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Schur, Joan Brodsky – Social Education, 1995
Maintains that one challenge in teaching social sciences is finding ways to help students design, implement, and analyze their own social science research project. Describes a seventh-grade anthropology course in which students conducted research projects on gender issues. Includes an observations chart and two figures. (CFR)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Anthropology, Course Content, Course Descriptions
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Lickteig, Mary J.; Danielson, Kathy Everts – Social Studies, 1995
Discusses the goals of global education and presents a rationale for providing global education experiences at the age children are the most responsive to instruction. Discusses how children's trade books can provide links among cultures and teach geographic knowledge and skills. Includes teaching activities and a list of teacher resources. (CFR)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Childrens Literature, Content Area Reading, Cross Cultural Studies
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Rogers, Maggie; Plaster, Jacky – Journal of Art and Design Education, 1994
Highlights issues in teaching art curriculum courses in preservice teacher education. Discusses student self-confidence and conditions that are barriers to active engagement in art activities. Describes how preservice art teachers can develop personal autonomy and become reflective teachers. (CFR)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Art Education, Art Teachers, British National Curriculum
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McNamee, Gillian D.; Chen, Jie-Qi – Educational Leadership, 2005
McNamee and Chen describe the Bridging assessment system they developed to measure performance on specific learning tasks for pre-K through 3rd-grade students. Bridging assesses an individual student's skill level on learning tasks in five curricular areas: language arts and literacy, visual arts, mathematics, science, and performing arts. The…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Student Evaluation, Early Childhood Education, Classroom Techniques
Cuffaro, Harriet K. – 1995
Highlighting the importance of teaching practice grounded in a consciously held, critically examined philosophical framework, this book examines the contribution of John Dewey's philosophy to the early childhood teacher's theoretical base for practical direction and decision making. A detailed account of how Dewey's educational philosophy may be…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Childhood Needs, Curriculum Development, Democratic Values
Wilson, Vicki – 1996
Biology I students (n=166) in a high school in southern Mississippi completed the Learning Styles Inventory, a 45-item instrument designed to measure preference for channel of learning (visual, auditory, or kinesthetic), sociological environment (individually or in groups), and mode of expression (oral or written). A three-way analysis of variance…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Analysis of Variance, Auditory Perception, Biology
Lasarenko, Jane – 1997
This guide, intended for elementary and secondary teacher, explains how to teach with the latest Internet-based technologies. The guide offers variations and tips for adapting assignments to K-12 grade levels, as well as to a variety of disciplines such as English, social studies, math, and science. Organization of the guide is based on…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Cooperative Learning
Beneke, Sallee – 1998
This book documents the work of a master preschool teacher, her co-teachers, student teachers, and very young children as they explored the automotive laboratory adjacent to their early childhood classroom at a community college. In addition to introducing the project approach, the master teacher also introduced the staff and students to…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Learning
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Wilczynski, Vincent; Dixon, Gregg; Ford, Eric – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2005
The Mechanical Engineering Section at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy has developed a comprehensive activity based course to introduce second year students to mechanical engineering design. The culminating design activity for the course requires students to design, construct and test robotic devices that complete engineering challenges. Teams of…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Engineering Technology, Robotics, Mechanics (Process)
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Hutchins, Holly M. – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2003
In this article, the author describes the current state of research on web-based instruction and posits new directions to expand the current paradigm. Issues of faculty attitude and support toward distance education, instructional immediacy, and the Seven Principles of Good Practice in Undergraduate Education (Chickering and Gamson, 1986) relative…
Descriptors: Web Based Instruction, Educational Technology, Teacher Attitudes, Online Courses
Marlowe, Bruce A.; Page, Marilyn L. – 1998
This book addresses key issues that teachers raise about creating and sustaining constructivist classrooms, providing practical tips, techniques, and examples to allow step-by-step implementation of constructivism and ongoing evaluation of student progress. The book gives directions for use at any grade level and includes checklists to evaluate…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Change Strategies, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques
Wilkenfeld, Jonathan; Kaufman, Joyce; Starkey, Brigid – 1995
This report of a study at the University of Maryland describes an international, interactive, and interdisciplinary project for first- and second-year students, which combines a large lecture format with small-group, seminar-type sessions organized around a computer-assisted simulation model, the International Communication and Negotiation…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation
Hawke, Geof – 2000
The factors influencing active learning in small enterprises were examined. Data from earlier Australian studies were examined in an attempt to provide a framework that might inform the relationship between educational systems and small enterprises. Special attention was paid to a 1988 study of systematic differences between small businesses that…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Education Work Relationship, Educational Environment, Foreign Countries
Sachatello-Sawyer, Bonnie; Fellenz, Robert A.; Burton, Hanly; Gittings-Carlson, Laura; Lewis-Mahony, Janet; Woolbaugh, Walter – 2002
A three-year national study of adult museum programs used a qualitative research approach and naturalistic inquiry and interviewed 508 museum program participants, 75 instructors, and 143 museum program planners in all types and sizes of museums, including art institutes, natural and cultural historical museums, science centers, historic houses,…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
Small, Ruth V.; Venkatesh, Murali; Marsden, Janet – 1998
This paper begins by describing the changing needs in the education of today's information technology (IT) professional. It presents a theoretical framework for using an experiential learning approach in the context of professional education in IT and information management and describes an instructional model that augments the principles of…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Cooperative Programs, Educational Change, Educational Needs
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