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Whalen, Samuel P.; Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly – 1991
The Key School in Indianapolis, an experimental elementary school, was founded by eight experienced teachers who believed that schools can be enjoyable as well as rigorous. This report focuses on one feature of the school, the Flow Activities Room (FAR). The development of the FAR was based on the school's commitment to the theories of multiple…
Descriptors: Attention, Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Educational Experiments
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Brodhagen, Barbara L. – Middle School Journal, 1998
Presents several strategies used by teachers committed to providing varied teaching and learning approaches in the middle school; strategies include learning inventories; question posing by young adolescents; projects; and interactive and reflective learning by students. Also discusses the need for professional development for teachers who are…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Critical Thinking, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Individual Differences
Berman, Sally – 1997
Based on the assumption that project learning is an effective way of actively engaging students, this guidebook contains nine projects at basic, intermediate, and advanced levels which may be adapted for use with students in classrooms fostering multiple intelligences at any grade level. The guidebook's introduction distinguishes between different…
Descriptors: Biographies, Class Activities, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education
Chen, Jie-Qi, Ed.; Isberg, Emily, Ed.; Krechevsky, Mara, Ed. – 1998
Project Spectrum is a collaborative research and development project that offers an alternative approach to assessment and curriculum development for preschool and early primary years. The project, based on Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences theory and David Henry Feldman's nonuniversal development theory, emphasizes observing children…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Construction (Process), Curriculum Development, Elementary School Curriculum
Leopold, Marjorie – 1999
This program is a self-guided professional development experience that explains how to use multiple intelligences (MI) theory to improve teaching, learning, and achievement in middle and high school classrooms. The program consists of one manual and six VHS videos, each of which corresponds to one of the six modules listed in the table of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Educational Theories, Faculty Development, High Schools
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Campbell, Bruce – Childhood Education, 1992
Describes the investigation of the effects of a four-step model program used with third through fifth grade students to implement Gardener's concepts of seven human intelligences--linguistic, logical/mathematical, visual/spatial, musical, kinesthetic, intrapersonal, and interpersonal intelligence--into daily learning. (BB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Layng, Diana; And Others – 1995
This report describes a program to improve inappropriate behavior of targeted fifth and sixth grade classes in an elementary school in northern Illinois. Seventeen percent of the school population is identified as low-income, although the community is experiencing a rapid increase in residential and commercial growth. Time-off task, incomplete…
Descriptors: Assignments, Behavior Problems, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education
Berman, Sally – 1995
Translating William Glasser's quality school ideas and Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences into simple language and practical ideas, this book contains 21 activities or strategies designed to help students in developing and organizing some new learning behaviors. The book is divided into three parts. Part 1, entitled "Paving the…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Theories, Children, Classroom Environment
Kallenbach, Silja; Viens, Julie – 2002
The Adult Multiple Intelligences (AMI) Study investigated how multiple intelligences (MI) theory can support instruction and assessment in adult literacy education across different adult learning contexts. Two interwoven qualitative research projects focused on applying MI theory in practice. One involved 10 teacher-conducted and AMI…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Classroom Techniques, Educational Research
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Berger, Eugenia Hepworth; Pollman, Mary Jo – Early Childhood Education Journal, 1996
Compares the whole-child approach to early childhood education and Howard Gardner's concept of multiple intelligences. Provides activities and ideas to address each of the seven intelligences, and lists specific suggestions for parent/child experiences, field trip experiences, and constructivist experiences. Stresses individual child potential.…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Style, Constructivism (Learning)
Chapman, Carolyn – 1993
This guide provides a rationale and approach for translating Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences into classroom practice. Chapter 1 explains Gardner's theory and gives the definitions of the seven intelligences he identifies: verbal/linguistic, musical/rhythmic, logical/mathematical, visual/spatial, bodily/kinesthetic, intrapersonal,…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
Schlemmer, Phil; Schlemmer, Dori; Pernu, Caryn, Ed. – 1999
This book presents performance-based projects to provide elementary school students both the structure and the freedom to become actively engaged in their own learning. The approach is based on the concept of authentic learning, which advocates a relevant, real world experience to personally engage students in learning. The book is divided into…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Activity Units, Class Activities, Creative Activities
Lazear, David – 1991
This guide provides a rationale and approach for translating Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences into classroom practice. The introduction explains Gardner's theory, gives the definitions of the seven intelligences he identifies--verbal/linguistic, logical/mathematical, visual/spatial, body/kinesthetic, musical/rhythmic,…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style
Fogarty, Robin, Ed.; Bellanca, James, Ed. – 1995
Divided into five concise sections, this book introduces and examines the personage of Howard Gardner and his theory of multiple intelligences. The articles explore practical applications and implications of the theory and provide supporting evidence applicable to all children. Special applications of the multiple intelligences theory, including…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style
Mowery, Raymond – 2002
Self-expression is a key component that adolescents at a certain stage of development (eighth grade) need to be aware of and understand. Students are undergoing dramatic change during this time of their lives--they are moving from Erikson's Industry versus Inferiority stage to Identity versus Role Confusion stage. Poetry is a literary genre in…
Descriptors: Black Literature, Black Students, Class Activities, Culturally Relevant Education
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