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Lafont, Lucile; Rivière, Camille; Darnis, Florence; Legrain, Pascal – European Physical Education Review, 2017
This article is grounded in social constructivist perspectives of learning: its purpose is to provide an overview of the "Interactions Sociales et Acquisition" (ISA) [Social Interactions and Acquisition] French group's research that examines how a peer-assisted learning (PAL) group context facilitates students' acquisition of motor and…
Descriptors: Group Activities, Physical Education, Interpersonal Competence, Psychomotor Skills
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Ambrose, Rebecca; Burnison, Erica – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2015
When finding the decimal equivalent of a fraction with 12 in the denominator, will it terminate or repeat? This question came from a seventh grader in author Erica Burnison's class as the student was pondering a poster generated by one of her classmates. Not only was the question intriguing, but it also affirmed the belief in the power of…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Middle School Students, Secondary School Mathematics, Teaching Methods
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Chessin, Paula; Payeur, Jessica; Chessin, Deborah – Knowledge Quest, 2012
One of the benefits of working at the middle school level is the opportunity to work with colleagues in a variety of content areas; this not only makes work more interesting, but offers a multidisciplinary approach to learning that ultimately benefits the students. In the Londonderry (New Hampshire) School District, collaboration between classroom…
Descriptors: Team Teaching, Librarian Teacher Cooperation, School Libraries, Astronomy
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Benter, Doris J. – SchoolArts: The Art Education Magazine for Teachers, 2008
At Portledge School in Locust Valley, New York, ninth graders in their upper school study art history for one semester. The visual arts department has created a vigorous new syllabus culminating in an hour-long mock art auction. The department selects several art movements (e.g., Post-Impressionism, Cubism, Abstract Expressionism, Social Realism,…
Descriptors: Art History, Art Education, Group Activities, Student Projects
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Weist, Mark D.; Stiegler, Kerri; Stephan, Sharon; Cox, Jennifer; Vaughan, Courtney – Psychology in the Schools, 2010
This article provides background on school mental health (SMH) programs in Baltimore and efforts to integrate evidence-based preventive interventions into the schools served by these programs. We describe the triangular model of SMH promotion, building at the base from environment and relationship enhancement, followed by universal and selective…
Descriptors: Prevention, Mental Health, Administrators, School Health Services
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Duran, Lena B. – Science Education Review, 2003
A prominent theme permeating national science education reform reports such as the "National Science Education Standards" (National Research Council [NRC], 1996) and "Project 2061: Science for All Americans" (Rutherford & Alhgren, 1990) recommends the incorporation of cooperative learning in the science classroom. Although…
Descriptors: Science Education, Educational Change, Teamwork, Cooperative Learning