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Baroody, Arthur J. – 1987
Based on the premise that psychology can be an invaluable tool to mathematics educators, this book highlights how informal mathematics develops, how children construct their view of school arithmetic, and how mathematical thinking operates. The ideas offered are intended to assist teachers in making informed decisions concerning mathematics…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Early Childhood Education
Bowen, J. Donald, Ed.; Ornstein, Jacob, Ed. – 1976
The Spanish dialects of the Southwest United States have received little serious attention until recently. The present volume contains studies designed to contribute to the understanding and acceptance of Southwest Spanish. The book consists of the following chapters: (1) "Linguistic Diversity in Southwest Spanish," by Garland D. Bills…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Dialect Studies, Dialects
Delaney, Jack J. – 1976
This text focuses on the administration of libraries and media centers in elementary and middle schools. Included are chapters concerning staffing, scheduling and rules, circulation, reference services, teaching, discipline, materials selection, ordering, producing materials, cataloging, and planning. There is explicit information on such…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Centers, Cataloging, Discipline, Elementary Education
Kahl, David H.; Gast, Barbara J. – 1974
This book describes, in detail, practical ways to develop an open, individualized and child-centered classroom by using learning or interest centers. Consideration is given to the initial planning of learning centers, and sections discuss various kinds and uses of learning centers for the primary and intermediate grades. Topics discussed include…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Games, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Schiro, Michael Stephen – SAGE Publications (CA), 2004
This book contains two case studies of teachers telling epic oral stories to teach math to elementary and middle school students. The book also includes theoretical discussions of essential elements of oral storytelling, multicultural education, how oral storytelling can help children who have difficulty learning mathematics, and mathematical…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Grade 6, Tales, Learning Problems
Watson, Marilyn; Ecken, Laura – 2003
Most teachers today are faced with increasing pressure to teach to higher academic standards. This focus on academic achievement has led many teachers, against their better judgment, to reduce their attention to students' social and ethical growth and to building relationships with and among their students. The result of a collaboration between an…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Behavior, Attachment Behavior, Behavior Change
Tobin, Joseph – 2000
This book details an ethnographic study focused on how children think and talk about media representations of violence, gender, race, colonialism, and social class. Participating in the study were 162 elementary school students in Hawaii. Groups of 6- to 12-year-olds viewed clips from 2 television commercials and 2 movies and were later…
Descriptors: Aggression, Childhood Attitudes, Children, Colonialism
EURYDICE European Unit, Brussels (Belgium). – 1995
This study covers the 15 members of the European Union and the 2 EFTA/EEA countries that participate in EURYDICE (the Education Information Network in the European Union and the EFTA countries in the European Economic Area). An executive summary covers the main points of the study: (1) organization of inservice teacher training; (2) qualifying…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Legislation, Elementary School Teachers
Rubinstein, Robert E. – 1994
This book offers support for middle school teachers and suggestions on how they can help their students be more successful, both in the classroom and in life. Thirteen chapters cover being a teacher, the classroom, students and the challenges they face, communication, teaching, testing, working with parents, staff relations and job stress, public…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Classroom Environment, Elementary School Teachers, Intermediate Grades
Strother, Deborah Burnett, Ed. – 1991
This study of students at risk was conducted to determine who is at risk, what puts students at risk, what schools are doing to help those students, and how effective these efforts are. Data were collected on about 49,000 students and almost 10,000 teachers in over 275 schools in 85 U.S. communities, and researchers conducted case studies of 65…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Case Studies, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
Miller, Wilma H. – 1993
Intended for elementary and middle school reading and learning disability teachers, this book presents easy-to-follow explanations of the various causes of reading disabilities and over 100 reproducible assessment devices, corrective activity sheets, and other aids. The book also includes: case studies of children showing how reading problems are…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Junior High School Students
Egan, Kieran – 1992
It is widely believed that a child's imagination ought to be stimulated and developed in education. Yet, few teachers understand what the imagination is or how it lends itself to practical methods and techniques that can be used easily in classroom instruction. This book offers practical help for teachers who want to engage, stimulate, and develop…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Curriculum Design, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
Wright, Cora M. – 1998
This resource, designed to help school library media specialists select the most exciting, curriculum-related literature for teachers and students in grades 5-9, contains approximately 300 contemporary and classic fiction and non-fiction titles selected on the basis of the quality of writing, interest level, appropriateness of illustration (if…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Annotated Bibliographies, Books, Childrens Literature
Troyna, Barry; Hatcher, Richard – 1992
This study of how race emerges for young children as a plausible explanatory framework for incidents in their everyday lives is based on a school term of observation in each of 3 British urban elementary schools, with over 150 hours of interviews with students, ages 10 and 11 years, in their last 2 years of primary (elementary) schooling. All…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Black Students, Case Studies, Child Behavior
Collins, Marva; Tamarkin, Civia – 1990
This book describes the innovative teaching style and methods of Marva Collins, the founder and principal of the Westside Preparatory School in Chicago (Illinois). The book traces Collins's career at Calhoun South and Delano Elementary Schools and the development of her distinctive approach, which involves teaching the total child, developing the…
Descriptors: Biographies, Educational Improvement, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers