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Grevenow, Barbara – 1988
The study presents teaching techniques for use with elementary learning disabled students which utilize right brain simultaneous (as opposed to sequential or left brain) learning processes. It also describes a 15-week classroom project utilizing selected techniques with 11 learning disabled children in grades 2 through 6. The literature review and…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Ceaser, Lisbeth – 1991
This investigation was designed to determine the effect of a specific instructional approach upon the attitude of content area teachers toward teaching students to learn from text. The hypothesis tested was that a significant proportion of teachers receiving training in critical curriculum procedures would demonstrate an improvement in attitude.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Faculty Development, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Aloma, Denise V. – 1987
A practicum was developed which used improvisation and mapping strategies in the teaching of Shakespearean drama to increase comprehension and to develop a more positive attitude toward Shakespeare and drama in general. Subjects were a target group of 15 students enrolled in a ninth grade English class at a preparatory institution. Subjects, who…
Descriptors: Creative Dramatics, Drama, English Curriculum, English Literature
Dale, Nancy – 1988
A practicum was developed to create a high school television production that would develop and improve the broadcast journalism students' critical thinking skills. A 5-minute daily newscast (written, produced, and telecast by the students) was initiated during a 10-week period. Students had the opportunity to become involved in a variety of the…
Descriptors: Broadcast Journalism, Critical Thinking, Educational Television, Experiential Learning
McGavin, Barbara H. – 1990
To improve students' self-concept and vocabulary scores, a practicum unit based in Graeco/Latin derivatives studies in varied learning styles strategies was developed for use in an eleventh grade English class (18 students). After the language analysis and preferred modalities of the target class were identified, students were assigned a target…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, English Curriculum, English Instruction, Etymology
Wills, Linda – 1990
For this practicum, a program of multimedia peer dramatic presentations was developed to improve the vocabulary skills of middle school students. Each week for 10 weeks a target group of 18 randomly selected students viewed 5 short video skits (produced by broadcast arts students) which were designed to introduce and define new vocabulary terms;…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Learning Processes
Fender, Molly C. – 1996
This qualitative and quantitative study focused on two groups of preschoolers (ages 4-6) enrolled in rural special education classes. The study specifically examined children's planful behaviors and the relationship of planfulness to learning as exhibited through play. Also examined were children's planning levels when planning was explicitly…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Disabilities, Early Intervention