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Collins, Carmen – 1978
A total of 69 college freshmen, all on academic probation, were involved in an examination of the effects of expressive writing practice upon students' reading, self-esteem, attitudes toward instruction, and academic achievement. An experimental group consisting of 35 students followed a writing/reading curriculum, while a control group of 34…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Higher Education, Low Achievement, Reading Comprehension
Sullivan, Angelina Romero – 1975
The report contains a collection of career education activities representative of those initiated by teachers of the Penasco and St. Anthony's Schools (Penasco, New Mexico) during the second year (1974-75) of an integrated program for grades K-12. For each activity, recorded by the program coordinator following classroom visitations, the grade…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Career Exploration, Elementary Secondary Education
Addington, David W., Ed.; Kepke, Allen N., Ed. – 1972
This journal provides a focal point for the collection and distribution of systematically processed information about theory and practice in theatre. Part of an irregularly published series, this issue contains investigations of possible effects of counterattitudinal role-playing on actors' attitudes and self-concept, cognitive dissonance and…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Body Image, Communication (Thought Transfer), Creativity Research
White, Kinnard; Allen, Richard – 1969
This study was designed to test the hypotheses that (1) pre-adolescent boys show greater growth in positive self-concept when subjected to an art counseling program than when they receive a traditional non-directive counseling program having the same goal; and (2) this difference will continue to exist on into adolescence. Thirty boys who had just…
Descriptors: Art, Counseling, Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Services
Kidd, James Robbins – 1973
The dynamic relationship of the concepts of being, becoming, and belonging is and must be the heart and central goal of adult education. The concept can be understood most readily by examination of the writings of humanist psychologists such as Carl Rogers, Fritz Perls, Gordon Allport, and Abraham Maslow. Some characteristics or dimensions of an…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Affective Objectives, Cognitive Objectives, Death
Harlow, Steven – 1971
Freedom in the classroom should concern the schools as much as the development of cognition and skills. Freedom has traditionally been regarded as something that the child already possesses or which will develop by itself. However, freedom is not a naturally developing property of man, but a delicate and fragile quality of mind and behavior which…
Descriptors: Creativity, Early Childhood Education, Educational Environment, Educational Philosophy
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Job Corps. – 1969
An advanced General Education Program has been designed to prepare an individual with the information, concepts, and general knowledge required to successfully pass the American Council on Education's High School General Education Development (GED) Test. The Advanced General Education Program provides comprehensive self-instruction in each of the…
Descriptors: Climate, Cultural Influences, Educational Programs, General Education
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Spencer, Margaret – Language Arts, 1986
Suggests that reading and writing are not only language competencies displayed in literacy or literature but that they are the sites for analysis in emergent literacies. (DF)
Descriptors: Comprehension, Early Reading, Emergent Literacy, Language Arts
Holloway, Watson L. – Technical Writing Teacher, 1985
Describes one English teacher's search for the "scholarly artisan" among his technical students in a two-year college and how the search has changed the attitude with which he approaches his classes. (HTH)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Craft Workers, Creativity, English Instruction
Paz, Octavio – Teachers and Writers Magazine, 1984
Discusses the renga as the negation of the western belief in the soul and the reality of the I. (MM)
Descriptors: Beliefs, Cooperation, Creative Writing, Cultural Differences
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Macy, Carol J. – Catalyst for Change, 1984
Incorporating the arts into the educational process can help children learn to think clearly and to set and reach goals, so that they can meet change more effectively. Numerous examples of this approach are described. (TE)
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Expression, Childrens Art, Cognitive Processes
McCormick, Deborah J.; Plugge, Carol D. – 1997
All persons are born and blessed with a creative nature, and are all artists of their own lives. By the time individuals reach adulthood, however, most of them have lost touch with their creativity, believing only "others" are "artists." Awareness of and regular use of the creative aspect of their being makes substantial…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Art Expression, Coping, Creative Activities
Sorber, Anne Verbeck; Cunningham, Joseph G. – 1999
This study investigated effects of gender, emotion, and family expressiveness on preschool children's reactions to narrative characters' emotion expressions. Forty-five preschool children rank-ordered playmate preferences for male and female story characters who expressed happiness, anger, sadness, fear, and neutrality and indicated how much they…
Descriptors: Emotional Development, Emotional Response, Facial Expressions, Family Environment
Abdulsada, Mohammed Nasser – Online Submission, 2004
Wish expression is the way by which wishes are expressed. These wishes are either fulfilled or unfulfilled. There are certain devices that are used in English and Arabic and these devices are used to express wishes. Fulfilled wishes are expressed by most devices of wish expression in both English and Arabic. In turn, unfulfilled wishes are…
Descriptors: English, Semitic Languages, Contrastive Linguistics, Language Usage
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Patzer, Catherine E.; Pettegrew, Barbara S. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 1996
This article discusses a program that used holistic literacy instruction to foster literacy growth, self-expression, and communication skills in children with developmental disabilities. Strategies are highlighted for providing writing opportunities in the classroom, and recommendations are made to guide teachers in planning curricula and…
Descriptors: Childrens Writing, Communication Skills, Curriculum Development, Developmental Disabilities
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