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Criteria for Selecting and Pursuing a Classroom Project.
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Stephens, Karen J. – Young Children, 1999
Presents tips on selecting and pursuing developmentally appropriate classroom projects for young children. Includes print and Web-site resources for project development. (KB)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Criteria, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education
"I Disagree!" Said a Second-Grader: Butterflies, Conflict, and Literate Thinking.
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Salyer, David M. – Young Children, 2000
Describes how an inquiry-based science project on the life cycle of butterflies provided a developmentally appropriate learning experience in a first and second grade multiage classroom. Maintains that the critical exchange of ideas among students made students' thinking available for inspection, and allowed students to use their talk as a tool…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Conflict, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Elementary School Students
Teaching All Children: Four Developmentally Appropriate Curricular and Instructional Strategies in Primary-Grade Classrooms.
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Burchfield, David W. – Young Children, 1996
Describes four child-focused and child-sensitive curricular and instructional strategies to increase teachers' understanding of children and quality of teaching: (1) multiple intelligences and different ways of knowing; (2) the Project Approach; (3) the writer's workshop; and (4) balancing reading strategies and cueing systems. Discusses…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Strategies, Elementary School Curriculum