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ERIC Number: EJ568499
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-8274
Starting with the Students (Teaching Ideas).
Wyngaard, Sandra; Martin, Sydeana M.
English Journal, v87 n3 p79-83 Mar 1998
Presents two articles which both describe a project that built instructional plans around students' development and interests instead of imposing ready-made curricula, and in which students became active, eager participants in their own learning. Offers at the end a list extracting the principles on which the instruction in these articles is based. (SR)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness, Language Arts, Student Interests, Student Motivation, Teacher Student Relationship, Units of Study
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Note: Theme: Teaching the Classics: Old Wine, New Bottles.