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Gutow, Howard, Ed. – Cross Currents, 1979
This issue of "Cross Currents" includes the following articles: "An Experience with CLL" by Earl Stevick; "Accuracy vs. Fluency in the English Language Classroom" by Kenton Sutherland; "Predicate Markers: A New Look at the English Predicate System" by Phillip L. Knowles; "'Let Your TV do the Talking':…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Creative Thinking, Cultural Education, Drama
Hantula, James – 1977
This document is divided into two papers; the first paper investigates the attitudes of secondary students toward modern society (attitudes about the future, making friends, looking for a job, and viewing the city as a friendly place), and whether age, sex, or grade made any difference in these attitudes. A non-randomized, control-group posttest…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Educational Environment, Educational Media, Educational Research
Reinehr, Frances – Teachers and Writers Magazine, 1987
Discusses ways to use mythic literature to teach children about themselves and to help them write their own stories and legends. (SRT)
Descriptors: American Indian Literature, Bibliotherapy, Classroom Techniques, Creative Writing
Dirkx, John M – 2000
For many years, Robert Boyd has focused on the deeper emotional and spiritual dimensions of learning that many have suggested are underdeveloped in dominant conceptions of transformative learning. Boyd's work is grounded in the field of depth psychology, which is based on a fundamental belief in the powerful role that the dynamic unconscious plays…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Andragogy, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures
Chaplin, Miriam T. – 1988
A study was conducted to identify and analyze the writing strategies of eighth- and ninth-grade black and white students on the 1983-84 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Black students, who were from an urban area in New Jersey, had also taken the New Jersey High School Proficiency Test (NJHSPT). Following an initial study that…
Descriptors: Black Students, Classification, Comparative Analysis, Grade 8
1998
This document contains three papers from a symposium on adult learning in the workplace. "Coaching: Facilitating the Training of Subject-Matter Specialists. Development and Evaluation of an Andragogical Model of Continuing Vocational Education" (Jost Reischmann) describes the new insights into the problems of continuing vocational…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Andragogy, Continuing Education
Thompson, Mark E. – 1983
With more than 100,000 computers in public schools across the United States, the impact of computer assisted instruction (CAI) on students' reading behavior needs to be evaluated. In reading laboratories, CAI has been found to provide an efficient and highly motivating means of teaching specific educational objectives. Yet, while computer…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Computers
Bowman, David L. – 1970
This is the first part of a four-part report on the second year of a project designed to help students with scholastic difficulties become successful in college, and either competent teachers or effective paraprofessional school personnel. The project was originally intended to extend over an 8- to 10-year period, but because of budget cuts it…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Communication Skills, Creativity, Educational Attitudes
Coreil, Clyde, Ed. – Journal of the Imagination in Language Learning and Teaching, 2001
This collection of papers includes the following: "On the Educational Uses of Fantasy" (Geoffrey Madoc-Jones and Kieran Egan); "The Dangers of Empathy with Students" (Mario Rinvolucri); "The Magic of Folktales for Teaching English and Culture" (Planaria Price); "The Inner Voice: A Critical Factor in L2…
Descriptors: Biographies, Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, Creative Teaching
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Akenson, James E. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1991
Identifies linkages between social inquiry and artistic thought to show interdisciplinary possibilities for kindergarten through high school social studies instruction. Argues expression through modern dance helps students integrate personal experience and social phenomena. Provides a lesson in which elementary school students choreograph their…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Creative Thinking, Curriculum Development, Dance
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Rostan, Susan M. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2005
This study focuses on behavior associated with young art students' developing artistic talent ("skills and art-making behavior") and creativity ("personal expressions of visual information"). The study examines the role of personal expertise in a student's development of problem finding, domain-specific technical skill,…
Descriptors: Expertise, Imagination, Talent, Art Education
Berk, Laura E.; Winsler, Adam – 1995
This book is an effort to introduce early childhood educators to Vygotsky's perspective, research on young children that has been stimulated by this perspective, and current educational practices emanating from it. The discussion is divided into seven chapters. Chapter 1 provides an overview of Vygotsky's life, the social conditions in which his…
Descriptors: Child Development, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development
Clayton, Thomas, Ed. – Cross Currents, 1990
This special issue of a journal on language teaching and cross-cultural communication includes both regular articles and forum essays. Regular feature articles include: "Is Japanese English Education Changing?" (Yoshie Aiga); "Textual Schemata and English Language Learning" (S. Kathleen Kitao); "Visuals and…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Audiotape Recordings, Classroom Techniques, Community Colleges
John-Steiner, Vera; And Others – 1975
Observational, exploratory and verbal learning, and verbal and imaginal processes of Pueblo Indian children were compared with those of non-Indian (Anglo and Chicano) children. Both Pueblo and non-Indian adults and children were observed, interviewed, and asked to carry out various tasks. The children attended either a Tanoan or a Keresan day…
Descriptors: Adults, American Indians, Anglo Americans, Behavior Development
Katch, Jane – 2001
Noting that the perception of increased real violence in the country has created an inhospitable setting for pretend violent play, this book recounts the experiences of children in a kindergarten and first-grade classroom over the course of one year, focusing on the role of violent fantasy play. The book illustrates how the teacher, with 8 years…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Childhood Needs, Cognitive Development, Elementary School Students
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