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Direct linkHagood, Margaret C.; Alvermann, Donna E.; Heron-Hruby, Alison – Teachers College Press, 2010
Students' backpacks bulge not just with oversize textbooks, but with paperbacks, graphic novels, street lit, and electronics such as iPods and handheld video games. This book is about unpacking those texts to explore previously unexamined assumptions regarding their usefulness to classroom learning. With a strong theoretical grounding and many…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Learning Activities, Popular Culture, School Libraries
McLaughlin, Frank, Ed. – 1975
Collected here are articles by 24 authors on the art of creative teaching through the use of media. This collection is divided into two main parts. Part I entitled "Why?" is comprised of general essays and conversations on teaching. Part II entitled "How and Why?" covers creative teaching with sample experiences and discussions of materials and…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Class Activities, Creative Teaching, Educational Games
Download full textCousins, Jack – 1976
Use of simulation games to develop insights relative to the U.S. political system is discussed. The games involve processes of nomination and election of senators and presidents, campaigning, and legislative decision making. First, selected dimensions of simulation game utilization are reviewed. There is agreement that outcomes of simulation games…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Games, Educational Media, Elementary Secondary Education
Bunker, Barbara Benedict; And Others – 1976
A three-week research project in a high-school behavioral science class is described. The design of the classroom sessions is described in detail to help other teachers use or adapt it to their own situation. Three benefits to the students of such a project are cited: (1) appreciation of methods behind research conclusions and heightened critical…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Class Activities, Course Descriptions, Educational Media
Portzline, Donnell B., Ed. – 1976
This resource book is part of a program that was designed to advance a comprehensive curriculum development program for West Virginia in the area of conflicting ideologies. The resource book for secondary social studies teachers and administrators is concerned with basic information and teaching materials pertaining to the evolution of communism…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Class Activities, Communism, Democracy
Langhorne, Mary Jo, Ed. – 1998
This book, developed by the Iowa City Community School District, recipient of the National Library Media Program of the year Award in 1997, provides a complete K-12 curriculum, with details on when key basic information, research, and production skills should be introduced, expanded, and reviewed. The book is divided into four parts: Part I:…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Curriculum Guides, Educational Media, Educational Technology
