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Worch, Eric A.; Scheuermann, Amy M.; Haney, Jodi J. – Science and Children, 2009
The activity shared here is an animal role-playing lesson developed, field-tested, and refined for "Nature's Neighborhood", a newly designed children's education facility at the Toledo Zoo. The activity is targeted at students in kindergarten through second grade, but it can be adapted for use in grades three and four as well. Through…
Descriptors: Role Playing, Teaching Methods, Science Instruction, Elementary School Science
Caner, Mustafa; Subasi, Gonca; Kara, Selma – Online Submission, 2010
The purpose of the study was to examine whether teacher beliefs would play a role in their actual practices while teaching target language in early phases of primary education, principally, in kindergarten and first grades in a state school. As it is a very broad research area, the researchers exclusively analyzed teaching practices and teaching…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Questionnaires, Second Language Instruction, Video Technology
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Kelso, Pamela D.; Miltenberger, Raymond G.; Waters, Marit A.; Egemo-Helm, Kristin; Bagne, Angela G. – Education and Treatment of Children, 2007
A posttest only control group design was used to investigate the effects of two programs to teach firearm injury prevention skills to second and third grade children. Children were taught the safety skills "Stop. Don't touch. Leave the area. Tell an adult." should they ever find a firearm. The effectiveness of the National Rifle Association's…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Weapons, Play, Injuries
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Molina, Bogusia; Brigman, Greg; Rhone, Angela – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2003
A multicultural model for children in Grades K through 5 to foster skills needed for success is presented. The learning, living, and working (LLW) group work model focuses on three skill sets identified by multiple researchers over the past 30 years as necessary for success in school, relationships, and work. These three skill sets--learning…
Descriptors: Story Grammar, Service Learning, Play, Academic Achievement