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Springfield Public Schools, MA. – 1968
Presented is a plan for a community school in the North End-Brightwood area of Springfield, Massachusetts. The commitment to the community school concept is stated and the objectives are defined. The document contains chapters on pupil characteristics and grouping, special classes, reporting pupil progress, and teacher utilization and…
Descriptors: Achievement, Community Schools, Community Services, Curriculum
Milbury, Peter – Technology Connection, 1997
Describes a library-based assignment planned collaboratively between a history teacher and high school librarian that focused on the Internet and problem based learning (PBL). Highlights include the planning process; the California SCORE History-Social Science Web site; role playing; information literacy; student research and presentations; and…
Descriptors: Assignments, Computer Assisted Instruction, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Educational Planning
Griffith, Davelyn – Teaching Pre K-8, 1997
Examines a six-step "lesson plan" for teaching writing. Details the pairing of eighth-grade students with first graders about whom they will write a story, the collection of information about the main character, the composition and revision of the stories, and the sharing of the final product with the students participating in the project. (AA)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cooperation, Cooperative Learning, Creative Writing
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Coleman, Rhoda – Social Studies Review, 1995
Outlines uses of participatory activities suggested for middle school students in the National Standards in Civics and Government. One fifth-grade group studied drug and alcohol problems from a constitutional perspective. Another simulation involved students role playing interest groups lobbying a senator about legislation concerning smoking. (MJP)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques
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Levy, Tedd – Social Education, 1995
Presents a role-playing activity based on political and legal issues surrounding a mutiny on a Spanish slave ship that landed on U.S. soil in 1839. Includes learning objectives, background information, and role descriptions. Suggests student writing assignments and further research projects. (CFR)
Descriptors: Black History, Blacks, Court Litigation, Court Role
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Marek, Rosanne; Wires, Richard – OAH Magazine of History, 1990
Describes a reading series to personalize classroom study of immigration. Includes two readings about Ellis Island and German immigrants in Colonial America. Appropriate questions accompany each reading with a list of classroom activities and additional resources, including films, for secondary level classroom use. (NL)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Colonial History (United States), Cultural Pluralism, Ethnic Studies
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Latshaw, Jessica L. K. – Canadian Journal of Education, 1991
Student responses to Canadian realistic fiction for young adults were examined for four seventh grade girls and three seventh grade boys. Interview findings support the view that students should have a role in selecting what they read, should talk about reading informally, and should construct representations less influenced by teacher responses.…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Females, Fiction, Foreign Countries
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Yell, Michael M. – Social Education, 1998
Presents a series of lesson plans for a seventh-grade world studies class. The lessons use the discovery of a 5,300-year-old "iceman" in the Austrian Alps as a starting point for a series of simulated archaeological activities. Includes descriptions and drawings of the iceman's remains and artifacts. (MJP)
Descriptors: Ancient History, Archaeology, Constructivism (Learning), Cooperative Learning
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Fernsten, Linda – Teacher Education and Practice, 2005
This article explores the concept of writer identity and its influences as constructed by a group of college writers. Using a poststructural and sociocultural perspective, it takes a stand regarding the politics of language and the teaching of writing, especially as they relate to students whose racial, ethnic, cultural, and economic backgrounds…
Descriptors: Sociocultural Patterns, Urban Areas, Politics of Education, Faculty Mobility
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Gray, Jonathan M. – Communication Teacher, 2005
Sharing information orally is an important skill that public speaking classes teach well. However, the author's students report that they do not often see informative lectures, demonstrations, presentations, or discussions that follow the structures and formats of an informative speech as it is discussed in their textbooks. As a result, the author…
Descriptors: Public Speaking, Credibility, Audiences, Evaluation Criteria
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Englert, Carol Sue; Manalo, Maragaret; Zhao, Yong – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2004
The purpose of this study was to examine how a Web-based software program impacted lower elementary students' composition of personal narratives when using a supported paragraph activity. The subjects in this experiment were first and second grade students in a multi-age classroom in a low socio-economic urban community. The participants were…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Writing (Composition)
Barnes, Tiffany, Ed.; Desmarais, Michel, Ed.; Romero, Cristobal, Ed.; Ventura, Sebastian, Ed. – International Working Group on Educational Data Mining, 2009
The Second International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM2009) was held at the University of Cordoba, Spain, on July 1-3, 2009. EDM brings together researchers from computer science, education, psychology, psychometrics, and statistics to analyze large data sets to answer educational research questions. The increase in instrumented…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Educational Research, Conferences (Gatherings), Foreign Countries
Duran, Richard; And Others – 1995
This report examines the readiness of Latino (Hispanic descent) high school students for college-level academic work based on their reading comprehension and verbal reasoning skills. Pertinent college admissions test data and educational survey data are reviewed, and findings are discussed from a variety of research fields that sharpen the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations, College Preparation
Bartscher, Kathy; And Others – 1995
This report describes a program for increasing student motivation as demonstrated by a higher percentage of completed homework and maximum voluntary class participation. The targeted population consisted of third, sixth, and tenth grade students from low to middle income families located in northern Illinois. The problem of low motivation was…
Descriptors: Assignments, Class Activities, Cooperative Learning, Curriculum
Brown, Lyn S.; Ryan, G. Jeremiah – 1995
One of the many requirements for students majoring in Bible in the undergraduate program at Philadelphia College of Bible (Pennsylvania) is writing papers. The papers are designed to develop research skills, sharpen writing skills, encourage critical thinking, and promote problem-solving skills. However, students are not adequately prepared to…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Critical Thinking, Higher Education, Information Literacy
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