Two groups of parents received behavioral skill training designed to modify child noncompliance. One group also received formal training in social learning principles. Results indicated that the group receiving social learning principles tended to perceive their children as better adjusted and tended to be more satisfied with treatment. (Author)

Using the movement approach, a physical education teacher has designed a k-6 program in which concepts are organized to progress from unit to unit as well as from grade to grade. The program helps children retain skills and information. Content progressions for striking (net games) are shown. (PP)

Describes an agricultural mechanics instructional program consisting of three phases: the classroom instruction phase, where basic concepts, principles, and understandings are taught; the required activities phase, where one to three skills relating to the classroom are developed; and the approved activities phase, where more in-depth skill…

Describes the Question Box program, which consists of question cards designed to train children to use reference materials available in the library/media center. Highlights include the students, materials and facilities, skill development and student interest, development of questions, timing, and program administration for second grade and third…

Describes a qualitative study of student and tutor perspectives on the assessment of an innovative undergraduate course at the Open University (United Kingdom), which has employed an activity-based approach. Discusses the relationship between assessment, student participation, and the development of skills, and outlines the priorities for the…

The "Topic Game" offers teachers in Great Britain a way to plan schemes of work, lessons, and activities for special needs students organized around themes and subthemes, and to build banks of cross-curricular projects cross-referenced with National Curriculum attainment targets. (Author/JDD)

Describes the programs of the Archaeological Resource Centre (Toronto), the first such center in any public education system. Programs offered are based on a cognitive skills development model, and are designed as experiential learning classes. Explains how basic archaeological skills are linked to the curriculum. (LS)

Provides sample listening comprehension and oral production activities in Spanish that teachers can use to help students develop sociolinguistic competence and skills. The exercises highlight native speakers' linguistic choices in different situations and focus on their use of deference markers. (Author/CB)

This study videotaped 58 university students in coeducational volleyball classes to determine what happens in physical education classes to improve student achievement. Results show that physical education teachers must increase the number and quality of learning trials to enhance motor skill proficiency.(SM)

Gifted elementary students at the Center for Gifted Education in Columbia, Missouri, participated in a seminar designed to teach them the fundamentals of chess and other strategy board games. Students learned that beginning chess is accessible to everyone, learned problem solving and concentration, and created their own strategy board games. (JDD)

Traces the preparation of communicative syllabuses for courses at the School of Language and Culture for Foreigners in Siena, Italy. In particular, the communicative acts chosen for study, the language skills to be developed, the cultural content, and the teaching activities are discussed. (32 references) (CFM)

The authors detail technology-based active literacy strategies that they employed with preservice teachers to enhance their skill and comfort level in providing appropriate technology-supported literacy instruction to future students. They examine four theoretical and pragmatic threads to include in course design: active learning, open-ended…

This book provides parents with more than 70 original, entertaining, and educational ways to help their children master crucial learning skills--each game takes just 10 minutes or less from start to finish. The games presented in the book cover all the important areas of the primary school curriculum: reading, writing, spelling, mathematics,…

Children develop investigative skills, a spirit of inquiry, and an understanding of science within an educational context of first-hand experience and purposeful play. This article explores the issue of quality in science instruction for young children, placing it within the larger framework of quality in early childhood education. The article…

This book, which is intended as a resource for trainers, managers, supervisors, union representatives, or writers of training materials, contains six sections dealing with various aspects of the process of writing a wide range of workplace documents. Discussed in section 1 is the importance of identifying the purpose, topic, and audience of…