Publication Date
In 2025 | 0 |
Since 2024 | 0 |
Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 1 |
Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 2 |
Descriptor
Author
Chard, Sylvia C. | 1 |
Cherif, Abour | 1 |
Fancher, Chris | 1 |
Fogarty, Robin | 1 |
Gayle, Barbara | 1 |
Gialamas, Stefanos | 1 |
Lewin, Larry | 1 |
McKisson, Micki | 1 |
Norfar, Telannia | 1 |
Shoemaker, Betty | 1 |
Yell, Michael M. | 1 |
More ▼ |
Publication Type
Guides - Classroom - Teacher | 12 |
Guides - Classroom - Learner | 4 |
Books | 2 |
Journal Articles | 2 |
Reports - Descriptive | 2 |
Speeches/Meeting Papers | 1 |
Education Level
Elementary Secondary Education | 1 |
High Schools | 1 |
Junior High Schools | 1 |
Middle Schools | 1 |
Secondary Education | 1 |
Audience
Teachers | 9 |
Practitioners | 7 |
Students | 4 |
Location
Austria | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
General Educational… | 3 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Fancher, Chris; Norfar, Telannia – Prufrock Press, 2019
"Project-Based Learning in the Math Classroom" explains how to keep inquiry at the heart of mathematics teaching and helps teachers build students' abilities to be true mathematicians. This book outlines basic teaching strategies, such as questioning and exploration of concepts. It also provides advanced strategies for teachers who are…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Active Learning, Mathematics Instruction, Inquiry
Shoemaker, Betty; Lewin, Larry – ASCD, 2011
Get an in-depth understanding of how to create fun, engaging, and challenging performance assessments that require students to elaborate on content and demonstrate mastery of skills. This update of an ASCD (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) classic includes new scoring methods, reading assessments, and insights on navigating…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Performance Based Assessment, Scoring, Student Evaluation

Cherif, Abour; Gialamas, Stefanos – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2000
Introduces a semester-long project approach for science or mathematics nonmajor students and lists the objectives of the project. Lists criteria for student evaluation and provides examples of students' creative final projects. (Contains 18 references.) (YDS)
Descriptors: Creativity, Evaluation, Higher Education, Learning Processes
Gayle, Barbara – 1990
Teaching organizational video is best accomplished by integrating organizational communication theory, rhetorical theory, and video production planning in one course. Focus on the individual project is the most beneficial as a stand-alone segment and as a highlight of the planning process that may be part of a corporate communication employee's…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Class Activities, Higher Education, Learning Activities
Chard, Sylvia C. – 1998
This guide is designed to offer teachers and school administrators a rationale for the Project Approach, a description of the practical implications of its implementation, and ways of integrating parts of the approach with other ways of teaching. The guide is divided into two sections. Section 1, "Reviewing Today's Classroom Practices,"…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Yucht, Alice H. – 1997
Students often approach research assignments with no real idea of how to proceed, even after having been taught the basic library/information skills and strategies. This book gives students the skills and conceptual framework to help them become successful, independent problem-solvers. The publication defines the four basic steps in tackling a…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Seeking, Information Skills
Fogarty, Robin – 1997
Some educators suggest that schools shift their teaching paradigm to one of environments in which students take command of their own education, wherein learning is more authentic and students can do what Piaget suggests learning results from--acting upon reality. This book outlines six curricular models based on Gardner's multiple intelligences…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Classroom Environment, Cognitive Style, Curriculum Development
McKisson, Micki – 1983
The intent of this book is to provide the framework for educational experiences designed to develop creativity, self-reliance, and a sense of independence in the students' approach to learning. It is comprised of eight units on a variety of themes. Each unit stresses the use of thinking processes, such as creativity and problem solving. Emphasis…
Descriptors: Art, Creative Thinking, Cultural Awareness, Dance

Yell, Michael M. – Social Education, 1998
Presents a series of lesson plans for a seventh-grade world studies class. The lessons use the discovery of a 5,300-year-old "iceman" in the Austrian Alps as a starting point for a series of simulated archaeological activities. Includes descriptions and drawings of the iceman's remains and artifacts. (MJP)
Descriptors: Ancient History, Archaeology, Constructivism (Learning), Cooperative Learning
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
James Madison Univ., Harrisonburg, VA. Workforce Improvement Network. – 2003
This guide presents reading-focused learning projects and accompanying inquiry activities to help students pass the language arts/reading portion of the General Education Development (GED) Test 2002. Section 1 relates GED as project to the reading portion of the GED and explains how inquiry activities used Official GED Reading Practice Test…
Descriptors: Adult Education, High School Equivalency Programs, Instructional Materials, Language Arts
James Madison Univ., Harrisonburg, VA. Workforce Improvement Network. – 2002
This guide presents math-focused learning projects and accompanying inquiry activities to help students pass the math portion of the GED 2002. It is Volume 2 of a proposed four-volume series; Volume 1 describing the concept of the GED as project is also available. Section 1 relates GED as project to the math portion of the GED and explains how…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Algebra, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style