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Morgan, Diana – Scientist, 1991
A trend at U.S. colleges and universities in teaching first-year science courses is discussed. An approach in the classroom and lab in which students engage in science through observation and hypothesis is emphasized. Hands-on science, experiential science, and constructing science through cooperative learning are discussed. (KR)
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, Cooperative Learning, Educational Improvement

Stamp, Laurie Nicholson – Childhood Education, 1993
The pleasures and advantages of informal learning are highlighted in a story about childhood visits to a fabric shop. Contrasts the unhurried, flexible, self-directed nature of informal learning situations with the more structured and controlled environment of the classroom. Discusses skills and lessons learned in informal settings and suggests…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Experiential Learning, Incidental Learning
Duley, John – 1978
Identification of the basic skills and roles in field experience education should answer the question "Can and should educators identify a set of basic skills required for effective performance in experiential learning as part of general education?" New roles required of students in using experiential learning opportunities include initiator,…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Basic Skills
Burger, Henry G. – 1988
The application of cultural materialism, a Darwinistic approach to social forces, reveals that human learning is ultimately governed by the required process of human energy procurement. This "ethno-logic" interpretation of the correlation between techno-environmental levels and human learning stands in contrast to the conventional but…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Cultural Context, Educational Anthropology, Educational History