NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing 1,951 to 1,965 of 2,156 results Save | Export
Segalen, Aurore; And Others – Francais dans le Monde, 1994
Four ideas for French language classroom activities include an exercise in the use of past tense in narrative, a children's vocabulary game, an introduction to the language of economics, and an activity combining self-expression and cultural awareness through photographs. (MSE)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Awareness, Economics
Store-Rao, Neelanbari; And Others – Francais dans le Monde, 1994
Four ideas for French language instruction are described, including an exercise in summarizing or retelling something told to one; an exercise in descriptive and expressive language; an exploration of the different uses of the word "cadre"; and activities related to coffee in different cultures. (MSE)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Awareness, Discourse Analysis
Han, Eunhye P. – Dimensions, 1991
Reviews the way in which story dramatization stimulates children's development. Discusses five steps in the process of story dramatization. (BB)
Descriptors: Child Development, Class Activities, Creative Expression, Dramatic Play
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Golomb, Claire; Schmeling, Jill – Visual Arts Research, 1996
Investigates the drawing and copying skills of nine autistic and eight mentally retarded children matched for mental age. Results indicate a similarity of performance for the drawing tasks and significant differences concerning the copying. Discusses the specific functions performed better by the autistic children and provides illustrative…
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Expression, Art Therapy, Autism
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Davis, Bonnie M. – English Journal, 1996
Reviews a teacher's approaches to her three language arts classes, taught during the same period of time but in different settings and to different ages: a seventh-grade class in an affluent suburb, a college class in a middle-class neighborhood, and a prison class housed behind razor wire. (TB)
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Creative Writing, Higher Education, Journal Writing
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Campbell, Gardner – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2006
The author believes that information technologies are powerfully heuristic in addressing one of education's deepest ambitions. Following Engelbart's paradigm, he sees these technologies as augmenting human intellect, not simply because they permit high-speed calculations but also because they externalize our own cognitive processes in a way that…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Cognitive Processes, Heuristics, Critical Thinking
Taylor, Jill McLean; And Others – 1995
Earlier research on girls in a single-sex private school found that girls at adolescence tend to lose a sense of self and undergo a developmental crisis that inhibits their self-expression. This report focuses on 26 girls in grades 8 and 9 from poor and working class backgrounds. The unique concerns of these girls from different races and cultures…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Development, Cultural Differences, Females
Tegano, Deborah W.; And Others – 1991
Ways by which teachers can enhance creativity skills of children in the classroom are addressed in this monograph. An overview of creativity first sets the stage for discussions on the child, curriculum, teacher, and environment. The goal is to show the many faces of the development of creativity in children and to recognize ways to enhance the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Creative Development, Creativity, Definitions
Gunderson, Margaret S.; Moore, Earl J. – 1983
This manual provides a framework, to be used by elementary program developers and teachers, for creating or improving guidance curriculum programs. The manual is based on the Georgia Comprehensive Guidance Model, which is appended for reference. The materials in the manual represent a competency-based approach that is designed to provide a…
Descriptors: Children, Competency Based Education, Comprehensive Guidance, Decision Making Skills
Gaines, Lonnetta – 1989
This manual is an organized collection of journal activities and action charts designed to help individuals and groups to set goals and achieve them. It is based upon the following premises: (1) what you think has a profound impact upon your experience; (2) successful living is vitally connected to effective learning; and (3) success is related to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Goal Orientation
Bondanza, Julie – 1984
This workbook provides exercises, role-playing activities, and self-evaluation activities to help deaf adolescents become more aware of their level of assertiveness and the ways assertive behavior can assist in daily living situations. Assertiveness is different from aggressiveness and passiveness, and many people learn through their families and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Assertiveness, Daily Living Skills, Deafness
Christman, Elizabeth Ann – 1983
Multicultural study, visual and language arts, social studies, and geometry are integrated into this 2-month unit for the elementary classroom. The unit is divided into 3 segments, centering around the creation of a class icosahedron in which each of the shape's 20 faces represents 1 class member. Actual construction of the icosahedron constitutes…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Course Descriptions, Elementary Education, Geometry
Beaver, Marion L.; Elias, Betty – 1980
This article describes a 10-week experimental class in painting for older adults at a Jewish Community Service Center. The rationale for offering a painting course is presented and the community center facilities are described in detail. The demographics of the 19 relatively isolated, shy persons aged 65-84 who met for 2-hour weekly sessions are…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Art Activities, Art Expression
MAW, ETHEL W.; MAW, WALLACE H. – 1965
AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO IDENTIFY SOME OF THE PERSONAL AND SOCIAL VARIABLES DIFFERENTIATING CHILDREN WHO ARE HIGH IN CURIOSITY FROM THOSE WHO ARE LOW. THREE MAJOR QUESTIONS WERE EXAMINED WHICH LED TO THE FORMULATION OF 18 HYPOTHESES. THE QUESTIONS WERE--(1) DO CHILDREN OF HIGH CURIOSITY DIFFER FROM CHILDREN OF LOW CURIOSITY IN SELF-ADJUSTMENT AND…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Child Development, Child Responsibility, Curiosity
Fallon, Dennis J., Ed. – 1978
The nature, role, and scope of the dance in the United States is the subject of this collection of articles. The philosophical, historical, socio-cultural, and educational perspectives of dance are considered in the first four chapters. The following five chapters focus primarily on considerations that should improve teaching techniques and…
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Creative Expression, Dance, Dance Therapy
Pages: 1  |  ...  |  127  |  128  |  129  |  130  |  131  |  132  |  133  |  134  |  135  |  ...  |  144