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Tillema, H. H. – Learning and Instruction, 1995
A training study involving 146 elementary school teachers found that training that corresponded with teachers' beliefs was more likely to enhance learning. However, providing the trainer with diagnostic information was not an effective strategy for achieving greater congruence between teachers' beliefs and instruction. (SLD)
Descriptors: Beliefs, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers
Jennings, Nancy E. – 1996
In 1985, the Michigan State Board of Education revised state policy for reading instruction. The old definition of reading instruction concentrated on skills; the new one highlighted both the readers' role in constructing the meaning of text and the impact of reading experience on readers' textual interpretations. The new ideas for reading…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cognitive Development, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Policy

Dunn, Rita – Reading Psychology, 1988
Reviews studies concerned with perceptual learning styles and provides a research basis for an experimental procedure which allows students to be introduced to new information through their strongest modality, to have that information reinforced through multisensory assignments, and to internalize the information through application in a creative…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Elementary Education, Large Group Instruction, Learning Modalities

Ovens, Peter – Education in Science, 2000
Describes an elementary school teacher's experience with action research in which the teacher sought to help children develop science investigations based on their own questions. (WRM)
Descriptors: Action Research, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Information Seeking

Paratore, Jeanne R.; Indrisano, Roselmina – Reading Teacher, 1987
Offers a model of assessment for disabled readers that yields information not only about current performance but also about the potential for learning. (FL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Intervention, Learning Strategies, Models

Mastropieri, Margo A.; Sweda, Jennifer; Scruggs, Thomas E. – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2000
This article describes one teacher's application of mnemonic strategy instruction in her inclusive, 4th grade social studies class. It explains how the strategy was employed to promote recall of academic content, the strategy's effectiveness, and students' attitudes. Discussion focuses on theoretical and empirical support for mnemonic instruction…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education, Grade 4
Scott, Rose Mary – 1990
This study investigated the relationship between elementary teachers' theoretical knowledge about seatwork during reading instruction and students' on-task behavior. Subjects, 253 students and their 10 elementary teachers in an inner-city school in Ohio who used seatwork activities with the rest of the class while they worked in small reading…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers

Negin, Gary A. – Educational Leadership, 1993
While reminiscing over wine and granola bars, some elementary teacher-survivors from the sixties pondered timeless teaching truths newly "discovered" by education reformers, including authentic assessment, cooperative learning, a national curriculum, and brain-compatible learning. Reformers are insensitive to realistic classroom contexts when…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Cooperative Learning, Educational Change, Elementary Education

Stott, Jon C. – Children's Literature in Education, 1987
Suggests that children, even in early elementary grades, can grasp basic elements of children's literature using a spiralled sequence story curriculum, which helps them examine types of character, such as the trickster; elements of plot, such as the journey; and generally see patterns in the stories they read. (JC)
Descriptors: Characterization, Childrens Literature, Critical Reading, Curriculum Development

Laney, James D. – Social Studies, 1993
Asserts that economics education is a desirable goal for the elementary curriculum because elementary students can learn and understand economic concepts. Reviews four "Teaching-Learning Principles" based on empirical research about learning effectiveness. Applies these principles to economic concepts such as scarcity, cost-benefit analysis, and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development, Economics, Economics Education

Fuchs, Lynn S.; Fuchs, Douglas – Focus on Exceptional Children, 2001
This article describes the Math Peer Assisted Learning Strategies (PALS), a research-based practice developed with heavy teacher involvement. A case study of a school where Math PALS was developed, researched, and continues in use is followed by a discussion of principles for sustaining the use of research-based practices. Extensive figures detail…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Research, Educational Practices, Elementary Education
Collins, Allan; And Others – 1987
Noting that skills and knowledge taught in schools have become abstracted from their uses in the world, this paper clarifies some of the implications for the nature of the knowledge that students acquire through a proposal for the retooling of apprenticeship methods for the teaching and learning of cognitive skills. The paper specifically proposes…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Cognitive Processes, Educational Environment, Elementary Education

Cassidy, Jane W.; Speer, Donald R. – Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 1990
Examines music terminology acquisition of 71 undergraduate students in an elementary music-methods course. Observes effects of differential training by testing for apparent knowledge transfer in written concert reports. Finds students whose vocabulary lessons were reinforced by listening exercises used music terminology more frequently. (CH)
Descriptors: Auditory Training, Concept Teaching, Concerts, Definitions

McNamara, David – British Educational Research Journal, 1990
Contends British educational researchers must begin investigating what is taught in the classroom and how teachers might best manage content within the constraints of the National Curriculum. Reviews U.S. research concerning the importance of subject matter in educating students. Illustrates research possibilities for problems in primary…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Course Content
Wells, Gordon – 1986
Based on a longitudinal study of language development, this book charts the language development of 32 British children from shortly after their first birthdays to the end of their elementary education, and explores a number of questions related to this development. Chapter 1 describes the children and their families, chapter 2 discusses the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment