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Download full textLyons, Nancy Hague; Ridley, Sarah – 1994
This packet, written for teachers of sixth-grade art and language arts courses, is designed to inspire creative expression in words and images through an appreciation for Japanese art. The selection of paintings presented are from the Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution. The interdisciplinary approach, combines art and language arts.…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Art, Art Activities, Art Appreciation
Peer reviewedSchwartz, Nancy; And Others – Teaching and Change, 1995
Sixth-grade teachers collaborated with staff development coordinators on a cooperative-learning project which taught social skills to 300 students and incorporated attributes of cooperative learning into teaching of all content areas. A primary benefit of the process was the collegiality and teamwork experienced between the teachers and staff…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Cooperative Learning, Cooperative Planning, Dependents Schools
De Corte, Erik; And Others – 1996
This paper reports on five related studies on upper elementary school students' beliefs about the role of real-world knowledge in solving mathematical word problems, and on possibilities of overcoming their unrealistic mathematical modeling. Findings from the first study of 75 Belgian fifth-grade students showed that as a consequence of current…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
Kojima, Hideo; Miyakawa, Juji – 1993
This poster presentation examined the structure of Japanese elementary school children's social support systems to demonstrate how they are related to: (1) academic achievement; (2) teacher evaluations; and (3) the children's own sense of self-esteem. A total of 91 fifth and sixth graders, along with their teachers, were interviewed and surveyed.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Foreign Countries
Murphy, Carole – 1983
Teachers at all academic levels can adapt the design and content of the sixth grade Japanese cultural festival detailed in this learning packet. Material is divided into 2 sections. Section 1 provides a step-by-step guide to planning and conducting the festival. These instructions, based on 5 years of experience, include a detailed planning…
Descriptors: Asian Studies, Clothing, Cultural Activities, Cultural Education
Becker, Jerry P., Ed. – 1992
In 1986 the United States (U.S.)-Japan Seminar on Mathematical Problem Solving convened to compare the state of problem solving in the classroom and in research in the two countries. The data and results given in this paper are the results of research conducted in the United States in response to the 1986 seminar. The U.S. and Japanese research…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style
