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ERIC Number: EJ612185
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
Serious Fun in Social Studies for Middle Schoolers.
Rea, Dan
Social Education, v63 n5 pm2-5 Sep 1999
Provides an introduction to the Serious-Fun model. Describes how it can be applied to social studies at the middle school level. Addresses some barriers that could undermine the model's application and ways for making social studies more interesting and relevant to students. Lists different activities according to Bloom's taxonomy. (CMK)
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Motivation Techniques, Relevance (Education), Social Studies, Student Interests, Student Motivation, Student Needs, Teacher Role, Teaching Models
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Blooms Taxonomy
Note: Part of the supplement "Middle Level Learning" for this issue of Social Education.