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Brookfield, Stephen D.; Preskill, Stephen – 1999
This book offers a variety of practical ideas, tools, and techniques for creating democratic classrooms. It suggests exercises to get discussion started, strategies for maintaining its momentum, ways to elicit a diversity of views and voices, ideas for creative groupings and formats, and processes to encourage student participation. In exploring…
Descriptors: Democracy, Democratic Values, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Diversity (Student)
Download full textRabe, Alan N. – 1972
The purpose of this study was to compare the knowledge and attitude test results of a student-led discussion group in two college-level introductory health courses. The 70 students enrolled in the courses were divided into eight groups represented as equally as possible concerning sex, age, year, and major in school. Student discussion leaders…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, College Students, Discussion Groups, Health Education
McCoy, Leah P., Ed. – 1998
This collection of papers includes: "Teaching Approaches in Social Studies" (Lisa N. Andries); "Teacher Assigned and Student Generated Writing Topics" (Robert L. Barr, Jr.); "Environmental Knowledge and Concern among High School Students" (Kristin Redington Bennett); "The Use of Primary Sources in the Social…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Adolescent Literature, Biology, Cheating
