Personalization of learning and instruction is the most critical issue facing contemporary education--not state testing or vouchers or even aging schools. Personalization is an attempt on the part of a school to take into account individual student characteristics and needs and flexible instructional practices in organizing the learning…

As alternatives to hierarchical outlining, pictorial, topical, and critical outlining kinesthetically reinforce reading comprehension and can be useful in helping older students who are learning disabled or poor readers. Examples of each approach are given. (CL)

A teacher describes ways in which learning disabled students can learn through tactile-kinesthetic approaches devised by the teacher. Examples are given of multiplication instruction by counting on fingers, and grammar and long division instruction through movement. (CL)

A teaching guide containing 102 elementary to intermediate level Spanish lessons is presented. The lessons are based on the Total Physical Response technique of second language teaching. They follow the stages of first language acquisition: listening, speaking, and reading. Each of the ten units contains a list of new vocabulary words, individual…

A teaching guide containing 102 elementary to intermediate level German lessons is presented. The lessons are based on the Total Physical Response technique of second language teaching. They follow the stages of first language acquisition: listening, speaking, and reading. Each of the ten units contains a list of new vocabulary words, instructions…

A teaching guide containing 102 elementary to intermediate level French lessons is presented. The lessons are based on the Total Physical Response technique of second language instruction. They follow the stages of first language acquisition: listening, speaking, and reading. Each of the ten units contains a list of vocabulary words, individual…

Describes Lincer's eight-part, innovative program for string instrument instruction used at the Julliard School of Music. The program includes breathing and relaxation studies, body-movement and muscle-action studies, feeling and self-awareness studies, and concentration and visualization studies. (AM)

Kinesthetic learning experiences for reinforcing mildly handicapped preschool and elementary students' spelling vocabulary are described. Students make letters of the alphabet with their bodies and then spell words from vocabulary lists. Follow-up spelling activities include scrambled letters; spelling baseball; word families; rhyming; consonant…

The study of creative movement, dramatic expression, and kinesthetic awareness can develop students' skills not only in movement but also in communication and leadership. Suggested kinesthetic activities follow the four phases of: physical movement, examining student responses, stimulating the imagination, and analyzing and sharing the experience.…

Kinesthetic exercises which develop reading comprehension skills through action words complement exercises which develop word recognition skills. Action word exercises are often effective because they are multimodal, physical activities. Such exercises may use word lists and pantomime to reinforce recognition and remembrance of words. (CB)

Spelling activities that draw upon all of a student's senses--visual, auditory, and kinesthetic--are described. Instructions for setting up a kinesthetically based holiday center that will develop a taste for spelling and a feel for words are also given. (PP)

Explores the comparative effectiveness of verbal instruction and modeling instruction in instrumental music classrooms. Hypothesizes that modeling is more effective than verbal instruction. Concludes that modeling strategies and devices such as melodic echoes and rhythmic movement to music can lead to increased ear-to-hand skills and kinesthetic…

The Total Physical Response (TPR) method of language instruction is introduced, and guidelines for designing and implementing TPR lessons for students with hearing impairments are provided. In TPR instruction, students develop understanding before speech or signing, understanding is demonstrated through actions, and new vocabulary is developed…

After noting limited interest in the teaching and/or testing of paralinguistic features of spoken English, this article describes a test that includes a number of items uttered differently, which students are asked to interpret. Suggestions are offered regarding test administration, test items, and student evaluation. (five references) (LB)

Presents a lesson plan that uses a constructivist approach for developing and challenging students' different thinking strengths. In the context of musical and bodily-kinesthetic thinking, elementary school students interpret the sounds and movements the dinosaurs made as they negotiated their primitive environments. (CR)