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Borchardt, Donald A. – 1990
This paper discusses "Guided Design," a method for teaching course content which engages students in group decision-making, where problems are solved or issues are resolved in a step-by-step process using instructions and feedbacks especially prepared to make students think for themselves about subject matter rather than depend on the…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Creative Thinking, Decision Making, Group Activities
Peer reviewedAnderson, Judith A.; Reardon, Robert C. – Journal of Employment Counseling, 1981
Describes a career development project that addresses the special needs of disabled adults by: (1) developing a multimedia-based, self-directed career planning program; (2) providing a training program for 15 disabled adults working as paraprofessional career guidance technicians; and (3) establishing linkages with educational institutions and…
Descriptors: Adults, Agency Cooperation, Career Development, Career Planning
Peer reviewedDiSessa, Andra A.; And Others – Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 1991
A cooperative activity involving eight sixth grade students over five days focused on inventing static representations of motion. In generating, critiquing and refining numerous representations, strong metarepresentational competence was found. An intricate blend of the children's conceptual and interactional skills, their interest in and sense of…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education, Grade 6, Group Dynamics
Darr, Alice Dozier; Kise, Joan Duff – 1981
In developing a program for the professional development of supervisors, cooperating teachers, and student teachers, consideration was given to traditional observation methods. These methods focus upon observing: (1) the organization of independent study; (2) activities designed to enhance learning as it relates to goals of the classroom; (3)…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Evaluation Methods, Field Experience Programs, Group Activities
Download full textCentre County Vocational-Technical School, Pleasant Gap, PA. CIU 10 Bi-County Development Center for Adults. – 1994
This document includes a final report and curriculum manual from a project to help adult educators teach team training by developing a curriculum for use in teaching teamwork skills in work force literacy programs and by providing two half-day seminars to assist adult educators with effectively using the curriculum. The manual for work force…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Communication Skills
Thompson, Doug; Rooney, Jim – 1977
The booklet provides guidelines, concrete curriculum plans, and rough ideas on urban adventure programs for suburban high school students. Following an overview that explains a three-phase organizing theory (exploration, focusing, action) for urban programs, there are descriptions of: a student-organized and conducted architectural tour of New…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Affective Objectives, Architectural Education, Educational Games
