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Download full textMenchaca, Velma D.; Ruiz-Escalante, Jose A. – 1995
Children of migrant farmworkers spend parts of each school year in different communities across the country; some children migrate back and forth between schools in Mexico and the United States. The hardships and rich experiences of this lifestyle provide educators with unique challenges and, at the same time, opportunities to learn and develop…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Culturally Relevant Education, Educational Environment, Educational Strategies
Reck, Carleen – 1990
This digest presents recent findings about effective instructional practices for classroom teachers in small schools. In terms of instruction, small schools have two characteristics: a broader scope of teacher responsibilities and more instructional levels per classroom. Teachers in small schools have the opportunity to develop the student as a…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Learning, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education
Taylor, Howard Eugene – 1996
This Digest draws on current practices in global education to provide teachers with practical suggestions regarding instructional and technological resources as well as the use of cooperative learning approaches. Readily accessible instructional resources for teaching global education include: (1) local communities, e.g., volunteer organizations,…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Community Resources, Cooperative Learning, Educational Resources
McChesney, Jim – Portraits of Success, 1996
Despite the commissions and politicians that decry the failures of public education, thousands of teachers, principals, and administrators struggle daily to provide children with an education that will open doors. This article examines some of these educators' efforts, which demonstrate that change and success are possible. Interviews were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acceleration (Education), Action Research, Cooperative Learning
Holt, Daniel D., Ed. – 1993
Essays on cooperative learning focus on the use of this strategy to address the special needs of linguistically and culturally diverse student groups in elementary and secondary education. The volume contains several essays on theory, principles, and techniques of cooperative learning and a series of model instructional units for a variety of…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Learning, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Design
Wilson, Brent G.; And Others – 1994
Peakview is a new school that is implementing a number of organizational and teaching strategies advocated by the school restructuring reform movement. Among those strategies is the infusion of more than 80 networked microcomputers and related technology and software. This evaluation study examined the impact of the technology on the school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Learning
