404 research outputs found
Activities for Differentiated Instruction Addressing All Levels of Bloom\u27s Taxonomy and Eight Multiple Intelligences
No full textThis manuscript contains 13 curriculum units designed to enhance differentiated instruction for learners with special needs from grades 1-12, including gifted students. It integrates Benjamin S. Bloom\u27s levels of cognitive understanding with Howard Gardner\u27s eight domains of intelligence to provide a framework for individualized instruction. Each unit has activities for the eight multiple intelligences (logical-mathematical intelligence, linguistic intelligence, bodily-kinesthetic intelligence, spatial intelligence, musical intelligence, interpersonal intelligence, intrapersonal intelligence, and naturalistic intelligence) at each of Bloom\u27s taxonomic levels: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. The manuscript begins by explaining Bloom\u27s and Gardner\u27s contributions to educational research in the area of differentiated instruction, and then provides the following curriculum units: (1) Solar System (Jeff Hendrickson and Renee Hendrickson); (2) Energy (Chris Hiroto); (3) Antarctica (Amy La Jocies); (4) Author Study of Chris Van Allsburg (Linda Hurley Lord); (5) Omnipotent Oceans (Sheri Marshall); (6) Starting a Home Business (Vicki L. Malan); (7) Fractions (Denise C. Moriarty); (8) Whole Numbers and Decimals (Denise C. Moriarty); (9) Geometry (Denise C. Moriarty); (10) Ancient Egypt (Audrey C. Rule); (11) Energy (Cynthia Rust); (12) Garden Plants (Amy Smith); and (13) Rain Forests (Jaime Watson). (Contains 11 references.) (CR
Creativity Skills Applied to Earth Science Education: Examples from K-12 Teachers in a Graduate Creativity Class
No full textNOTE: This is a large file, 10.7 mb in size! This article briefly explores different aspects of creativity, and then examines K-12 teachers' reactions to exercises applied to earth science concepts in a graduate creativity class. Different types of puzzle activities centering on geoscience content include a quiz game based on Odyssey of the Mind spontaneous problems, and other exercises related to embedded words, transformed cliches, remotely associated word sets, and wordsmithing. Teachers used visualization for an imaginary interview with a geoscientist, along with personal analogy of an earth science feature. As a culminating activity, teachers fashioned a geoscience curriculum material with a given set of items. Ideas for applying the activities to geoscience classes at various grade levels are included. Educational levels: Graduate or professional, Graduate or professional
Poetry for Teaching Elementary Mathematics Topics
No full textSixty poems focusing on elementary mathematics topics such as matching, classification, sequencing, counting, addition, subtraction, place value, decimals, multiplication, division, fractions, estimation, probability, patterns, shapes, symmetry, triangles, circles, polygons, angles, Venn diagrams, bar graphs, money, time, and measurement, are presented in this document. Poems display a variety of formats including acrostic, haiku, limerick, and rhyming verse. Each contains mathematical facts about the topic. Preservice teachers enrolled in .a mathematics education course wrote the majority of poems. Poems may be used in a enrich elementary student learning and as models for other preservice teachers who may use poetry writing to review, make connections, and discover concept for which they have unclear understandings. Preservice teachers who wrote poetry in the first editor\u27s class reported that the experience helped them develop more positive feelings about mathematics. (Author
Crystal Shape Bingo: A Bingo Game for Teaching Recognition of Three-dimensional Crystal Shapes and Planar Geometric Shapes of Crystal Faces
No full textThis document describes a game that provides students with practice in recognizing three dimensional crystal shapes and planar geometric shapes of crystal faces. It contains information on the objective of the game, game preparation, and rules for playing. Play cards are included (four to a page)
Symmetry Bingo: A Bingo Game for Teaching Recognition of the Point Symmetry of Designs
No full textThis document describes a game that provides students with practice in recognizing the point symmetry of designs. It contains information on the objective of the game, game preparation, and rules for playing. Play cards are included (four to a page)
Editorial: Welcome to the Journal of STEM Arts, Crafts, and Constructions
No full textThe Journal of STEM Arts, Crafts, and Constructions is a scholarly journal that seeks to engage professionals, including preK-12 teachers, in a conversation about the benefits of arts integration; the ways that the STEM subjects can be integrated with the arts to produce effective teaching (STEAM Education); and how the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), can be effectively implemented with integrated arts, crafts, or constructions. Manuscripts, including guest editorials, are blind peer-reviewed by usually two reviewers and an associate editor or by three reviewers. This editorial explains the Journal’s origin in a faculty professional learning community. The Journal has a national reach with plans for two issues each year. The editorial discusses what the Journal is looking for in manuscript submissions, how the Journal may be of use to readers, and highlights of the articles in this issue. Finally, the editor explains the 5E’s learning cycle lesson model, which is an effective format for inquiry lessons to readers who may be interested in incorporating this format into lessons and future manuscripts
Wolf Bingo: A Bingo Game for Teaching Concepts and Vocabulary Associated with Wolves
No full textThis document describes a game that provides students with practice in learning vocabulary and concepts associated with wolves. Directions for play and play cards (four to a page) are included
Tactile Earth and Space Science Materials for Students with Visual Impairments: Contours, Craters, Asteroids, and Features of Mars
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