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Reyhner, Jon, Ed. – 1988
This collection of 20 essays by 21 authors presents teaching methods and resource material promoting productive school experiences for American Indian students. The chapters are organized into five sections. The opening chapter of section 1 emphasizes that teachers must understand and respect the cultures and backgrounds of their students, an…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Literature, American Indians
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Sabornie, Edward J.; Beard, Gene H. – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1990
The article examines options in social skills training for students with mild disabilities. Described are behavioral interventions and five packaged curricula. Among eight guidelines for evaluating a package are efficacy of approach, cost, and concern for generalization. Teachers are encouraged to teach social skills both directly and incidentally…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Material Evaluation
Smyth, W. John – 1984
Through the process of clinical supervision, systematic approaches permit effective change by the collaborative analysis of teaching. This guide's first section, "Beginnings," describes the process of clinical supervision. Emphasis is upon teachers working collaboratively to discover implicit teaching messages and to assimilate new…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Education
Johnson, Glenn Ross; And Others – 1991
This document offers teaching tips to be used if, on administration of the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ), a class were to present a profile of scores that would suggest the need for help in one or more of the motivation or learning strategies areas assessed by the MSLQ. Some tips are supported by research; others are based…
Descriptors: College Instruction, College Students, Diagnostic Teaching, Higher Education
Fisher, Gary L.; And Others – 1985
Existing curricula on prevention of sexual exploitation for non-mentally handicapped children are not appropriate for the mentally retarded. Curricula specifically designed for special needs students include the "Special Education Curriculum on Sexual Exploitation" for mildly handicapped students and "Self-Protection for the…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Mental Retardation
Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Agran, Martin; Hughes, Carolyn – 1998
This book describes instructional methods for teaching basic self-determination skills to students with disabilities. The first section provides an introduction to self-determination as an educational and transition outcome, discusses the impetus for an educational focus on self determination, and describes the relationships between transition…
Descriptors: Decision Making Skills, Disabilities, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education