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Menchaca, Velma D.; Ruiz-Escalante, Jose A. – 1995
Children of migrant farmworkers spend parts of each school year in different communities across the country; some children migrate back and forth between schools in Mexico and the United States. The hardships and rich experiences of this lifestyle provide educators with unique challenges and, at the same time, opportunities to learn and develop…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Culturally Relevant Education, Educational Environment, Educational Strategies
Brown, Bettina Lankard – 1997
The gap between Generation X and earlier generations represents much more than age and technological differences. It reflects the effects of a changing society on a generation. Social changes such as the increase in single-parent households and households with both parents working, corporate downsizing and layoffs, limited opportunities for career…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style, Educational Change, Educational Environment
Beckman, Pat – 2002
This digest discusses using strategy instruction to assist students with learning disabilities. It begins by describing strategy instruction as teaching students about strategies, teaching them how and when to use strategies, helping students identify personally effective strategies, and encouraging students to make strategic behaviors part of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cues, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education