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Poole, Carla; Miller, Susan A.; Church, Ellen Booth – Early Childhood Today, 2006
This article presents suggestions on how to increase awareness of a sense of time for infants up to age 6. It recommends using children's personal experiences to help them understand time concepts. Individual components of this article include: (1) "I Go Now!"--Birth to 2 (Carla Poole); (2) "Today's My Birthday!"--3 to 4 (Susan A. Miller); and (3)…
Descriptors: Age, Developmental Stages, Time Management, Learning Experience
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Apple, Michael W.; Noddings, Nel; Gee, James Paul; Cunningham, Michael; Russell, Dee; Cherryholmes, Cleo H.; Pekarsky, Daniel – American Educational Research Journal, 1999
Seven articles comment on the proposed resolution of the "learning paradox" of how people make meaning and learn from prior learning. The reviewers find much of merit in the proposed reliance on the work of J. Dewey and C. Peirce, but they criticize many aspects of the paper, especially its brief treatment of the learning paradox itself.…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Learning Experience, Paradox, Postmodernism
Instructor, 1983
Ideas for learning centers that will motivate students include: (1) a "railroad station" for reading groups; (2) a model rocket where children can use calculators; (3) a walled-in castle study center; (4) a model one-room schoolhouse; (5) a map center; and (6) a music center. Procedures for building and stocking the centers are…
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Educational Resources, Elementary Education, Instructional Materials
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Garber, Howard L.; And Others – Intelligence, 1991
Garber and D. Hodge argue that preschool education should not be asked to inoculate children against school failure. It is enough that it supports the experience of learning. H. H. Spitz responds that Locurto has not gone far enough in his criticism, whereas C. Locurto defends his position. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Early Intervention, High Risk Students