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Capriccio: The Rialto Bridge and the Church of S. Giorgio Maggiore.
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Suarez, Diana – Art Education, 1986
This art activity introduces students in grades four-six to the popular 18th-century capriccio painting of Canaletto, one of the greatest painters of views of Venice, Italy. (RM)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Artists, Intermediate Grades
Introducing Talk and Writing for Conceptual Change: A Classroom Study.
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Mason, Lucia – Learning and Instruction, 2001
Studied the introduction of talk and writing to stimulate and sustain conceptual change in science in a class of 12 Italian fourth graders. Data show that reasoning and arguing collaboratively and writing to express and reflect on conceptualizations are useful tools in the knowledge revision process. (SLD)
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Intermediate Grades, Thinking Skills
Metacognitive Awareness in Good and Poor Math Problem Solvers.
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Lucangeli, Daniela; Coi, Gabriella; Bosco, Paola – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1997
This study with 155 fifth-grade Italian children examined students' metacognitive beliefs in mathematics and their relation to problem-solving performance. Poor problem solvers had lower metacognitive awareness, believed number size was an indicator of problem difficulty, and made more computational and procedural errors. (DB)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Learning Problems
The Development of Rhythmic Perception in Eight- to Ten-Year-Old Italian Children.
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Lucchetti, Stefania; Caccio, Lucia; De Beni, Rossana – Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 1997
Investigates the development of rhythmic perception in Italian primary school children and its correlation to other subjects. Demonstrates a significant improvement in fourth graders' ability to discriminate duration and rhythms and indicates very few correlations with other types of school learning. Believes that the results emphasize the special…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Grade 4
Manifestations of America from Two Museum Collections. Instructional Resources.
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Babic, Sherry; Clark, Nick; Harnew, Stacey; Kenaston, Sher; Lucas, Hazel; Rowson, Ann – Art Education, 2001
Presents a lesson plan for 4th and 5th grade students presenting four views of U.S. artistic responses to nature, society, and technological advances. States the goal is for students to analyze, compare, and contrast how artists define the United States. (DAJ)
Descriptors: Art Criticism, Art Education, Art Products, Artists
Anagram Solving and Reading Abilities in Children.
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Deloche, Gerard; And Others – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 1995
Examines the relationship between anagram solving and reading aloud proficiency in Italian (n=43) and French (n=50) sixth-grade children. Finds a statistically significant relation in Italian children but not such a direct link in French children. Concludes that anagram solving may highlight some developmental stages and processing strategies in…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Developmental Stages, Foreign Countries, Grade 6
Sharing Cognition To Construct Scientific Knowledge in School Context: The Role of Oral and Written Discourse.
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Mason, Lucia – Instructional Science, 1998
This study investigated the role of talking-to-learn in small- and large-group discussions about a knowledge object and writing-to-learn in individual time after collaborative reasoning and arguing. The study involved a fifth-grade class in Italy studying ecological concepts, and results show that by sharing cognition students constructed more…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Ecology, Foreign Countries
Children's Writing of Argumentative Texts: Effects of Indirect Instruction.
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Zammuner, Vanda Lucia – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 1991
Presents an Italian study of children assigned to write two persuasive appeals for funds. Reports that improvement on the second request was related to request features demonstrated between the two assignments. Concludes that training did have some effect, but both control and experimental groups improved in their second performances. (DK)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Comparative Analysis, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Foreign Countries