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Campbell, Joan Daniels – Learning, 1988
This article describes how to improve students' notetaking skills by having them pretend they are journalists wiring in a story. Students must pare down information to the essentials and calculate telegram costs. Sample exercises and a reproducible page are provided. (JL)
Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Notetaking, Research Skills, Study Skills
Suid, Murray – Learning, 1979
Methods for encouraging thoughtful use of encyclopedias in elementary school report writing are suggested. (LH)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Encyclopedias, Homework, Research Methodology
Starko, Alane J. – Learning, 1992
Presents ideas to help elementary teachers encourage their students to discover the excitement of doing descriptive, historical, or experimental research by seeking new information, testing hypotheses, gathering data, drawing conclusions, and using appropriate vocabulary. The article includes questions for children to investigate and words used by…
Descriptors: Creative Teaching, Experiential Learning, Interdisciplinary Approach, Learning Activities
Adams, Barbara M. – Learning, 1989
By scrutinizing products and their advertisements, students can learn how to make smart consumer decisions. Activities are described which focus on evaluating advertising claims and designing and administering a poll. Techniques used by advertisers are identified, and a reproducible worksheet for collecting product test and comparison data is…
Descriptors: Advertising, Class Activities, Consumer Education, Curriculum Enrichment
