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Corey, Linda – Knowledge Quest, 2002
Discusses the role of the school library media specialist in standards-based learning. Topics include standards-based assessment; information literacy standards; collaboration with classroom teachers; benchmarks and indicators for student performance; leadership in a standards-based climate; and the use of technology to support curriculum and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Benchmarking, Curriculum Development
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Kupferberg, Irit; Olshtain, Elite – Language Awareness, 1996
Notes that salient input facilitates explicit learning by assisting second language (L2) learners to attend to the new L2 forms as they formulate or restructure rules. This study tested the effect of such input on the acquisition of difficult grammatical structures in English by speakers of Hebrew. Concludes that explicit contrastive input…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Contrastive Linguistics, Data Collection, English (Second Language)
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Connor, Mary E. – Social Education, 1997
Recommends organizing U.S. history courses around central ideas rather than chronological periods. Argues that this method affords a better grasp of the principal developments in the nation's history by treating issues in depth. Lists eight broad themes around which a U.S. history course can be constructed. (MJP)
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Course Content, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Design
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Gremli, Jack – Music Educators Journal, 1996
Provides specific and useful guidelines for utilizing learning styles to increase instructional effectiveness during choral rehearsal. Broadly identifies students as either "analytical" (inductive reasoning) or "global" (deductive reasoning). Includes a chart containing specific rehearsal activities designed to interest each group. (MJP)
Descriptors: Applied Music, Choral Music, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes
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Pahl, Ron H. – Social Studies, 1990
Reviews the "Handbook of Research on Social Studies Teaching and Learning's" section on learner outcomes and effective teaching methods. Concludes most researchers in this section expect social studies to teach active citizenship reached through decision making within a democratic society. Examines the debate on how best to produce this…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Research, Decision Making Skills
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Milheim, William D. – Educational and Training Technology International, 1990
Discusses research on learner control, pacing, and sequence, and describes a study of undergraduates that was conducted to determine the effects of learner versus program control of pacing and sequence in an interactive video lesson on photography. Results are analyzed, and suggestions for further research are given. (38 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Higher Education
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Mickelson, Roslyn Arlin; Yon, Maria G. – International Journal of Social Education, 1995
Asserts that the common perception of homeless children is that they are physically and psychologically impaired by their living circumstances and unable to function effectively in schools. Reports on a case study of efforts to educationally motivate homeless children. Discusses the implications for children's motivation. (CFR)
Descriptors: Child Development, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development, Early Childhood Education
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Allen, Rodney F. – International Journal of Social Education, 1995
Maintains that much of the high school curriculum, particularly in social studies, contains innumerable facts that have no use except to pass school tests. Reviews research on effective instruction as applied to social studies. Includes 17 characteristics of highly engaging social studies teaching and learning. (ACM)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes
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Waxman, Hersholt, C.; And Others – Bilingual Research Journal, 1994
Examines instructional strategies for improving the education of English language learners. The strategies reviewed were ESL in the Content Areas, Effective Use of Time (EUOT), and a combination of the other two. The EUOT group had the highest scores on reading and language arts achievement and the combined treatment group, the lowest. (34…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Objectives, Analysis of Covariance, Cognitive Processes
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Pino-Silva, Juan – Reading in a Foreign Language, 1993
Describes a self-instruction procedure designed to provide students of science and technology at the tertiary level with a basic vocabulary in a foreign language of around 1,000 items. The technique represents an efficient method for bridging the gap between the vocabulary that beginning L2 students possess and that required to read L2 scientific…
Descriptors: College Students, English for Science and Technology, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Gutierrez, Robert – Social Studies, 1995
Argues that educators have not developed curriculum and instruction models tailored to lower-achieving students. Discusses characteristics of lower-achieving students and to teaching methods and instructional materials. Presents suggestions for making history and social studies more relevant for these students. (CFR)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude
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King, Alison – Teaching of Psychology, 1995
Presents an inquiry-based approach to promoting critical thinking in psychology. Maintains that the model emphasizes helping students ask thoughtful questions. Discusses research results supporting the use of questioning techniques to enhance critical thinking. (CFR)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology, Cooperative Learning
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Underwood, Marion K.; Wald, Rebecca L. – Teaching of Psychology, 1995
Asserts that conference teaching techniques foster critical thinking skills. Describes conference-style learning and discusses its use in the college psychology classroom. Concludes that the approach helps avoid the sense of struggle and alienation that can arise between teachers and students in the traditional classroom. (CFR)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology, Course Content
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McKenzie, Ginger Kelley – Montessori Life, 1995
Proposes ways to create a language curriculum based on children's "sensitive periods" as described by Montessori. Suggests that ages 6 through 12 are a sensitive period for using imagination. Creative expression should be an integral part of the entire curriculum, and creative expression can be stimulated through many sources of writing…
Descriptors: Art Expression, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Course Objectives
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Singer, Alan J. – Social Science Record, 1994
Contends that oral history is a way to involve students in thinking about and understanding history and the contemporary world. Includes a family history chart, recommendations for creating an oral history questionnaire, sample interview questions, and four student oral history writing models. (CFR)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Cooperative Learning, Experiential Learning, Family (Sociological Unit)
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