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Winkelmes, Mary-Ann, Ed.; Boye, Allison, Ed.; Tapp, Suzanne, Ed. – Stylus Publishing LLC, 2019
This book offers a comprehensive guide to the Transparency in Learning and Teaching (TILT) framework that has convincingly demonstrated that implementation increases retention and improved outcomes for all students. Its premise is simple: to make learning processes explicit and equitably accessible for all students. Transparent instruction…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Teaching Methods, Instructional Design, Skill Development
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Arredondo, Daisy E.; Marzano, Robert J. – Educational Leadership, 1986
Walla Walla Schools (Washington) designed a demonstration project using the Marzano thinking skills model, which emphasizes learning preparation, content thinking, and basic reasoning skills. Placing selected thinking skills within specific curriculum areas and grade levels proved so successful that teachers then collaborated on a content-free…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Innovation
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Urbancic, Anne – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1979
Reports on a pilot project which used an imaginary tour of an Italian city as the basis for conversation exercises. (AM)
Descriptors: Conversational Language Courses, Higher Education, Italian, Language Instruction
Salinger, Wendy – Teachers and Writers Magazine, 1989
Discusses a pilot project in New York City that affords high school students the opportunity to participate in their community's literary life and to have live encounters with contemporary writers. Provides samples of writing by students involved in the program. (KEH)
Descriptors: Authors, English Curriculum, Fiction, Literature Appreciation
Dereshiwsky, Mary I. – ED, Education at a Distance, 1995
Reviews the creation and implementation of a pilot program at Northern Arizona University's Center for Excellence in Education that delivered instruction to graduate students via America Online. Discusses the program's interactive teaching/learning processes and the benefits of the communication medium, instructional materials, and instructor…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Courses, Graduate Students, Higher Education
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Harvey, John E. – Foreign Language Annals, 1987
An innovative foreign language methodology, " Read-and-Speak," was tried in a year-long pilot section of beginning French. The method involves: (1) massive easy readings assigned from the outset; (2) speaking the foreign language from the start; (3) delaying formal grammar instruction until April, when an entire introductory text is…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Classroom Techniques, College Second Language Programs, College Students
Carwin, Margaret – Civic Perspective, 1990
Describes a variety of writing activities and community service projects designed to develop middle school students' civic identity and pride in being citizens of the state of Kentucky. Includes teaching ideas and a project evaluation. (PRA)
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Class Activities, Community Attitudes, Community Involvement
McLaughlin, Karen A.; Brilliant, Kelly J. – 1999
Designed for use in middle schools and youth organizations, this curriculum, in Spanish, deals with the extent of hate crime in the United States and presents strategies for reducing hate crimes among our youth. This flexible nine-unit curriculum is based on the principles that violence and prejudice are learned and therefore preventable, and that…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Critical Thinking, Curriculum, Early Intervention
McLaughlin, Karen A.; Brilliant, Kelly J. – 1997
This curriculum was designed for teachers in middle grades and for other professionals working with youth. It deals with the extent of hate crime in the United States and strategies that are proving effective in reducing hate crimes among youth. The curriculum was pilot tested in middle schools in Massachusetts and Florida and a Catholic school in…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Critical Thinking, Curriculum, Early Intervention
Safman, Phyllis C.; Crocker, M. Judith – 1984
A project was conducted to develop a curriculum package for use in providing inservice training to adult educators. The content of the package was determined by information gathered from a statewide survey of adult education directors in Utah, a review of adult development and learning literature, and discussions with leaders and researchers in…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning
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Keoseian, Therese; Ladd, Richard; Moakley, Rosanna; Pierce, Constance – National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center, 1998
This unit was created as a result of a summer institute sponsored by the National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. The Center's goal is to improve student learning of foreign languages in kindergarten through twelfth grade (K-12). To this end, the Center provides professional support for foreign language…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education, Fairy Tales, Foreign Countries
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Logan, Eileen; Magurn, Lisa; Schwester, Jennifer Applegate – National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center, 1998
This unit was created as a result of a summer institute sponsored by the National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. The Center's goal is to improve student learning of foreign languages in kindergarten through twelfth grade (K-12). To this end, the Center provides professional support for foreign language…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education, Familiarity, Lecture Method
Lockert, Richard – 2000
This handbook, which is intended for tutors, disability practitioners, and others working with adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities, contains supplementary materials for and about supporting literacy for people with intellectual/developmental challenges. The handbook is a product of the following activities: extensive research of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Annotated Bibliographies, Beginning Reading