research
