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Peer reviewedLenk, Linda L. – Journal for a Just and Caring Education, 1998
An adolescent aversion to competition helped the reviewer/marathoner appreciate Mariah Burton Nelson's "Embracing Victory: Life Lessons in Competition and Compassion" (Morrow, 1998). Nelson, a former collegiate and professional basketball player, focuses on female athletes' and nonathletes' attitudes about numerous competition-related…
Descriptors: Athletics, Basketball, Book Reviews, Competition
Download full textLockwood, John H. – 1993
This commentary contends that Henry J. Perkinson's arguments in "Teachers without Goals, Students without Purposes" (1993) are, on the whole, a failure. This criticism is based on the following points: (1) terms such as "modernism" and "postmodernism" are used without adequate definitions; (2) the book inadequately…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Cognitive Processes, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy
Schafer, Larry E., Ed. – 1994
This book describes methods used in the education of science teachers. Chapters in the book and authors are as follows: (1) "Teaching Elementary Teachers How to Use the Learning Cycle for Guided Instruction in Science" (John Staver and Gail Shroyer); (2) "Helping Preservice Teachers Master Authentic Assessment for the Learning Cycle…
Descriptors: Action Research, Constructivism (Learning), Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education
