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Wooten, Marian H. – Schole: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education, 2018
This learning activity, "Feeding Your Family for a Year," teaches students about how the shift from nomadic, hunter-gatherer societies to agrarian societies led to inequities in resources, which in turn allowed a leisure class to develop (Cordes & Ibrahim, 2003). The activity demonstrates how an unequal distribution of resources,…
Descriptors: Social Class, Leisure Time, Social Change, Resources
Kozub, Francis M.; Hogan, John T. – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2013
The basic movement concepts associated with falling and rolling are needed for many dynamic adult activities. This is the case any time the activity, either by intent or accident, involves safely transitioning from a standing position to the ground quickly. Failure to teach these skills in school physical education could result in a barrier to…
Descriptors: Life Style, Physical Activity Level, Motion, Skill Development
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Johnson, William W., Jr. – Technology Teacher, 1994
Describes a learning activity in which students build a pneumatic arm wrestling machine, thus combining their interest in arm wrestling while making direct applications to many scientific and mathematical concepts. (JOW)
Descriptors: Mathematical Concepts, Scientific Concepts, Secondary Education, Teaching Methods
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Haddow, Amy – Current: The Journal of Marine Education, 1998
This classroom activity introduces the concept of sustainable development by illustrating how cooperative behavior between people competing for limited resources can benefit all involved. Students thumb-wrestle for candies and cooperating students can get more candy by taking turns as partners rather than competing as opponents. Offers extension…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Conservation Education, Cooperation, Educational Games
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Smith, Cynthia Marie – Mathematics Teacher, 1998
The teacher's role in discourse is to initiate and orchestrate classroom interactions that contribute to students' understanding of mathematics. Describes instructional thoughts, struggles, and actions in order to establish and maintain an interactive mathematics-classroom discourse by emphasizing the teacher role in discourse. Provides a…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Equations (Mathematics), Mathematics Instruction
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Weiss, Kristy L. – Michigan Reading Journal, 2003
Describes how the author worked to create a writing program that was more aligned with her philosophy of education. Notes how she worked hard to give students choice in their activities so as to provide them with the chance to take ownership in a few areas of their learning. Focuses on what other researchers and educators had to say about writing…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Instructional Improvement, Middle Schools, Teacher Attitudes
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Eastman, Mary Kay; Safran, Joan S. – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1986
Instructions and illustrations support this discussion of learning activities designed to remediate deficiences and build skills in balance and/or motor skills for mildly handicapped students who may not have access to physical therapy or adaptive physical education. Appropriate for both regular and special classes, activities include arm…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Elementary Education, Mild Disabilities, Motor Development
National Collegiate Athletic Association, Shawnee Mission, KS. – 1978
Designed as a guide to aid the National Collegiate Athletic Association membership and others who must relate measurement of distances, weights, and volumes to athletic activity, this document presents diagrams of performance areas with measurements delineated in both imperial and metric terms. Illustrations are given for baseball, basketball,…
Descriptors: Athletics, Baseball, Basketball, Field Hockey
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Bean, Thomas W.; Moni, Karen – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2003
Notes that adolescent readers view characters in young adult novels as living and wrestling with real problems close to their own life experiences as teens. Reviews recent studies related to teaching literature and adolescent identity construction. Offers a framework teachers can use to initiate discussions based on critical literacy in their own…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Characterization, English Instruction, Ethnicity
Connecticut State Dept. of Education, Hartford. Bureau of Elementary and Secondary Education. – 1981
This guide is intended as a source of ideas, procedures and suggestions for curriculum committees and developers wrestling with the planning, implementation, evaluation, and/or revision of kindergarten through grade 12 mathematics programs. It attempts to provide answers to questions which arise during the curriculum development process, and is…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines
Redmond, Mary Lynn, Ed.; Lorenz, Eileen, Ed. – 1999
This book provides resources for foreign language teachers, supervisors, and others involved in developing and implementing a curriculum. It is the outcome of a 1997 institute, "National Standards for Foreign Language Learning: Curriculum Reform for K-8 Foreign Language Education." The model shows how the national standards can be used…
Descriptors: Chinese, Cultural Awareness, Culturally Relevant Education, Curriculum Development
Minskoff, Esther – Brookes Publishing Company, 2005
Identifying the best way to help students who struggle with reading--whether they have learning disabilities, are English language learners, or just need extra support--is a challenge for any teacher. Schools can make that task easier with this indispensable resource, a complete guide to addressing each student's specific instructional needs and…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Difficulties, Teaching Methods, Syntax