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ERIC Number: EJ385278
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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The Touchstones Project: Discussion Classes for Students of All Abilities.
Comber, Geoffrey; And Others
Educational Leadership, v46 n6 p39-42 Mar 1989
Through lively discussions of specially selected texts, students of diverse abilities often discover that they can learn a lot from one another. The Touchstones Project in a Baltimore (Maryland) middle school features group discussion of classical texts. (Author/TE)
Descriptors: Classical Literature, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Group Discussion, Group Dynamics, Heterogeneous Grouping, Humanistic Education, Middle Schools, Participation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Touchstones Project MD