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Wadsworth-Brown, Donna – Academic Therapy, 1989
A teacher of ninth-grade at-risk students describes her teaching methods, which involve giving students challenging writing tasks and displaying their finished products for the public. In this way, the students work hard, feel important, learn for a purpose, and feel that what they offer is valuable. (JDD)
Descriptors: Exhibits, High Risk Students, Junior High Schools, Language Arts
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Criscuolo, Nicholas P. – Journal of Reading, Writing, and Learning Disabilities International, 1989
Practical activities are described that can develop the skills necessary to perform routine tasks in order to function effectively in a literate society. These elementary language arts curriculum activities include completing forms, making lists, writing newspaper headlines, using telephone directories, taking telephone messages, reading product…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Daily Living Skills, Elementary Education, Language Arts
Ohio Academy of Science, Columbus. – 1987
Student research programs offer students the principles and concepts of science, but also the opportunity to develop skills in other curriculum areas, including reading, language, problem solving, and writing. The brochure contains sections which specifically address the educational value of such programs, science days, project components, and…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Language Arts, Problem Solving, Science Education
Northwest Educational Technology Consortium, Portland, OR. – 2001
This 15-minute VHS videotape introduces an interdisciplinary math, science, and language arts project for eighth grade. Students learn about and apply laws of motion, linear functions, and technical reporting as they design and present an ultimate roller coaster. The project is organized in five phases that generate knowledge about design…
Descriptors: Design Requirements, Grade 8, Interdisciplinary Approach, Junior High Schools
Miller, Lynda; And Others – 1994
The purpose of this book is to provide pathways to cultural enlightenment that can be used in any classroom. Activities are presented to enhance student involvement and promote individual learning. With each of the detailed units of study presented, varied levels of learning activities are offered. The odd-numbered chapters, beginning with Chapter…
Descriptors: American Indians, Apartheid, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences
Evertson, Carolyn M., Ed.; Weinstein, Carol S., Ed. – Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Bks), 2006
Classroom management is a topic of enduring concern for teachers, administrators, and the public. It consistently ranks as the first or second most serious educational problem in the eyes of the general public, and beginning teachers consistently rank it as their most pressing concern during their early teaching years. Management problems continue…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Research, Classroom Communication, Critical Theory