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Direct linkLibresco, Andrea S. – Social Education, 2013
This article describes 10 recommendations for creativity, higher-order thinking, and meaningful learning activities that can be used to guide teachers in constructing an engaging AP course: (1) Be on the committee that decides how students will be selected for AP; (2) Maximize time and connections through blocks of time with an English colleague;…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Creativity, Thinking Skills, Cognitive Processes
Peer reviewedBrown, Robert G. – Clearing House, 1972
Context in this article is the victimization of teacher's in their purchase of textbooks. (RK)
Descriptors: Reading Material Selection, Teacher Responsibility, Teacher Role, Textbook Evaluation
Dreyer, Lois G. – 1984
Readability formulas can be useful tools in accomplishing their primary purpose--to give very general estimates of difficulty. Unfortunately, there has been a great deal of misunderstanding regarding their use, which has resulted in misuse and abuse. The formulas were designed to be applied post hoc to existing materials. They were not intended to…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Readability, Readability Formulas
Burress, Lee A., Jr. – 1967
As a result of a joint concern over the issues of book selection and censorhip, the National Council of Teachers of English and the American Association of School Librarians distributed a questionnaire in the spring of 1964 to 1,600 secondary schools, half going to chairpersons of English departments and half to school librarians. Approximately…
Descriptors: Censorship, Educational Practices, Educational Research, English Departments
Norby, Janet R. – 1983
When elementary school teachers serve on a committee to select a new basal reader program, they must represent their school's unique needs. To develop their awareness, the selection committee should address such questions as: What kind of program improvements are teachers hoping to get? What kind of articulation will be needed between this program…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Decision Making, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers
Alabama Univ., Birmingham. – 1976
Intended for use by Title I teachers, this handbook is designed to aid in the selection and use of commercially prepared reading games and game-like teaching materials that teach or reinforce (1) basic sight vocabulary, (2) spelling, (3) word meaning, (4) comprehension, (5) reading readiness, (6) perception, (7) study, (8) listening, (9) fluency,…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials
Anderson, Philip M., Ed. – The Leaflet, 1984
The seven articles in this focused journal issue are concerned with choosing books for teaching and the various constraints on those choices. The first article, by Richard Lederer, discusses George Orwell's "1984" and the principles of Newspeak. His article sets the tone for the next two articles: "Beware the Misuse of…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Bibliographies, Blacks, Censorship
Alabama Univ., Birmingham. – 1976
Intended for use by Title I reading teachers, this handbook is designed to aid in answering questions about the selection and use of instructional materials. The handbook lists materials according to the following skill areas: (1) auditory discrimination, (2) comprehension, (3) critical thinking, (4) dictionary skills; (5) fine motor skills, (6)…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials
