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Robbins, Bruce – 1988
Literature on classroom drama suggests that there is considerable untapped potential for using drama as a teaching method in the English classroom. Studies have shown that high school students using dramatic enactment experienced more instances of higher order thinking, more topic-specific emotions, decreased apprehension, and less…
Descriptors: Creative Dramatics, Drama, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction

Fox, Deborah Jean – Youth Theatre Journal, 1986
Includes an annotated bibliography of documents in the ERIC system that (1) provide insight on the value of role playing and dramatic play in the classroom and (2) suggest a variety of classroom activities that use improvisation as tool to help children retain ideas, emotions, or any academic lessons. (JD)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Class Activities, Cognitive Development, Creative Teaching
Johnson, Marcia L. – 1998
This ERIC Digest reviews the development and current status of peace education in the United States. After briefly surveying the peace education movement from its origins with a small group of educators in New England in the 1800s through its stigmatization as being anti-American during periods of hot and cold war, the Digest devotes more…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Global Education
LaFromboise, Teresa Davis – 1982
Assertiveness training, a current preferred method of training appropriate communication skills, strives to teach a behavior which enables a person to act in his/her own interests, to express honest feelings comfortably, or to exercise one's own rights without denying the rights of others. Assertion training could be envisioned as an intervention…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, Assertiveness, Behavior
Bonwell, Charles C.; Eison, James A. – 1991
This monograph examines the nature of active learning at the higher education level, the empirical research on its use, the common obstacles and barriers that give rise to faculty resistance, and how faculty and staff can implement active learning techniques. A preliminary section defines active learning and looks at the current climate…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Cooperative Learning, Debate, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Tannenbaum, Jo-Ellen – 1996
This digest provides examples of measures well suited for assessing English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students. Alternative assessment is particularly useful with ESL students because it asks students to show what they can integrate and produce, not simply recall and reproduce. Alternative assessment includes varied measures adaptable for…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Charts, Creative Writing, Dialog Journals

Lehr, Fran – Reading Teacher, 1987
Defines story grammar, reviews pertinent research, and describes classroom activities based on research findings. (NKA)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Cohesion (Written Composition), Elementary Education
Cornejo, Ricardo J.; And Others – 1983
Intended to provide practical information pertaining to methods and techniques for speech elicitation and production, the monograph offers specific methods and techniques to elicit spontaneous speech in bilingual students. Chapter 1, "Traditional Methodologies for Language Production and Recording," presents an overview of studies using…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Communication Research, Communicative Competence (Languages), Dialogs (Language)
Howe, Robert W.; Disinger, John F. – 1990
The ability to think critically is essential if individuals are to live, work, and function effectively in our current and changing society. The activities included in this publication were selected to identify a variety of effective strategies for teaching critical thinking skills through environmental education. Activities include library…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Conservation (Environment), Cooperative Learning, Critical Thinking
Remy, Richard C.; And Others – 1987
The instructional techniques illustrated in this book present a method of infusing national security issues into the five principal social studies courses of U.S. history, world history, U.S. government, economics, and geography. Chapter 1 discusses the meaning and evolution of the term national security in its general and educational contexts.…
Descriptors: Charts, Class Activities, Concept Teaching, Curriculum Guides
Eckard, Ronald D.; Kearny, Mary Ann – 1981
A major goal of ESL education is to teach students how to speak English well enough to converse spontaneously and naturally with native speakers. Discourse analysis provides an understanding of those skills second language learners need to acquire to converse with native speakers and an understanding of how these skills may most beneficially be…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Class Activities, Dialogs (Language), Discourse Analysis
Brown, Bettina Lankard – 1999
Because emotional well-being is increasingly being recognized as a predictor of success in school, family, and work life, many are advocating that emotional intelligence be promoted as early as elementary school. Emotional intelligence involves two competencies important to career success: (1) the ability to recognize personal and others' feelings…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs
Rossiter, Marsha – 2002
Increasingly, adult educators are using narrative and stories for many reasons, including their deep appeal, satisfaction, and cultural transcendence. As a fundamental structure of human meaning making narrative is a valuable classroom tool in that it can enable students to understand life events, personal actions, and solidify identity formation.…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Kerka, Sandra – 2001
Capstones are culminating experiences in which students synthesize subject-matter knowledge they have acquired, integrate cross-disciplinary knowledge, and connect theory and application in preparation for entry into a career. Capstone courses should be both a synthesis and a bridge to students' future after graduation. In career and technical…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Capstone Experiences, Case Studies, Classroom Techniques