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Download full textMeyer, Norma, Ed. – 1974
An organizing center, this 32-page publication points out, is not a "learning center" in the sense of having one area reserved for clay modeling or the construction of mobiles. It is, rather, more like the central thought of a story and is considered a method for planning activity-focused teaching units in which the teacher is the key to…
Descriptors: Career Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Planning, Elementary Education
Mummert, Patricia A. – 1974
This document is a descriptive guide for teachers on how to create a learning center cheaply but effectively. The foundational concept of this guide is that teachers are artists who must fashion and highlight the curriculum in such an attractive manner that it becomes most appealing to the child. The materials in the learning center are described…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Learning Laboratories, Material Development
Peer reviewedLarkin, James M.; White, Jane J. – Social Education, 1974
A learning center is a designated area of the classroom where resources are provided to guide individuals and groups of children in specific activities. The rationale, suggestions for themes, and design and construction of the learning center are examined. (Author/DE)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Learning Laboratories
Peer reviewedLauderdale, Ann G. – Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 1977
Describes the Anthropology Learning Centers Enrichment Program developed by volunteer parents for children achieving at or above grade level in grades three through six in a Michigan elementary school in the period February-May, 1975. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Anthropology, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Enrichment Activities
Peer reviewedCoble, Charles R.; Hounshell, Paul B. – Science and Children, 1978
Describes how to organize Learning Centers, the basic curriculum decisions to be made with respect to learning objectives, activities, materials involved, and the process of evaluation to monitor pupils' progress. (GA)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Evaluation
Welch, Wayne W.; Ward, William H., Jr. – 1975
This study was designed to assess two projects implemented by the Unified Science and Mathematics for Elementary Schools (USMES) program. The program is based on the belief that elementary school students learn mathematics, science, social science, and language arts skills quickly by investigating practical problems taken from the local school and…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum Development, Decision Making Skills, Elementary Education
Pogrow, Stanley – Electronic Learning, 1985
Explains philosophy of the Higher Order Thinking Skills Project, which utilizes microcomputers in a learning laboratory to develop in upper elementary school students the thinking ability needed to construct sophisticated associations between ideas; describes curriculum used to teach these skills; and reviews software and hardware utilized and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software
