The combination of goals, concepts, generalizations, objectives, skills, attitudes, activities, teaching methods, and evaluation procedures into a long-term plan for dealing with a specific topic has generally been called a "unit plan." The child-centered approach to developing such a unit plan contains four stages; these are to (1) determine the…

This activity unit provides an example of how the construction and interpretation of graphs can be incorporated into elementary classroom activities. (MP)

The development of square units for area and cube units for volume is discussed with emphasis that switching focus from one physical property to another is involved as opposed to simply multiplying units. (MN)

A history teacher describes an activity which involved her seventh grade class in researching, learning, and displaying a colonial craft, in order to learn more about life in colonial America. (AEM)

A teacher of junior and senior secondary gifted students describes their attitudes toward future careers and misconceptions about professions, then discusses a mini-unit which included researching careers, learning job requirements, exploring jobs, evaluating the career unit, and developing a slide/tape for future students. (MC)

Describes a unit in which students made speeches to inform, persuade, and entertain. (SP)

Sixth graders discovered the sociological benefits derived from reading newspapers''; specific activities are listed. (Author/SP)

A fifth-grade teacher describes a unit on advertising and commercials, with student reactions. (SP)

An activity unit is described that helps children recognize the inside and outside of closed curves. (MP)

This paper discusses the cyclical nature of second-language instruction, examining the stages of an entire cycle (introduction, input, output, conclusion) and of the cycle's component activities (introduction, set up, performance, outcome, and conclusion). It also discusses how such frameworks can be used in language instruction research. (41…

This study aims to examine the design of approaches for inquiry learning with multimedia resources in primary classrooms. The study describes the development of a multimedia learning unit that helps learners understand the natural phenomenon of the movement of the Earth. An analysis of the use of the multimedia learning unit by a teacher in two…

This paper examines and analyses where and how information and communication technologies (ICT) are integrated in Singapore schools to engage students in higher-order thinking activities. Taking the activity system as a unit of analysis, the study documents the actual processes and sociocultural elements that engage students in higher-order…