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"Whole" Ballet Education: Exploring Direct and Indirect Teaching Methods
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Choi, Euichang; Kim, Na-ye – Research in Dance Education, 2015
The purpose of this study was to explore teaching methods for whole ballet in Korean ballet education. This study built upon a first phase of research that identified the educational content of "whole" ballet. Four dimensions were identified as the educational content: "physical," "cognitive," "emotional"…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Dance, Dance Education, Qualitative Research
An Environmental Reading Program.
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Marturano, Arlene – Reading Teacher, 1985
Describes an Environmental Reading Program, in which students come to realize that they are readers of their surroundings. Shows how the program can stimulate thought processes and promote comprehension. (FL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Activities
ThUS: A Non-Formula Readability Measure.
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Lowe, A. J. – Reading Improvement, 1979
Explains how education majors try to learn to recognize thought unit sentences (ThUS's) and to gauge their difficulty. Shows examples of simple writing and discusses the task of writing ThUS's to match style and level of author. Gives a rationale for doing a readability analysis in this way. (FL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Content Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Higher Education
Speech: An Approach to Teaching Writing.
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Mader, Diane C. – Journal of Teaching Writing, 1985
Describes a program for teaching college writing in which students analyze their own videotaped speeches as a class in order to become more aware of the composition process. Argues that the emphasis on audience feedback enhances revision, persuasion, and reader orientation and makes concepts of English composition more concrete. (JG)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Classroom Communication, Cognitive Processes, Higher Education
Talents in the Reading Resource Classroom.
Beasley, Julie – Journal of the Virginia College Reading Educators, 1984
Describes a "Talents Unlimited" program, based on the work of Calvin Taylor, that was used successfully in a class of fifth-grade remedial readers. Includes some of the activities devised by members of the class. (FL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades
The Dual Language Process in Young Children. Bilingual Education Paper Series, Vol. 1, No. 4.
Thonis, Eleanor – 1977
A review of available research supports the observation that the young child who lives and grows in the midst of dual language opportunities may enjoy benefits of mental flexibility or may suffer burdens of mental confusion. Further research must explore the language-thought relationship, consider the effects of dual language learning on cognitive…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Child Language
New Frontiers in Learning. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Western College Reading and Learning Association (16th, Portland, Oregon, March 24-27, 1983). Volume XVI.
Fleming, Delryn R., Ed. – 1983
Drawn from a conference that focused on the present state and future direction of college reading and learning skills instruction, the articles in this collection are arranged into three categories: reviews, investigations and evaluations, and prescriptions and descriptions. Among the topics discussed in the 19 articles are the following: (1) the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Cognitive Processes, Computer Software, Content Area Reading