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Social Education, 1972
Inquiry strategies stressed in the multi-disciplinary materials designed for junior and senior high students with below grade level reading abilities are examined in this article. (SM)
Descriptors: Area Studies, Curriculum Evaluation, Human Geography, Inquiry
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VanSickle, Ronald L. – Social Education, 1978
An educational research project dealt with teaching slow learners to analyze their values related to public and private issues. Findings from a test sample of 75 ninth and tenth grade slow learning students indicated that the students did not exhibit greater understanding of value dilemmas when classroom projects dealing with the dilemmas were…
Descriptors: Educational Problems, Educational Research, Performance Factors, Reading Comprehension
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Schneider, Donald O.; Brown, Mary Jo McGee – Social Education, 1980
Presents tips to teachers of slow-learning junior high and high school students in social studies courses. To help teachers make the material in the textbooks more interesting to students, the article suggests developing an instructional strategy and creating reading guides geared to their students' reading level. (DB)
Descriptors: Educational Media, Junior High School Students, Secondary Education, Slow Learners
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Curtis, Charles K.; Shaver, James P. – Social Education, 1980
Suggests that investigation of contemporary problems be included in social studies/citizenship education programs and stresses the relevance of contemporary problems to social studies curricula for slow learners. Literature pertaining to citizenship education is reviewed, and research to determine effects of a study of contemporary issues on…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives, Literature Reviews
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Fontein, Hazel – Social Education, 1978
Maintains that most discipline problems arise when students are asked to perform beyond their capabilities. Outlines several techniques for teaching social studies to slow learners. Techniques involve students in group reading, simulations, globe and map drills, neighborhood surveys, and art projects. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Discipline Problems, Elementary Education
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Social Education, 1972
The two programs examined concentrate on developing junior high school slow learners' affective behavior through a discussion strategy. The Americans helps students to understand contemporary society within the broad context of American historical development. Living in Urban America, a multidisciplinary program, examines various aspects of urban…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Curriculum Evaluation, History Instruction, Junior High Schools