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ERIC Number: EJ577001
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-1068-073X
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Encouraging Active Learning in the Classroom.
Waskow, Mary
Primary Voices K-6, v7 n2 p26-29 Oct 1998
Describes a fourth/fifth-grade classroom in which students make decisions and enjoy school because they are invested in their own learning. Describes how the ability to think autonomously and solve problems is fostered in students by developing a sense of community. Describes how the student-planned social studies curriculum was more extensive than the district curriculum. (SR)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Democracy, Democratic Values, Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Participative Decision Making, Social Studies, Student Motivation, Teacher Student Relationship
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Note: Theme: Democracy in the Classroom. Journal availability: National Council of Teachers of English, 1111 W. Kenyon Rd., Urbana, IL 61801-1096.