This study attempts to analyze the innovation of learning media in elementary schools during the COVID-19 pandemic. This library and field research has the data collected from Google Scholar database concerning scientific articles about innovative learning media in elementary schools during the pandemic. The data were collected using the keyword…

Today's youth come to the English language arts class with a diverse range of ideas and experiences that give them the ability to develop and blossom into proficient and talented writers for multiple audiences; constant engagement with new media and digital literacies provides them multiple opportunities and multiple channels through which to…

This quantitative research study was designed to examine the relationship between system resource allocation patterns and student achievement, as measured by eighth grade Criterion-Referenced Competency Test (CRCT) mathematics, eighth grade CRCT reading, eleventh grade Georgia High School Graduation Test (GHSGT) mathematics, eleventh grade and…

Teaching computer programming to young children has been considered difficult because of its abstract and complex nature. The objectives of this study are (1) to investigate whether an innovative educational technology tool called Scratch could enable young children to learn abstract knowledge of computer programming while creating multimedia…

Illustrates the variety of materials available in the ERIC system, from lesson plans and teaching guides to classroom games and descriptions of individualized activities, for planning language arts lessons. (DD)

A TECHNIQUE FOR THE TEACHING OF SPELLING AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL IS PRESENTED WHICH INCLUDES KINESTHETIC, AUDITORY, AND VISUAL INVOLVEMENT. EMPHASIS IS PLACED UPON TOTAL WORD RECALL, UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORD'S MEANING, AND USE OF THE WORDS IN CONTEXTUAL SENTENCES. STUDY SHEETS ARE PREPARED BEFOREHAND WITH THE WORDS AND SENTENCES ON THEM WHICH…

Written primarily as an aid for teachers who are seeking ways in which to enrich their language arts program, this book describes one teacher's approach to her students and their lessons. Part One discusses prose writing and suggests ways of teaching children to write well. Part Two concerns literature teaching which involves reading aloud to the…

THE POSITION TAKEN IS THAT A PREWRITING PROGRAM OF FROM APPROXIMATELY 4 TO 6 WEEKS WILL AID CHILDREN IN DEVELOPING THE NEURO-MUSCULAR COORDINATION NECESSARY IN LEARNING TO WRITE. CHILDREN ARE TAUGHT TO TRACE AND THEN REPRODUCE VARIOUS FIGURES INVOLVING ALL OF THE BASIC STROKES OF MANUSCRIPT. EXAMPLES ARE INCLUDED. IT HAS BEEN FOUND THAT SUCCESS OF…

In response to a challenge to integrate media activities into literacy lessons, teachers from elementary and middle grade classrooms initiated action research projects to determine the effectiveness of their efforts. Three projects are discussed in detail. Data collection and analysis were of a mixed design. Each action research project used media…

This teacher-aid book discusses: (1) Setting the Creative Climate; (2) Description; (3) Writing Stories; (4) Writing Poetry; (5) Creative Writing Projects; and (6) Maintaining the Creative Climate. A short bibliography of works that are either folk tales or poetry is given. (DB)

Discusses the production of photo essays (or slide/tape presentations) as a teaching technique with elementary school students. (AA)

The wide variation in classroom teacher usage of an instructional radio project in Washington, D.C. is presented. (Author)

The aims of the Gadsden City School System project to alter language arts strategies in fifth and eighth grade included the promotion of professional growth for teachers and student growth in language arts and reading as well as the production of appropriate televised materials. (LS)