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Keller, Clair W. – 1972
This book attempts to narrow the gap between the rhetoric of social studies reform and the realities of most classrooms. It focuses on strategies for engaging students in the learning process. Practical and workable guides are provided for improving classroom instruction with new techniques and materials for innovative strategies. Although the…
Descriptors: Discussion (Teaching Technique), Educational Change, Evaluation, History
Hansen, Duncan N.; And Others – 1971
Research and development activities of the Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI) Center at Florida State University during 1970 are summarized. The Office of Naval Research sponsored research in four areas: learner strategies, training strategies, validation strategies, and computer strategies. Topics subsumed under learner strategies include the…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Anxiety, Automatic Indexing, Computer Assisted Instruction
Goodman, Allen C. – 1972
This monograph provides a format for teaching about busing, either to prospective teachers or to students, on all levels of the educational process. A model is developed that can be used by students themselves in the development of methods of improving human relations and studying problems of democracy and American life. The model presented here…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Class Activities, Desegregation Methods, Educational Games
Taba, Hilda; And Others – 1971
A new approach to the inductively oriented elementary social studies curriculum is offered in this revised edition which describes rationale, teaching strategies and procedures, and evaluation strategies for the latter. This edition contains modification of term explanations and meanings and two new chapters covering the role of questioning and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Objectives, Concept Teaching
MacGregor, S. Kim; Thomas, W. Randall – 2002
This study examined the effects of level of instructional scaffolding on students' use of Geometer's Sketchpad and other software tools in a technology-integrated geometry curriculum. In order to revitalize education at the secondary level and in particular in the mathematics curriculum, educational reformers have advocated the incorporation of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Geometry, Instructional Design, Instructional Effectiveness
Easterbrooks, Susan R.; Baker, Sharon – 2002
This text on teaching language to students with hearing impairments stresses the use of multiple language learning pathways to meet the individual needs of students. The introductory chapter looks at language issues in the context of history, instruction, technology, culture, and the law. Chapter 2, on language acquisition, discusses the nature of…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Communication Skills, Deafness, Educational Methods
Burke, Daniel L. – 1997
"Looping" is an essentially simple concept: a teacher moves with his or her students to the next grade level, rather than sending them to another teacher at the end of the school year. This Digest explores the practitioners' perspectives on looping, the experience of European school systems, and research on looping. Practitioners report…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
Westberg, Karen L., Ed.; Archambault, Francis X., Jr., Ed. – 1995
This report discusses the outcomes of a project that investigated elementary schools and classrooms that had a reputation for effective implementation of curriculum differentiation practices to meet the individual needs of high ability students. Using a multisite case study method, researchers conducted observations in classrooms and interviewed…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques
Stoll, Sharon Kay; And Others – 1994
Three approaches to teaching moral reasoning were implemented by expert teachers in classes at three small colleges and outcomes were compared. Teaching models included the following: Model A, a "good reasoned" approach in which students discussed scenarios and determined the best course of action; Model B, a teacher-centered lecture,…
Descriptors: Athletes, College Students, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Ethical Instruction
Ertmer, Peggy A. – 2000
Besides a host of technical and logistical questions, more subtle issues, related to teachers' pedagogical visions and beliefs, as well as their perceived confidence for using technology, are also known to impede meaningful classroom technology use. Assuming that most designers and staff developers are fairly well prepared to provide technical…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Attitudes, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology
Munoz, Marco A.; Dossett, Dena; Judy-Gullans, Katalina – 2003
This study assessed the effect of the Success for All school reform model on the standardized reading scores, attendance, and disciplinary needs of 217 students in three elementary schools using the program and 132 similar students in three other urban schools. The schools were also compared using teacher, student, and parent perception data on…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Educational Change, Educational Environment, Elementary Education
Suomala, Jyrki; Alamaki, Ari; Alajaaski, Jarkko – 2000
The goals of this study were to investigate problem-solving in a context that requires a rich interaction among social, motivational, and cognitive processes and to compare the effects of the mediated and discovery models of learning on students' problem-solving processes in the complex technology-based learning environment. Subjects were 88…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Discovery Learning
Marlow, Patrick E. – 2001
This paper describes and discusses the University of Alaska's language programs for Eskimo-Aleut languages like Yupik and Inupiaq, offered through its Alaska Native Language Center. The paper is critical of the program's over-emphasis on the emphasis on teaching grammar and vocabulary. It argues that, though well intentioned when the framework for…
Descriptors: Athapascan Languages, Eskimos, Grammar, Instructional Improvement
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Maier, William – Montessori Life, 1997
Describes how putting the theory of multiple intelligences into practice in Montessori elementary schools could enhance students' self-knowledge, animate independent learning, and make learning communities more culturally inclusive. Suggests pluralizing the point of entry into a topic, building teaching teams to support diverse intellects, and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Cultural Awareness
Lincoln, Robert D. – Schools in the Middle, 1997
Discusses the advantages and problems of multi-year instruction or "looping." Looping improves relationships, increases student achievement, strengthens school-home partnerships, increases parental support, promotes discipline, and increases academic time. Briefly describes Tolland Middle School's implementation of multi-year…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, Experimental Schools
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