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Despeaux, Sloan Evans – PRIMUS, 2014
In this article, I will discuss a collective research project that I designed for my History of Mathematics course. My students, who are by and large pre-service teachers, explored online, digital versions of 18th-century British almanacs that contained question-and-answer sections for mathematics. In a multi-stage research process, they explored…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Undergraduate Study, History, Teaching Methods
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Karaçam, Sedat – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2016
This study aimed to investigate how a poster study focusing on the biographies of today's scientists affected 8th graders' scientist images. The study utilized a mixed model which combined qualitative and quantitative research techniques. 142 8th graders from a secondary school in Ankara Province Keçiören District participated in the study.…
Descriptors: Scientists, Science Instruction, Science Education, Grade 8
Saltmarsh, David – Australian Association for Research in Education (NJ1), 2012
The purpose of this paper is to report on an assessment task designed to provoke pre-service teacher education students to recollect and share experiences of what enabled and frustrated their learning. The assumption underpinning the creation of this task was that: if teacher education students could, through reflection and discussion, recapture…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Preservice Teacher Education, Biographies, Reflection
Schaefer, Leora – Facing History and Ourselves, 2008
This study guide has been developed to accompany the film "Blessed Is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh." The guide is organized in two sections: Preview and Postview. In the Preview, students are introduced to Hannah Senesh. They learn the historical context of her story, and they begin to consider some of the main themes…
Descriptors: Documentaries, Jews, Biographies, World History
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Urban, Marcy – English Journal, 1989
Describes a three-week unit in which students read a biography of famous person, prepare a first-person narrative, make an appropriate costume, and record the video biography. Notes that students integrate reading, research, and speaking skills on their way to starring in their own one-person show. (RS)
Descriptors: Biographies, Class Activities, Film Production, Junior High Schools
Orwig, Ann H. – Technology & Learning, 1995
Cross-age projects allow elementary and secondary school students to break out of their traditional roles and explore what it means to listen, collaborate, and lead. The 4 projects described include story and guidebook writing, interviewing senior citizens in person and through telecommunications and writing biographies, and elementary school…
Descriptors: Biographies, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Learning
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Haas, Mary E.; Tipton, Janet K. – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 1994
Presents instructional activities that bring "real world" content to the study of World War II by elementary students. Includes experiential activities such as interviews, guest speakers, visits to war memorials, and reading fiction and biographies. Includes an "All-American Matching Exercise" emphasizing cultural pluralism. (CFR)
Descriptors: Biographies, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Ethnic Groups
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Backner, Amie Judith – Social Science Record, 1993
Contends that students enjoy social studies instruction more when new information can be personalized and reshaped into original material. Reports on the content and teaching methods used in an ancient middle east unit designed for the sixth grade. Includes three charts and one table that illustrate the instructional strategies. (CFR)
Descriptors: Ancient History, Archaeology, Biographies, Class Activities