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Holman, Martha; Gailey, Lamar – 1978
This module on apple dolls is one of eight modules designed to provide instruction on authentic Blue Ridge Mountain crafts to adult basic education students at a low cost. Contents include notes on the apple doll making; process used, including equipment and materials, as well as method described narratively and graphically; and the followup,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Basic Skills, Handicrafts
Holman, Martha; Gailey, Lamar – 1978
This module on candles is one of eight modules designed to provide instruction on authentic Blue Ridge Mountain crafts to adult basic education students at a low cost. Contents include notes on the history of candle making; process used, including equipment and materials, as well as method described narratively and graphically; and the followup,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Basic Skills, Handicrafts
Holman, Martha; Gailey, Lamar – 1978
This module on chair caning is one of eight modules designed to provide instruction on authentic Blue Ridge Mountain crafts to adult basic education students at a low cost. Contents include notes on the history of caning; process used, including equipment and materials, as well as method described narratively and graphically; and the followup,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Basic Skills, Handicrafts
Holman, Martha; Gailey, Lamar – 1978
This module on corn shuck dolls is one of eight modules designed to provide instruction on authentic Blue Ridge Mountain crafts to adult basic education students at a low cost. Contents include notes on the history of the dolls; process used, including equipment and materials, as well as method described narratively and graphically; and the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Basic Skills, Handicrafts
Holman, Martha; Gailey, Lamar – 1978
This module on quilting is one of eight modules designed to provide instruction on authentic Blue Ridge Mountain crafts to adult basic education students at a low cost. Contents include notes on the history of quilting (including vocabulary words); process used, including equipment and materials, as well as method described narratively and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Basic Skills, Handicrafts
Holman, Martha; Gailey, Lamar – 1978
This module on rug braiding is one of eight modules designed to provide instruction on authentic Blue Ridge Mountain crafts to adult basic education students at low cost. Contents include notes on the history of rug braiding; process used, including equipment and materials, as well as method described narratively and graphically; and the followup,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Basic Skills, Handicrafts
Holman, Martha; Gailey, Lamar – 1978
This module on weaving is one of eight modules designed to provide instruction on authentic Blue Ridge Mountain crafts to adult basic education students as a low cost. Contents include notes on the history of weaving; process used, including equipment and materials, as well as method described narratively and graphically; and the followup, where…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Basic Skills, Handicrafts
Peer reviewedGrubaugh, Steven J.; Metzger, Devon J. – Social Education, 1986
This teaching example shows how to use students' own experiences to help them learn social studies terminology. The example must be told as a story spoken to the class. The teacher's responsibility is to guide and facilitate the students' presentations. (JDH)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Concept Teaching, High Schools, Learning Activities
Holman, Martha; Gailey, Lamar – 1978
This module on pottery making is one of eight modules designed to provide instruction on authentic Blue Ridge Mountain crafts to adult basic education students at a low cost. Contents include notes on the history of pottery, including terms to know; process used, including equipment and materials, as well as method described narratively and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Basic Skills, Ceramics
Potter, Rosemary Lee – Teacher, 1979
The author describes some of the instructional programs currently available on educational television. She gives special attention to the series "ThinkAbout" for grades five and six, which emphasizes using skills in reasoning, studying, language arts, and math to solve everyday problems. (SJL)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Childrens Television, Educational Television, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedMurphy, Lora V.; And Others – Social Studies Review, 1987
This article describes the development process and products of a two-year project designed to improve basic skills instruction in existing secondary social studies courses. Includes a sample lesson plan and student handouts. (JDH)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Instructional Improvement, Lesson Plans, Secondary Education
Download full textAdult Literacy and Basic Skills Unit, London (England). – 1994
This document incorporates source materials from local and regional newspapers from different parts of the United Kingdom into learning activities to develop literacy skills. The activities are organized into seven sections as follows: local newspapers (types of local newspapers, regular and special features, columns and blocks, and reading the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Basic Skills, Foreign Countries
Moldenhauer, Janice – 1980
Over 30 elementary activities for developing dictionary skills are provided. A wide variety of formats is used, including pictionaries, connect the dots, word searches, fill-in-the-blank, matching, and riddles to help children practice skills such as sounds, alphabetical order, prefixes, parts of speech, phonetic pronunciation, and guide words.…
Descriptors: Alphabetizing Skills, Basic Skills, Dictionaries, Elementary Education
Flippo, Rona F., Ed.; Caverly, David C., Ed. – 1991
This book provides a review of the theoretical, empirical, and instructional issues in the field of college reading and study strategies through a careful and systematic examination of the relevant literature. The articles and their authors are, as follows: (1) "Vocabulary Acquisition and the College Student" (Michele L. Simpson and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Higher Education, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction
Southwest Educational Development Lab., Austin, TX. – 1983
In 1978, the Administration for Children, Youth, and Families, through its Head Start program, designed and implemented the Basic Educational Skills (BES) project to foster Head Start children's readiness for school and their subsequent achievement in elementary school. The purpose of this document is to disseminate elementary-level BES materials.…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Elementary Education, Guidelines, Instructional Development
