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Six Kinds of Questions to Create a Culture of Inquiry
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Harris, Sandra – Principal Leadership, 2006
Educators are busier than ever before. What practitioner has time to add "researcher" to his or her job description? Yet the very complexity of education today mandates that educators become researchers. Educators cannot do their jobs properly unless they become researchers who have the goal of fostering a culture of inquiry throughout the entire…
Descriptors: Student Research, Teacher Researchers, Inquiry, Discovery Processes
Invent America! Teacher's Classroom Guide.
United States Patent Model Foundation, Alexander, VA. – 1988
The Invent America program addresses the need to provide K-8 students with opportunities to learn critical and creative thinking skills through the process of inventing. Students apply problem-solving skills as they turn their own creative ideas into inventions. It is an effort to integrate the curriculum, help students synthesize knowledge, and…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Creativity, Discovery Processes, Elementary Education
Invent America! Student Handbook Grades K-8.
United States Patent Model Foundation, Alexander, VA. – 1988
The Invent America program addresses the need to provide K-8 students with opportunities to learn critical and creative thinking skills through the process of inventing. Students apply problem-solving skills as they turn their own creative ideas into inventions. It is an effort to integrate the curriculum, help students synthesize knowledge, and…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Creativity, Discovery Processes, Elementary Education
Invent America! Administrative Support Guide.
United States Patent Model Foundation, Alexander, VA. – 1988
The Invent America program addresses the need to provide K-8 students with opportunities to learn critical and creative thinking skills through the process of inventing. Students apply problem-solving skills as they turn their own creative ideas into inventions. It is an effort to integrate the curriculum, help students synthesize knowledge, and…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Creativity, Discovery Processes, Elementary Education
Invent America! Bibliography.
United States Patent Model Foundation, Alexander, VA. – 1988
The Invent America program addresses the need to provide K-8 students with opportunities to learn critical and creative thinking skills through the process of inventing. Students apply problem-solving skills as they turn their own creative ideas into inventions. It is an effort to integrate the curriculum, help students synthesize knowledge, and…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Creativity, Discovery Processes, Elementary Education
Doing Academic Writing in Education: Connecting the Personal and the Professional
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Richards, Janet C.; Miller, Sharon K. – Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Bks), 2005
This clear, reader-friendly book is carefully designed to help readers gain confidence and acquire competence in their academic writing abilities. It focuses on real people as they write and actively involves readers in the writing process. The authors' innovative approach encourages reflection on how professional writing initiatives connect to…
Descriptors: Writing Attitudes, Personal Narratives, Editing, Writing Ability
Mathematics Framework for California Public Schools: Kindergarten through Grade Twelve.
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Curriculum Framework and Textbook Development Unit. – 1992
This document builds on the foundation laid by the 1985 edition of the "Mathematics Framework for California Public Schools" to describe the structure and organization of instructional programs that address the goal of developing mathematical power for all students. An introduction discusses the nature of the proposed reform and the…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Core Curriculum, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development