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Peer reviewedSmith, Carl B. – Reading Teacher, 1989
Describes how shared learning activities, including cooperative learning, collaborative learning, and small group learning, can develop critical reading and problem-solving skills. Discusses the teacher's role in guiding shared learning activities. (MM)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cooperative Learning, Critical Reading, Critical Thinking
Peer reviewedSmith, Kenneth; Weitz, Michele – Gifted Child Today, 2003
This article describes how teachers combined schoolwide enrichment and differentiated instruction models to design a fifth-grade fantasy literature unit. Small groups explored novels to learn the germane content and genre characteristics and then regrouped to refine and apply what was learned to a variety of open-ended problems. (Contains…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Fantasy, Gifted
