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Strong, Richard W.; And Others – Educational Leadership, 1985
Each of the five principal goals of education--cultural literacy, understanding, synthesis, mastery, and involvement--is best achieved using teaching strategies that develop thinking skills appropriate to the curriculum objectives associated with the goal in question. The specific strategy selected depends on learner readiness and content…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Teaching Methods

Hunter, Madeline – Educational Leadership, 1985
The Hunter Model is designed to guide behavior, predict outcomes, and stimulate research. Those who seek more may be expecting too much; those who find less may not be using the model appropriately. (Author)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Research Utilization

Brandt, Ron – Educational Leadership, 1985
In this interview, Madeline Hunter discusses her teaching model, supervision, merit pay, career ladders, her career, and other subjects. (DCS)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Instruction, Interviews
Marsh, Margaret – 1992
The objectives of this paper are: to describe art education in New South Wales, Australia; to explain the Student Centered Art Appreciation (SCAA) Model; and to examine how and why the model works in the classroom. Art education is explored from four perspectives or theoretical frameworks: (1) the New South Wales Visual Arts Syllabus; (2) the SCAA…
Descriptors: Art Education, Cooperative Learning, Foreign Countries, Secondary Education

Joyce, Bruce – Educational Leadership, 1985
The availability of several effective teaching models that allow the teaching of thinking skills and subject matter simultaneously proves that intellectual processes and content are not incompatible subjects for instruction. These models differ significantly from traditional models, and adequate training in them will require a thorough commitment…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development

Katzner, Donald W. – Journal of Economic Education, 1991
Suggests that intermediate microeconomic theory instruction should emphasize individual elements of the topic as part of a general equilibrium model. Summarizes a model that can be used to highlight the unifying thread running through the subject. Discusses the submodels of the market, the consumer, the firm, and the economy as a whole. (SG)
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Economics Education, Free Enterprise System, Higher Education

Whitesell, Kathleena – Volta Review, 1995
Discussion of the use of theme cycles in the teaching of students with hearing impairments first compares holistic theme cycles with traditional, reductionist theme units. The development of theme cycle components and issues is then related to locating needed materials, assisting hearing-impaired students in accessing information, managing data,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Elementary Secondary Education, Hearing Impairments, Holistic Approach

Edens, Kellah M. – College Teaching, 2000
Discusses the problem-based learning (PBL) model, including underlying principles and the three phases of the cyclical process: (1) problem development; (2) initiation of PBL events, inquiry, and investigation; and (3) problem solution. A case study illustrates use of PBL in an educational psychology class. A table lists sample problems for…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Psychology, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Harris, Joseph – 1990
The most serious approaches to teaching basic writing in the last 20 years have been framed by the competing metaphors of growth and metaphors of initiation. The growth model pulled attention away from the forms of academic discourse and toward what students could and could not do as writers, and encouraged teachers to respect and work with the…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Acculturation, Basic Writing, Conflict

Thompson, Cynthia; Lowman, Joseph – Journal of Developmental Education, 1986
Lowman responds to questions concerning his book, "Mastering the Techniques of Teaching," and his views on student-teacher relations, his model for effective college instruction, specific techniques for motivating students, student and teacher responsibility for learning, and the applicability of his model for developmental education. (DMM)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Developmental Studies Programs, Higher Education, Teacher Effectiveness
Sokoloff, Harris – Media and Methods, 1984
Argues that critical thinking and problem-solving skills are best taught (and learned) as part of the instruction in the regular content areas. It is suggested that teachers should be more explicit when using specific thinking skills and point out when students are engaged in using those skills. (MBR)
Descriptors: Classification, Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education, Intellectual Disciplines

Otis-Wilborn, Amy – Volta Review, 1995
Discusses curriculum for students with hearing impairments is discussed by using a paradigm of practical curriculum inquiry-based humanistic principles with a primary focus on self-understanding. Curriculum is viewed as being socially grounded and constructed. This reconceptualization of curriculum is based on the fundamental elements of teachers,…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Educational Principles, Elementary Secondary Education, Hearing Impairments

Sadler, Faith Haertig – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2001
An itinerant special education teacher talks about her changing role in the development of social skills in young children with disabilities. A continuum of social skills interventions is explained and the importance of matching types of interventions to children and settings is stressed. The special challenges of the itinerant teacher role are…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention, Interpersonal Competence
Jacobs, Suzanne E. – 1986
Effective writing assessment involves judging how well a writer is encouraged by the classroom's social context to pull together ideas and to bring experience to bear on abstractions. Four main points can be made to justify this view. First, assessment by standardized test determines a teach-and-test model of instruction. But a curriculum that…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Holistic Approach, Standardized Tests, Teaching Models
Cheung, Wai Ming; Tsang, Hector W. H. – Gifted Education International, 2001
This article offers parents or teachers guiding gifted and talented students with a counseling model which uses the acronym of MOTHER to suggest intervention strategies including: Mentorship, Opportunities, inTegrity, High state of moral development, Emotional intelligence development, and Responsibility. Concepts of Chinese philosophy are also…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Children, Counseling Theories