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James Madison Univ., Harrisonburg, VA. Workforce Improvement Network. – 2002
This guide describes development of the problem-based approach of GED as project. It is Volume 1 of a proposed four-volume series. Section 1 describes the concept of GED as project, thinking and problem solving, successful intelligence, and integration of content and skills. Section 2 covers GED as project implementation using learning projects…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Adult Education, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style
Cummings, Alysa – Learning, 1991
Describes discovery learning, a teaching method that encourages students to use inductive reasoning. Students explore and experiment using the skill or idea being taught; they determine rules, make generalizations, and discover concepts. The teacher acts as coach, advisor, and reinforcer. A student page offers a discovery learning game on capital…
Descriptors: Capitalization (Alphabetic), Discovery Learning, Educational Games, Elementary Education
Lindberg, Lois – Outdoor Communicator, 1981
Try to learn all you can about a plant in the winter. As the season changes, you can see what the dried seed pod is like in bloom. You are a convert if you notice a spectacular show of summer wildflowers and wonder what sort of winter weed will result. (Author/CM)
Descriptors: Botany, Discovery Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning

McLaughlin, Harry – Mathematics Teacher, 1992
Presents activities to teach the formula for the area of a rectangle that require students to determine the cost of refurbishing their school's tennis courts. Students collect their own data, organize information, and make decisions individually and as a group to solve the problem. Worksheets are provided. (MDH)
Descriptors: Area, Cooperative Learning, Discovery Learning, Experiential Learning
Ross, Ruth – G/C/T (Gifted, Creative, Talented Children), 1983
Designed as a follow-up activity for gifted and talented classes that have been using learning centers, this contract directs students in building their own learning centers. Six sections cover choosing a subject, researching, setting objectives for the learning center, developing activities for the center, writing directions and collecting…
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Individualized Instruction
Grala, Maria; And Others – 1987
A handbook for Peace Corps volunteers gives ideas and suggestions for improving second language learning. Chapter one answers some of the most common questions about learning foreign languages, including the best age and means for language learning, avoiding mistakes, dealing with the inability to understand a message, the time needed to master…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Communication Apprehension, Diaries, Discovery Learning
Bull, Kay Sather; Land, Imogene – 1985
Intended for secondary teachers in rural areas, the paper examines ways to implement a learning center approach to meet a range of students' needs, including mainstreamed special needs, students, regular students, and gifted and talented students. The first section considers B. Bloom's Taxonomy as a basis for developing learning centers.…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Discovery Learning, Gifted, Learning Centers (Classroom)

Lum, Lewis – Mathematics Teacher, 1995
Illustrates exploration of composition of functions, translations, and inverse functions on a graphing calculator. Includes reproducible student worksheets. (MKR)
Descriptors: Calculus, Discovery Learning, Functions (Mathematics), Graphing Calculators
Moursund, David – 1993
This book is intended for use as a student guide. It is about human problem solving and provides information on how the mind works, placing a major emphasis on the role of computers as an aid in problem solving. The book is written with the underlying philosophy of discovery-based learning based on two premises: first, through the appropriate…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Discovery Learning, Experiential Learning, Glossaries

Toumasis, Charalampos – Mathematics Teacher, 1992
Presents two worksheets that ask students to count and classify the triangles that can be formed with a given total number of toothpicks or a given number of toothpicks for one side of the triangle. A third worksheet asks students to identify patterns observed during the investigations. Provides reproducible worksheets. (MDH)
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Discovery Learning, Discovery Processes, Geometric Concepts

Scott, Paul – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 1983
The properties of the cube are explored. A set of activities is given that forms the basis of a class project on discovery. (MNS)
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Geometric Concepts, Geometric Constructions, Learning Activities

Litwiller, Bonnie H.; Duncan, David R. – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 1981
Several kinds of special dice are displayed and the various winning probabilities in games that could be played with them are discussed. Patterns for dice construction are provided. (MP)
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Educational Games, Instructional Materials, Learning Activities

Beck, Charles R. – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 1993
Describes a lesson using magazine photographs to help students learn about cultural diversity. Cooperative learning and discovery learning techniques are utilized. A student observation sheet and culture picture map are included. (CFR)
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Cultural Pluralism, Discovery Learning, Elementary Education
Lawton, Joseph T.; Blue-Swadener, Elizabeth – 1979
The effects of two types of advance organizer small group instruction, expository (EO) and guided self-discovery (GSDO) were assessed in teaching the concrete operational skills of either hierarchical classification or relations to preschool children. A control group was taught using the same materials, in a manner determined by the children's…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Classification, Cognitive Processes, Discovery Learning
Wiebe, Arthur J. – AIMS, 1995
Presents a mathematics investigation in which students discover number patterns in physical structures and express their generalizations algebraically. (MKR)
Descriptors: Algebra, Discovery Learning, Learning Activities, Manipulative Materials