ERIC Number: EJ954391
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Jan
Pages: 5
Abstractor: As Provided
Reference Count: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-0261-4294
Documentaries: Motivating the Tech Generation to Research and Write
Price, Dallas
Gifted Education International, v28 n1 p107-111 Jan 2012
This article describes the process, tools, and benefits of engaging highly gifted middle-school age students in producing historical documentaries. Dallas Price, a sixth-grade teacher in a self-contained public school program for highly gifted students, highlights the project components that help students develop twenty-first-century skills within a content- and inquiry-driven historical documentary project. Collaboration, communication, critical thinking, and craftsmanship are project outcomes.
Descriptors: School Activities, Academically Gifted, Documentaries, Middle Schools, Middle School Students, Public Schools, Grade 6, Inquiry, Critical Thinking, Program Effectiveness, Learner Engagement
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 6
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Language: English
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