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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
Durkin, Dolores – Illinois Reading Council Journal, 1986
Students in a teaching methods course evaluated a recently published basal reader to see if it conformed to guidelines for the efficacy of such materials already established by the class. A story selection was read to identify (1) essential background information, (2) text features that might cause comprehension problems (subject matter for…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Education Courses, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods
Rodgers, Ted – 1988
This discussion of cooperative second language learning describes the approach in terms of response to three questions: WHO? WHAT? and WHY? The first section "WHO: Major Directors and Actors," chronicles the evolution of cooperative learning in general and cooperative language learning in particular, citing some specific methods and the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Cooperative Learning, Educational Strategies