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ERIC Number: EJ519595
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-8274
Developing Student Ownership in the "Real World."
Peckman, Sherri
English Journal, v85 n2 p60-63 Feb 1996
Describes a special project, in which at-risk ninth graders created a package of materials that a Peace Corps volunteer could take with him to Kyrghyzstan, where he was to teach English. Explains how the package contained an array of student-generated materials, including videos, newspapers, alphabet books, and cassette readings. (TB)
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Cooperative Learning, High Risk Students, Newspapers, Remedial Instruction, Remedial Programs, Secondary Education, Student Centered Curriculum, Student Projects, Videotape Recordings, Whole Language Approach
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Note: Special issue on whole language.