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Englert, Carol Sue; Manalo, Maragaret; Zhao, Yong – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2004
The purpose of this study was to examine how a Web-based software program impacted lower elementary students' composition of personal narratives when using a supported paragraph activity. The subjects in this experiment were first and second grade students in a multi-age classroom in a low socio-economic urban community. The participants were…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Writing (Composition)
Brown, Lyn S.; Ryan, G. Jeremiah – 1995
One of the many requirements for students majoring in Bible in the undergraduate program at Philadelphia College of Bible (Pennsylvania) is writing papers. The papers are designed to develop research skills, sharpen writing skills, encourage critical thinking, and promote problem-solving skills. However, students are not adequately prepared to…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Critical Thinking, Higher Education, Information Literacy

Zarnowski, Myra – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 1991
Outlines a sixth grade social studies project rewriting portions of outdated textbooks. Suggests steps by which students critically read, evaluate, and rewrite historical accounts of the Soviet Union to reflect recent changes. Explains how the project develops skills in evaluating information and making revisions. Emphasizes the active learning…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Critical Thinking, Current Events, Evaluative Thinking
Van Drie, Jannet; Van Boxtel, Carla; Erkens, Gijsbert; Kanselaar, Gellof – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2005
In this article the authors focus on how features of a computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) environment can elicit and support domain-specific reasoning and more specifically historical reasoning. The CSCL environment enables students to collaborate on a historical inquiry task and in writing an argumentative essay. In order to support…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Computer Assisted Instruction, Electronic Learning

Hopkins, Shannon; Kammer, Gregory – 1992
In fall 1991 and spring 1992, an interdisciplinary art-and-writing collaborative project was initiated by an English instructor at Yakima Valley Community College (YVCC) and a graphics instructor at Everett Community College (ECC), both in Washington State. The project involved a graphics art class at ECC and a writing class from YVCC, pairing…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Audience Awareness, Audience Response
Stanley, Linda; And Others – 1986
Designed for use by technical and vocational education teachers, this monograph describes techniques for combining writing across the curriculum strategies with reading and study skills approaches. The teaching and classroom techniques presented were developed as part of the Writing and Reading in the Technologies (WRIT) project undertaken by a…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Community Colleges, Course Descriptions, Grading

Elfenbein, Caleb; Reitano, Richard – PS: Political Science and Politics, 1997
Presents a syllabus for an undergraduate U.S. government course that emphasizes theoretical foundations, institutions, governmental authority, national issues, and the making of public policy. Discusses the various methodologies for the course including traditional lecture-discussion, films, simulations, and readings. Describes in-class…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, Course Content, Course Descriptions

McQuillan, Gene – College ESL, 1994
Reviews experiences teaching diverse groups of college English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students. Writing assignments encouraged students to depict a particular aspect of multiculturalism in an autobiographical manner. Until teachers give greater credence to the complex voices of their students, multiculturalism will be an academic discourse the…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Change Agents, Classroom Environment, College Students

Canizo, Thea L. – Science Scope, 1994
Using ideas adopted from Project ARTIST (Astronomy-Related Teacher Inservice Training), a teacher develops a sixth-grade astronomy program which incorporates ancient folklore and sky stories from a variety of ethnic backgrounds. (ZWH)
Descriptors: Activity Units, Astronomy, Folk Culture, Integrated Activities

Toman, Susan – Teaching History: A Journal of Methods, 1995
Describes a U.S. history survey course that incorporates cultural pluralism and family histories into the writing assignments. Students are encouraged to write about events that occurred in their families during the time periods being studied. Oral interviews and family documents supplement traditional research tools and secondary sources. (MJP)
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Cultural Interrelationships, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Enrichment
Brown, Lyn S.; Ryan, G. Jeremiah – 1994
One of the major requirements in the degree completion program at Philadelphia College of Bible (Pennsylvania) is the completion of a major research paper. The paper is designed to develop research skills, sharpen writing skills, encourage critical thinking, and promote problem-solving skills. Students were not adequately prepared by either the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Critical Thinking, Faculty Handbooks
Hartsfield, John W.; Hartsfield, Kendra J. – 1985
Since its beginning, space science has created high interest and continues to prod the imagination of students. This activity packet, which has been designed to enhance the curriculum and challenge gifted students, contains background information on spaceflight as well as 24 interdisciplinary classroom activities, 3 crossword puzzles, and 3 word…
Descriptors: Aerospace Education, Biology, Class Activities, Hands on Science
Monterey County Office of Education, Salinas, CA. – 1993
The curriculum presented here contains three units designed to help Mexican-American migrant students understand and value the richness of their culture, experiences, and family. Unit 1, "My Roots," examines the different components of a culture, and presents aspects of the Aztec civilization and culture. Activities include hearing a…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Art Activities, Class Activities, Cultural Education
Cross, Geoffrey A.; Wills, Katherine V. – Across the Disciplines, 2005
The purpose of this longitudinal study was to assess whether faculty writing workshops could facilitate writing in heterogeneous disciplines by linking specific, workaday writing activities (Tschudi, 1986) with Bloom's taxonomy of educational objectives (1974). Multi-disciplinary faculty participating in writing-across-the-curriculum workshops…
Descriptors: Writing Across the Curriculum, College Faculty, Writing Workshops, Interdisciplinary Approach

Galvin, Stephen M. – Art Education, 1997
Describes a ninth-grade class project where students were asked to recall a specific sense memory involving smell and foods. They wrote a brief narrative reflecting on the experience and created a recipe card for the food. These were combined with a pictorial representation of the food for a final project. (MJP)
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Products, Creative Art, Creative Teaching