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Hambach, Doris – Gifted Child Today (GCT), 1988
The Academic Lab involves gifted intermediate-grade students in a minicourse concentrating on one topic with activities including research, competition, and fun. The learning activities stress problem-solving, creative thinking, communications, and self-direction, and the minicourse culminates in team and individual competitions. A sample…
Descriptors: Competition, Geography, Gifted, Group Activities
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Direct linkSulzman, Elizabeth W. – Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education, 2004
An optional 1-credit recitation course was developed to supplement a traditionally taught 4-credit lecture-plus-laboratory course in soil science at Oregon State University. Popular, competitive games that would be familiar to students were revised to be "soils-based" and were employed in the recitation class. These games were seen as a…
Descriptors: Science Curriculum, Soil Science, Lecture Method, Comparative Analysis
