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Chen, Bodong; Resendes, Monica; Chai, Ching Sing; Hong, Huang-Yao – Interactive Learning Environments, 2017
As collaborative learning is actualized through evolving dialogues, temporality inevitably matters for the analysis of collaborative learning. This study attempts to uncover sequential patterns that distinguish "productive" threads of knowledge-building discourse. A database of Grade 1-6 knowledge-building discourse was first coded for…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Knowledge Level, Databases, Coding
Educational Research Council of America, Cleveland, OH. – 1971
Principles, objectives, methods, and materials for this elementary and secondary social science program are described in the booklet. Principles of this program are that social studies: is a body of knowledge to which all students should be exposed; should be taught with an interdisciplinary, conceptual, inquiry, problem-solving approach; ought to…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Concept Teaching, Course Descriptions, Elementary Education
Elliott, Richard D.; And Others – 1970
A series of inquiry plans for the systematic development of learning and thinking skills are provided in this teaching guide. The materials for each grade level include: 1) a summary of the plans, justification of them, identification of the concepts and content that the students will explore, and an outline of the instruction strategy; 2) a…
Descriptors: Economics, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education, Induction
California State Bar. – 1971
Two major tasks of the K-12 project described in this experimental guide are: 1) present teachers with a proposed inservice program designed to give them an understanding of the subject matter and methods needed to present effective lessons at their grade levels; and, 2) develop an effective K-12 curriculum in civic and legal education. Teachers…
Descriptors: Civics, Concept Teaching, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Sebolt, Alberta P.; And Others – 1969
The major reason for using the outdoor history museum as a field laboratory is to provide for small in depth studies of "real life" problems relevant for today's students. An authentic New England village of 1790-1840 provides the background for the sequential development of various concepts in the social studies learning unit. Concepts are…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Community Resources, Concept Teaching, Curriculum Design
Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Project Social Studies Curriculum Center. – 1967
Part of an articulated curriculum for grades K-12, this fifth grade resource unit, the first in a series of regional studies, provides an overview to the study of geography of the U. S. Program descriptions, course objectives, teaching strategies, and an explanation of format are presented in the teacher's guide, ED 062 226. Students, emulating…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Concept Teaching, Cross Cultural Studies, Curriculum Guides
Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Project Social Studies Curriculum Center. – 1967
Unit II of regional studies for grade five is arranged into three sub-units which comprise two case studies and look at the Midwest region as a whole. The objective of the case studies is to illustrate factors which bring about changing use of the land. Sub-unit one, a case study on Twin Cities, traces the cities' development from the days when…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Case Studies, Concept Teaching, Cross Cultural Studies
Detroit Board of Education, MI. – 1969
This publication, revised in 1968, was prepared to inform teachers and principals in the school system of the total social studies program. The program guide contains statements of general educational philosophy and objectives as well as basic principles of the social studies curriculum. Specific goals regarding academic knowledge, skills and…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Civics, Community Study, Concept Teaching
Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Project Social Studies Curriculum Center. – 1967
A case study on Birmingham is presented in the first part of this resource unit on regional studies designed for fifth graders. The objective of the sequent occupance unit is to illustrate the impact which the discovery and utilization of a large natural resource, namely, iron ore, can have on the development of a city, in the hope that students…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Case Studies, Concept Teaching, Cross Cultural Studies
Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Project Social Studies Curriculum Center. – 1967
In the third resource unit on regional studies designed for fifth graders, focus is upon the Northeast area in general, and specifically upon a case study of the urban area of New York City itself. The case study is one of sequent occupance from the time of inhabitance by the Indians in New York City up to the present time and includes examination…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Case Studies, Concept Teaching, Cross Cultural Studies
Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Project Social Studies Curriculum Center. – 1967
The second of three main parts designed for fifth grade students, resource unit six presents an overview of the patterns and a system of regionalization on Canada, and deals with case studies which illustrate the fact that man uses his physical environment in terms of his cultural values, perceptions, and level of technology. The approach and…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Case Studies, Concept Teaching, Cross Cultural Studies
Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Project Social Studies Curriculum Center. – 1968
This resource unit for 5th graders includes three case studies and a sub-unit on the West as a region. Three sequent occupance case studies which are suggestive, rather than prescriptive, comprise the first part of the unit. Teachers may decide to select only one for an in-depth study or may decide to design a case study modeled after this…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Case Studies, Concept Teaching, Cross Cultural Studies
Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Project Social Studies Curriculum Center. – 1968
This fifth grade resource unit on regional studies is part of an articulated curriculum for grades K-12 that emphasizes sequential development of attitudes and skills, as well as generalizations and concepts. An inquiry teaching strategy encouraging children to find out things for themselves is presented. Children are asked to make guesses or set…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Behavioral Objectives, Case Studies, Concept Teaching
Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Project Social Studies Curriculum Center. – 1970
The last of three main parts designed for fifth grade students, resource unit seven provides an overview of patterns of Latin America and a system of regionalization for the total area on the basis of population composition. Following the overview, a series of case studies arranged in separate sub-units on Buenos Aires, Manaus, Sao Paulo, Chile,…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Case Studies, Concept Teaching, Cross Cultural Studies