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Olivares-Cuhat, Gabriela – Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education, 2011
The purpose of this pilot study is to gain more insight into learner factors prominent in high-poverty urban schools and to suggest pedagogical approaches appropriate to this environment. To this end, three surveys were administered to students attending a high-poverty, urban middle school in order to measure their learning style preferences,…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Poverty Areas, Urban Schools, Middle School Students
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Plummer, Julia D. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2009
The National Science Education Standards [National Research Council (1996) National science education standards. Washington, DC: National Academy Press] recommend that students understand the apparent patterns of motion of the sun, moon and stars by the end of early elementary school. However, little information exists on students' ability to…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Motion, Visual Environment, Grade 2
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Wood, Karen – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2008
Developing strategies for engaging mathematics activities is always a challenge. Teachers seek out new resources and online activities to excite students and support their learning. Mathematics through Movement offers an active learning strategy requiring few resources, and a bit of imagination, to achieve a variety of outcomes across mathematics…
Descriptors: Mathematics Activities, Learning Strategies, Active Learning, Foreign Countries
WILLIAMS, JOANNA P. – 1968
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TWO TRAINING METHODS TO FOCUS ATTENTION ON THE CRITICAL FEATURES OF LETTER-LIKE FORMS WAS STUDIED. SUBJECTS WERE 32 KINDERGARTEN PUPILS. SIX NONSYMETRICAL, STANDARD LETTER-LIKE FORMS AND FOUR TRANSFORMATIONS, CONSISTING OF RIGHT-LEFT AND UP-DOWN REVERSALS, 180 DEGREES AND 90 DEGREES ROTATION, WERE USED AS STIMULI TO LEARNING.…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Kinesthetic Methods, Object Manipulation, Perception
Hill, Charles H.; Martinis, Anne S. – Academic Therapy, 1973
Sixteen fourth and fifth grade children with learning disabilities were given individualized spelling instruction which stressed the visual-kinesthetic-tactile modes of learning. (DB)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Individualized Instruction, Kinesthetic Methods, Learning Disabilities
Giordano, Gerard – Academic Therapy, 1982
As alternatives to hierarchical outlining, pictorial, topical, and critical outlining kinesthetically reinforce reading comprehension and can be useful in helping older students who are learning disabled or poor readers. Examples of each approach are given. (CL)
Descriptors: Kinesthetic Methods, Learning Disabilities, Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties
Sifft, Josie M. – 1990
This workshop is designed to provide teachers and coaches with hands-on experiences regarding the field of Educational Kinesiology (Edu-K) and its influence on learning and performance. Edu-K is a practical and dynamic method that utilizes simple body movements to integrate the functioning of the brain. It was designed by Dr. Paul Dennison in 1981…
Descriptors: Athletes, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Kinesthetic Methods, Kinesthetic Perception
Segal, Bertha – 1982
A teaching guide containing 102 elementary to intermediate level Spanish lessons is presented. The lessons are based on the Total Physical Response technique of second language teaching. They follow the stages of first language acquisition: listening, speaking, and reading. Each of the ten units contains a list of new vocabulary words, individual…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Kinesthetic Methods, Lesson Plans, Second Language Instruction
Segal, Bertha – 1982
A teaching guide containing 102 elementary to intermediate level German lessons is presented. The lessons are based on the Total Physical Response technique of second language teaching. They follow the stages of first language acquisition: listening, speaking, and reading. Each of the ten units contains a list of new vocabulary words, instructions…
Descriptors: German, Instructional Materials, Kinesthetic Methods, Lesson Plans
Segal, Bertha – 1983
A teaching guide containing 102 elementary to intermediate level French lessons is presented. The lessons are based on the Total Physical Response technique of second language instruction. They follow the stages of first language acquisition: listening, speaking, and reading. Each of the ten units contains a list of vocabulary words, individual…
Descriptors: French, Instructional Materials, Kinesthetic Methods, Lesson Plans
Johnson, Philip R. – New Outlook Blind, 1969
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Education, Kinesthetic Methods, Mainstreaming, Physical Education
Wilson, Louis Ada – Peabody J Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Children, Cursive Writing, Handwriting Skills, Kinesthetic Methods
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Aldrich, Kenneth R. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, 1989
This article discusses incorporation of academic curriculum elements into movement units, synchronous movement as a teaching tool, the movement-cognition connection, and identification and use of rhythm and movement elements in the classroom. (IAH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Dance, Elementary Secondary Education, Holistic Approach
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McMenamin, Paul G. – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2008
The teaching of human anatomy has had to respond to significant changes in medical curricula, and it behooves anatomists to devise alternative strategies to effectively facilitate learning of the discipline by medical students in an integrated, applied, relevant, and contextual framework. In many medical schools, the lack of cadaver dissection as…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Medical Students, Anatomy, Clinical Experience
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Kella, John J. – Music Educators Journal, 1982
Describes Lincer's eight-part, innovative program for string instrument instruction used at the Julliard School of Music. The program includes breathing and relaxation studies, body-movement and muscle-action studies, feeling and self-awareness studies, and concentration and visualization studies. (AM)
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Kinesthetic Methods, Music Education, Relaxation Training
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