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Jump-Start Your Middle School Students' Background Knowledge and Vocabulary Skills
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Ward, Elizabeth; Williams-Rossi, Dara – Science Scope, 2012
One of the most challenging tasks in increasingly diverse classrooms is helping students develop the "knowledge and language of science to communicate scientific explanations and ideas" (NRC 1996, p. 144). In this article, the authors share one of their favorite methods for incorporating and reinforcing science vocabulary instruction in…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Vocabulary, Vocabulary Skills, Vocabulary Development
Learning Course Content by Creating a Wiki
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Matthew, Kathryn I.; Felvegi, Emese – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2009
In this article, students' perceptions of the benefits and the challenges of creating a wiki for a language arts methods class are explored through their online reflections and interview transcripts. The students' own words describe their experiences about learning course content while collaborating to create a course wiki. Reflecting on the…
Descriptors: Methods Courses, Student Attitudes, Textbooks, Language Arts
Microcomputer Applications. Curriculum Guide [and] Simulations [and] Test Bank.
Mahaffey, Darlena; Patton, Jan – 1992
This document consists of a curriculum guide combined with separately published "simulations" and "test bank" volumes designed to support instructors using the curriculum guide. The curriculum guide was developed to provide instructional materials to teachers of microcomputer application courses in Texas. The guide contains the…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Business Education, Competence, Competency Based Education
Business Computer Applications I. Curriculum Guide.
Patton, Jan – 1988
This guide contains instructional materials for a course designed to provide students with a business computer applications background and skills that will not only prepare them for an entry-level position, but that will transfer through articulation to community colleges and later to four-year colleges. Introductory pages of the curriculum guide…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Course Content, Course Organization
Office Support Systems. Curriculum Guide [and] Simulations [and] Test Bank.
Peace, Betty; Patton, Jan – 1990
This document consists of a curriculum guide combined with separately published "Simulations" and "Test Bank" volumes designed to support instructors using the curriculum guide. The curriculum guide was developed to provide instructional materials to teachers of office support systems courses in Texas. The guide contains the…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Clerical Occupations, Communication Skills, Competence