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Download full textBaum, Susan – 1990
This digest is derived from Susan Baum's "Being Gifted and Learning Disabled...From Definition to Practical Intervention." The learning disabled gifted are grouped into three categories: identified gifted students who have subtle learning disabilities, unidentified students whose gifts and disabilities may be masked by average…
Descriptors: Definitions, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
Risinger, C. Frederick – 1987
A recent study by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) directly links writing effectiveness to development of skills in critical thinking. This ERIC Digest discusses: (1) recent research on the linkage between writing and learning; (2) successful approaches to teaching writing; and (3) suggestions for including an effective…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Content Area Writing, Creative Teaching, Learning Strategies
Blakey, Elaine; Spence, Sheila – 1990
Studies show that metacognitive strategies can increase learning skills and that independent use of these metacognitive strategies can be gradually developed in people. The school library media center is the ideal place for students to learn how to develop metacognitive strategies; that is, they can learn how to connect new information to former…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers
Stahl, Robert J. – 1994
In successfully establishing and having students complete group tasks within a cooperative learning framework, 14 essential elements must be present. The elements necessary for cooperative learning are: (1) a clear set of specific student learning outcome objectives; (2) all students in the group accept the targeted outcome; (3) clear and complete…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Group Activities, Group Discussion
Harwood, Angela M.; Hahn, Carole L. – 1990
The essence of a healthy democracy is open dialogue about issues of public concern. An integral part of the training of young citizens, therefore, includes the discussion of controversial social, political, and economic policies. The use of classroom discussions as a pedagogical technique to examine controversial issues is explored by considering:…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Controversial Issues (Course Content)
Cajete, Gregory A. – 1988
The digest summarizes major characteristics of American Indian student needs in the disciplines of science and math and offers constructive ways in which students may be motivated for greater achievement. Motivational, attitudinal, and behavioral factors contributing to avoidance of science and math by American Indian students are identified:…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education
