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Wood, Karen – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2008
Developing strategies for engaging mathematics activities is always a challenge. Teachers seek out new resources and online activities to excite students and support their learning. Mathematics through Movement offers an active learning strategy requiring few resources, and a bit of imagination, to achieve a variety of outcomes across mathematics…
Descriptors: Mathematics Activities, Learning Strategies, Active Learning, Foreign Countries
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Schulte, Paige L. – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2005
Total Physical Response (TPR), developed by James Asher, is defined as a teaching technique whereby a learner responds to language input with body motions. Performing a chant or the game "Robot" is an example of a TPR activity, where the teacher commands her robots to do some task in the classroom. Acting out stories and giving imperative commands…
Descriptors: Motion, Teaching Methods, Kinesthetic Methods, Elementary Education
Staiger, Eugene H. – Engineering Education, 1987
Reports on an investigation into characterizing the guided design instructional method in engineering education using Jungian typology to evaluate specific teaching-learning interactions. Proposes that the guided design method offers a well-balanced learning process which accommodates different learning styles and teaches decision making. (TW)
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Cognitive Style, College Science, Decision Making
Wees, Janet – 1992
This paper describes a special class program for gifted students (aged 9 to 12) with learning disabilities in Calgary (Alberta). The program has evolved over its 4 years to stress kinesthetic, experiential learning. The issue of remediation versus enrichment was resolved when it was found that the students responded best to whole theme…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Enrichment Activities, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries