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Palmer, Barbara C.; And Others – 1994
Combining the expansion of cultural literacy with the development of process-based writing, this book addresses each stage of the writing process, with emphasis on the recursive and overlapping nature of these stages. Numerous related model activities at the end of each chapter show how to develop the writing process, while expanding the writer's…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cultural Literacy, Elementary Secondary Education, Journal Writing
Angry, Raymond – 1990
Enhancing ethnic relations among students of diverse ethnic backgrounds was the aim of this practicum. A specific goal was to aid students in developing positive communication skills needed to enable them to work in collaborative learning groups without feelings of ethnic inferiority or ethnic superiority. Students were taught the vocabulary…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Cooperative Learning, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Differences
Bird, Tom – 1991
This paper focuses on freshman-level students expecting to major in teacher education. In their long apprenticeship of observation as students, preservice teachers have acquired both a mass of information about schoolteaching and a subjective warrant to teach. In the introductory teacher education course, "Exploring Teaching," the…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Education Courses, Education Majors, Educational Experience
Suydam, Marilyn N., Ed.; Kasten, Margaret L., Ed. – Investigations in Mathematics Education, 1988
This publication is a compilation of abstracts and critical comments for 12 published investigations in mathematics education. Information for each study includes: purpose; rationale; research design and procedures; findings; and interpretations. For each study abstractor's comments also provide a brief critique. Topics include: planning problem…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Assignments, Cognitive Ability, Computation
Gabriel, Dennis – 1983
The chief advantage of the use of a computer in a basic reading and writing class is that it helps the instructor do more with greater ease and comfort in less time. Initial problems associated with the use of a mainframe computer for instruction were: few programs which met the needs of community college students; lack of knowledge on how to…
Descriptors: Assignments, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction
Oberman-Soroka, Cerise – 1980
This paper describes the rationale behind and the development and utilization of a bibliographic instruction course which incorporates formal abstract reasoning skills. The limitations of the search strategy technique of bibliographic instruction are discussed as well as the fact that many college students have not developed sophisticated…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Assignments, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education
Rochlin, Joyce T.; Weislogel, Louis F. – 1990
The correlative features of assigned reading and in-class performance were evaluated for 75 students enrolled in psychology classes in two community colleges in Maryland. Four tests and a final examination were used to measure in-class performance as a function of rates of reading and times of attendance. Control for content was attempted by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, College Students, Community Colleges
Matthews, Dorothy, Ed. – Illinois English Bulletin, 1985
The literature selections serving as the basis for writing assignments in the articles in this journal issue range from time-honored English classics ("Beowulf,""Sir Gawain and the Green Knight") and American standards ("A Farewell to Arms,""The Scarlet Letter") to contemporary fiction. The articles deal with works by women writers (Shirley…
Descriptors: Assignments, Classics (Literature), Critical Thinking, English Instruction
Farren, Sean – 1984
A review of several classroom observation and survey studies of comprehension instruction, content area reading for homework, and aspects of reading assignments raises the question of whether enough is being done in Irish schools to develop critical reading competency. It appears from these studies that many students are being left to their own…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Content Area Reading, Critical Reading, Elementary Secondary Education
Azarowicz, M. Brown – 1983
The advantages of shared silent reading in the home and in the school for the promotion of literacy are numerous. At home the child may read silently in the presence of a parent who is engaged in a household task, or who is reading silently. In schools, shared silent reading may be used at all grade levels with groups of students in structured or…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Interpersonal Relationship
Hoffman, Elizabeth; Young, Michael – 1985
A high school project growing out of efforts to involve students in a German-American tricentennial celebration and designed to make student-centered activities educationally meaningful to both social studies and German language students is described. The project had the following objectives: (1) to view, through an interdisciplinary approach, the…
Descriptors: Assignments, Class Activities, Community Resources, Course Content
Blume, Pat – Live Wire, 1984
The teaching activities presented in this paper focus on transforming the classroom into the Old West as a means of providing endless opportunities for writing, speaking, and listening in the areas of math, science, social studies, history, geography, music, and art. The paper contains directions for helping students to create scenes, in the…
Descriptors: Assignments, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education
Sanders, Leon; And Others – 1977
Divided into three units, this curriculum guide on entrepreneur education covers nineteen individual areas of instruction and can be conducted in a series of nine workshops. (The development, field testing, and evaluation of the curriculum are reported separately as CE 015 581.) Unit I covers the following areas of instruction: planning,…
Descriptors: Accounting, Administration, Assignments, Budgeting
National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL. – 1982
The 31 articles presented in this book illustrate the success of initiating structure in English classrooms, at both the secondary and the college levels. Reflecting the notion that clear guidelines and explicit expectations--greater structure--will help both teacher and student work toward common educational goals, the articles are arranged in…
Descriptors: Assignments, Classroom Design, Classroom Techniques, English Curriculum
Association of American Colleges, Washington, DC. – 1976
Different types of policies adopted by colleges and universities to deal with part-time faculty employment and kinds of issues that may arise are considered. Three types of part-time teaching appointments are distinguished, and the shared appointments or split contracts arrangement is described. The shared appointment is one full-time position…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, College Faculty, Employment Practices, Faculty Workload