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Peer reviewedOdum, Elisabeth C.; Odum, Howard T. – American Biology Teacher, 1977
Presents a way to teach energy, economics, systems and environment as a whole, using symbols. Symbolic representations of energy systems and several teaching activity suggestions are included. (MR)
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Energy, Environmental Education, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedClippinger, Dorinda A. – Delta Pi Epsilon Journal, 1979
Focusing on the ST-ART shorthand theory presentation method, this article discusses the following principles of language-motor skill acquisition: mental practice, symbol-sound association, verbal mediation, recitation and articulation, hierarchy of habits, overlearning, learner anxiety, sense modality, guided practice, kinesthetic imagery, visual…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Language Processing, Learning Activities, Learning Processes
Peer reviewedRichards, Betty – Young Children, 1976
Suggests the many learning areas that can be incorporated into mapping activities, to help children develop skills in using symbols. (ED)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education, Field Trips, Learning Activities
Hallum, Rosemary; Newhart, Edith Hom – Teacher, 1978
Your students will be using and building on reading-related skills during the rest of their schooling and throughout their lives. Here are some learning exercises emphasizing reading-skill activities as well as projects related to other curriculum areas. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Instructional Materials, Language Arts, Learning Activities
Levy, Nancy R. – 1982
"Grammar Graphics" is a technique for teaching English grammar to children in grades three through five using symbols to represent each part of speech. In this way children can graphically perceive and understand the function of words in a sentence. Basically the students learn symbols for all parts of speech except the preposition and conjunction…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Elementary Education, Form Classes (Languages), Learning Activities
Download full textScharff, Charles E. – 1974
This paper discusses the benefits of teaching literature through levels of understanding so that teachers can more quickly and efficiently determine the operational levels of individual students. The seven levels of understanding and some of the generic questions by which they can be determined are: (1) perceptual level: "What happened, when,…
Descriptors: Characterization, Cognitive Processes, Discovery Processes, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedOers, Bert van – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 1996
An observational study investigated which teaching opportunities within a role play activity could be considered valuable for the improvement of mathematical thinking. Observations indicated many such opportunities, suggesting that if teachers manage to make use of such teaching opportunities, children can explicitly reflect on the relationship…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Early Childhood Education, Experiential Learning, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedChartres, Mike – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 1996
Hypothesizes that exploring the mathematical ideas behind mathematical terms enables children to gain insight into the structure of a number system and provides a basis for powerful playing with this structure. Describes visualizing mathematical ideas for exploring aspects of mathematics. Offers rectangular numbers to link and explore structures…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Activities, Learning Strategies, Mathematical Concepts
Kephart, Newell C. – 1968
Educational implications and symptoms are described for learning disorders, the disruption in the processing of information within the central nervous system caused by brain damage, emotional disturbance, or inadequate presentation of learning experiences. Developmental sequences, developmental progression, and restoration of development are…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Emotional Disturbances
Koch, Norman E. – 1986
Stressing language development as the prime component of all learning, this resource book presents suggestions to teachers to aid them in developing children's descriptive language. Basic to the described activities is the concept that vocabulary development is essentially concept development, requires a variety of experiences, and results from…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Choral Speaking, Classroom Techniques, Creative Development
