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Meagher, Michael – 2002
This ERIC Digest overviews recent research on teaching and learning fractions and provides suggestions for practice, help in locating resources having direct application in the classroom, and sources for further reading in the literature. Students' conceptions of fractions or rational numbers, common mistakes teachers make, and new teaching…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education, Fractions
Smith, Jeffrey P. – 1998
Graphing calculators present a challenging task for mathematics teachers in the classroom. This digest offers four distinct methods for using graphing calculators in mathematics classrooms, including: (1) tools for expediency; (2) amplifiers for conceptual understanding; (3) catalysts for critical thinking; and (4) vehicles for integration.…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Graphing Calculators, Mathematics Instruction
Gaustad, Joan – 1998
This Digest explores the practice of looping, a pedagogical strategy in which a teacher advances from one grade level to the next along with his or class. It describes how teachers and students in looping classes need not start from scratch every fall, learning new sets of names and personalities. By spending several years with a class, teachers…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Innovation, Looping (Teachers)
ERIC Clearinghouse on Handicapped and Gifted Children, Reston, VA. – 1987
This digest looks at research findings and instructional applications of effective teacher presentation skills. Research has identified five critical skills: eliciting frequent responses, maintaining an appropriate pace during the lesson, maintaining attention, monitoring student responses and adjusting the lesson, and ensuring all students an…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Abdullah, Mardziah Hayati – 2002
This digest suggests that bibliotherapy is a potentially powerful method for school teachers and counselors to use on many levels and in every school grade. It begins with a brief review of the history of bibliotherapy; continues with a discussion of some approaches to bibliotherapy (interactive, clinical, and developmental); then addresses the…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Behavior Development, Bibliotherapy, Childrens Literature
Haury, David L. – 2001
Teaching through inquiry can take many forms with most descriptions of inquiry emphasizing investigations. Though inquiry-based teaching strategies typically engage students in investigations, it is not the physical activity that defines inquiry. Teaching through inquiry is distinguished by its emphasis on a questioning attitude, gathering data,…
Descriptors: Data, Data Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Inquiry
Council for Exceptional Children, Reston, VA. – 1989
This digest adapts information from "Attention Deficit Disorders: A Guide for Teachers," prepared by members of the Education Committee of Children with Attention Deficit Disorders. It defines attention deficit disorders and describes the two types (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and undifferentiated attention deficit…
Descriptors: Assignments, Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Modification, Classroom Environment
Weston, David – 1989
This ERIC Digest discusses: (1) reasons for learning about Inner Asia; (2) how to include Inner Asia in the curriculum; and (3) strategies for teaching about Inner Asia. U.S. students have difficulties in interpreting current events that occur in this region, because they lack knowledge of the history, geography, and cultures of Inner Asia. This…
Descriptors: Asian Studies, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Lee, Hyonyong; Fortner, Rosanne W. – 2001
Exotic species are organisms transported by humans, wildlife, wind, and water into regions where they did not historically exist. This ERIC Digest describes available materials and resources for teaching and learning about these exotic species. Sixteen Internet sources are provided along with six videotape resources. The digest also provides…
Descriptors: Animals, Biodiversity, Elementary Secondary Education, Habitats
Shumer, Robert – 1999
This Digest describes how, by connecting service, social studies, and citizenship, civic educators have the potential to begin the new millennium by initiating a "Century of the Caring Citizen". Effective methods for bring about the caring citizen are to allow students to learn and develop through active participation in thoughtfully…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials
Merseth, Katherine K. – 1994
Long used in the professional fields of business and law, cases and case methods of teaching represent a relatively new and promising approach in the education of teachers. This digest, organized into two sections, presents definitions of cases and case methods, explores the purposes of using case studies, and suggests avenues for further research…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Huling, Leslie – 1998
Quality teacher education programs provide candidates with many early field experiences in diverse settings. This Digest examines complexities and challenges of early field experiences, noting the nature and degree of early field experiences within teacher education programs. Through field experiences, teacher candidates observe and work with real…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Field Experience Programs, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education
Patrick, John J. – 1986
Critical thinking is a major goal of social studies education. Teachers need to know what critical thinking is before they can successfully incorporate the skill into their teaching strategies. Understanding why critical thinking is a major goal of education in a free society helps teachers prepare students to be informed and rational participants…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Critical Thinking, Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education
ERIC Clearinghouse on Handicapped and Gifted Children, Reston, VA. – 1987
This digest looks at research findings and instructional applications concerning lesson structure for teacher directed initial instruction of mildly handicapped students. Research has identified seven critical elements of teaching method: gain the learner's attention, review relevant past learning, communicate the goal of the lesson, model the…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Lesson Plans
Nugent, Helen Jean M. – 1987
This ERIC Digest considers: (1) why U.S. students should learn about Canada; (2) where course content on Canada belongs in the curriculum; and (3) useful strategies and resources to improve the teaching of Canadian studies. The United States and Canada share the world's largest undefended border, and the United States trades more with Canada than…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Enrichment, Elementary Secondary Education