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Learning to Learn.
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Heiman, Marcia – Educational Leadership, 1985
Describes a program that helps students build general learning skills and subject specific skills. The success of the program is based on providing students an environment conducive to active learning. (MD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
Reinvigorating Learning through Writing.
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Pradl, Gordon M.; Mayher, John S. – Educational Leadership, 1985
Keeping a journal of classroom experiences can help students express their understandings of the concepts they learn in school and how the lessons relate to their own lives. An eight-item reference list is provided. (Author)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Motivation, Learning Strategies, Student Attitudes
Digging to Learn: Teaching Science, History, and Social Studies through Archaeology.
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Sentelle, Sam P. – Educational Leadership, 1986
Describes how a high school teacher successfuly organized, funded, and involved students and community members in an archaeological dig under the school's front lawn. (IW)
Descriptors: Archaeology, Community Programs, Educational Innovation, High Schools
Synthesis of Research on the Effectiveness of Intellectual Skills Programs: Snake-Oil Remedies or Miracle Cures?
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Sternberg, Robert J.; Bhana, Kastoor – Educational Leadership, 1986
Reviews the research on the effectiveness of five thinking skills training programs: Instrumental Enrichment, Philosophy for Children, Structure-of-Intellect (SOI), Problem Solving and Comprehension: A Short Course in Analytical Reasoning, and Odyssey. Compares and contrasts the content of each program and describes the relative lack of adequate…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Needs
Empowering Students through Writing.
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Greenberg, Joel; Rath, Christine – Educational Leadership, 1985
When they write on topics with personal meaning and read one another's papers to see whether they are communicating, even hard-to-teach students recognize the power of language and their ability to use it. An 11-item reference list is provided. (Author/DCS)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Attitudes, Language Skills
Good Teachers in Good Schools: Some Reflections.
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Ducharme, Edward R.; Kluender, Mary M. – Educational Leadership, 1986
Even in schools termed "outstanding" by local and state reviews, few teachers demonstrate artful, inspired classroom instruction. Probable causes include (1) the emphasis in schools on order, competency, and basics, (2) random minilectures, (3) teachers' growing old in place, and (4) the dearth of younger career teachers. (IW)
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Creative Teaching, Problems, Professional Development