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Download full textBurik, Anthony – Adult Literacy Education, 2021
Goal setting is an activity that adult literacy educators should be doing with their students, but it often becomes difficult to monitor the progress of student goals given the many other things they are responsible for in their classes, programs, and schools. While there is little doubt as to the importance of goal-setting and its connection to…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Goal Orientation, Adult Education, Basic Skills
Brouillette, Liane – Journal for Learning through the Arts, 2022
This article examines the goal of kindergarten, along with how the youngest members of a kindergarten cohort may be disadvantaged by an over-emphasis on reading skills. Evidence is examined, showing that kindergartners benefit from learning practical, social, artistic and oral language skills. Effective ways that early elementary school teachers…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Early Childhood Teachers, Early Childhood Education, Reading Skills
Direct linkEastham, Susan L. – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2015
Disc golf is a lifetime activity that can be enjoyed by students of varying skill levels and abilities. Disc golf follows the principles of ball golf but is generally easier for students to play and enjoy success. The object of disc golf is similar to ball golf and involves throwing a disc from the teeing area to the target in as few throws as…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Teaching Skills, Teaching Guides, Athletics
Dougherty Stahl, Katherine A. – Reading Teacher, 2015
The acquisition of alphabetic knowledge (letter names, letter sounds, and letter forms) is an important predictor of later literacy achievement. This article describes research findings that provide new insights about how children learn the alphabetic principle and the implications for effective and efficient instruction of the alphabet. Teachers…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Basic Skills, Emergent Literacy, Early Experience
White, Heather – SchoolArts: The Art Education Magazine for Teachers, 2010
Nothing pleases parents more than receiving handmade gifts from their children, especially if the gift is in the shape of a heart. Nothing pleases an art teacher more than having a lesson that is easy to follow, teaches basic skills, and enables students to be successful with the activity. In this article, the author describes how to create a…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Studio Art, Ceramics, Early Childhood Education
Britt, Judy; LaFontaine, Gus – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2009
Originally called Earth Viewer in 2004, Google Earth was the first virtual globe easily available to the ordinary user of the Internet. Google Earth, at earth.google.com, is a free, 3-dimensional computer model of Earth, but that means more than just a large collection of pretty pictures. It allows the viewer to "fly" anywhere on Earth "to view…
Descriptors: Satellites (Aerospace), Geography, Basic Skills, Educational Technology
Mitchell, Geana W.; Skinner, Leane B.; White, Bonnie J. – Delta Pi Epsilon Journal, 2010
Background: Soft skills describe career attributes that individuals should possess, such as team skills, communication skills, ethics, time-management skills, and an appreciation for diversity. In the twenty-first century workforce, soft skills are important in every business sector. However, employers in business continuously report that new…
Descriptors: Business Education Teachers, Job Skills, Business Education, Skill Analysis
Litowitz, Len S. – Technology Teacher, 2009
In an era when so much emphasis is being placed on the high-stakes standardized testing of fundamental subjects such as reading, writing, and math, it makes sense to demonstrate the role technology educators play in developing such fundamental knowledge and skills in youth. While the author believes that technology education contributes to the…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Innovation, Engineering, Basic Skills
Axtell, Philip K.; McCallum, R. Steve; Bell, Sherry Mee; Poncy, Brian – Psychology in the Schools, 2008
To investigate the influence of an innovative math fluency intervention, 36 middle-school students were randomly assigned to either an experimental (the Detect, Practice, Repair [DPR]) or control condition (reading intervention). After covarying pretest scores, the DPR treatment produced a significantly higher (p = 0.016) adjusted mean (M) math…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Intervention, Psychologists, School Psychologists
Welch, Leona Nicholas – Learning, 1988
An English teacher discusses how she teaches her students to take responsibility, to build a positive attitude, to listen and concentrate, to think, and to study. Only then are they ready to learn English. (MT)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Junior High Schools, Teaching Methods
Frahm, Bruce W. – Mathematics Teacher, 2006
This article shows how to assess student effort towards success in a basic math class using an imaginary salary as a reward.
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Student Evaluation, Academic Achievement, Basic Skills
Swartz, Elizabeth – Teaching Pre K-8, 2005
This article describes fifty-five skill-building activities for use in teaching grades Pre-K through 8. Activities are labeled according to basic skill areas, and activities for parents are included as well.
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Skill Development, Learning Activities, Parent Participation
Townsend, J. Scott; Mohr, Derek J. – Teaching Elementary Physical Education, 2005
In an earlier issue of "TEPE" (January, 2005) the "Research to Practice" column examined the effects of a developmental curriculum on elementary-aged children's performance. Pappa, Evanggelinou, and Karabourniotis (2005) found support for a line of research suggesting that curricular programming should place a specific focus on development of…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Basic Skills, Physical Education, Instructional Materials
Peer reviewedKossack, Sharon – Journal of Reading, 1987
Offers suggestions on how to use the newspaper to teach students how to follow directions. (SRT)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Class Activities, Daily Living Skills, Elementary Education
Reetz, Linda J.; Rasmussen, Terry L. – Academic Therapy, 1988
Two mnemonic acronyms can help learning-disabled children remember to complete the necessary steps for regrouping in addition and subtraction. (DB)
Descriptors: Addition, Basic Skills, Computation, Elementary Education
