Downloads & Free Reading Options - Results

This study aims to develop a creative writing instruction program based on speaking activities and to investigate its effect on fourth-grade primary school students' creative writing achievements and writing attitudes. The experimental method based on the pre-test/post-test model was used in this research. The research was conducted with 42 students, who were picked from fourth-grade primary school students studying in Ordu, Turkey in the academic year of 2014/2015. The students were divided into two groups: experimental group (21 students) and control group (21 students). CWIPSA was applied to the experimental group and the standard fourth-grade grade Turkish curriculum was applied to the control group. It was found that, as a result of the research, there was an increase in the control group students' scores for writing attitudes and creative writing achievements, as well as a significant difference between the control and experimental groups' scores for writing attitude and creative writing achievements, in favour of the experimental group.

Many experts agree that high-quality television can be an excellent supplement to active learning in the classroom and at home. This guide contains activities for children ages 3 to 6, each activity incorporating a theme or topic related to an episode of "Arthur" presented during the program's third season on the Public Broadcasting System. The guide presents 30 activities that can be done with materials commonly found in the home or classroom and that are designed to build school readiness skills, especially early and emergent literacy skills. All activities either have components for older and younger children or are adaptable for different ages. Many activities also include child-centered learning areas, based on the themes of the activities and episodes, that allow children to explore on their own. Each activity describes the skills addressed, the needed materials, and easy-to-follow directions. Many activities also include ways for children to be active within their neighborhoods, ideas for involving parents and family members, suggestions for learning centers, ways to enrich and extend the activity beyond the one-day period, and ideas for group discussion. Also included in the guide are "Arthur" episode descriptions, recipes, a resource list, suggested "Arthur" book titles, and an "Arthur" coloring sheet. (KB)

Many experts agree that high-quality television can be an excellent supplement to active learning in the classroom and at home. This guide contains activities for children ages 3 to 6, each activity incorporating a theme or topic related to an episode of "Arthur" presented during the program's third season on the Public Broadcasting System. The guide presents 30 activities that can be done with materials commonly found in the home or classroom and that are designed to build school readiness skills, especially early and emergent literacy skills. All activities either have components for older and younger children or are adaptable for different ages. Many activities also include child-centered learning areas, based on the themes of the activities and episodes, that allow children to explore on their own. Each activity describes the skills addressed, the needed materials, and easy-to-follow directions. Many activities also include ways for children to be active within their neighborhoods, ideas for involving parents and family members, suggestions for learning centers, ways to enrich and extend the activity beyond the one-day period, and ideas for group discussion. Also included in the guide are "Arthur" episode descriptions, recipes, a resource list, suggested "Arthur" book titles, and an "Arthur" coloring sheet. (KB)

Many experts agree that high-quality television can be an excellent supplement to active learning in the classroom and at home. This guide contains activities for children ages 3 to 6, each activity incorporating a theme or topic related to an episode of "Arthur," a Public Broadcasting System program for young children. Many of the activities build and support early and emergent literacy skills through storytelling, word recognition, discussion, vocabulary games, and more. Each activity describes the skills addressed, the needed materials, and easy-to-follow directions. Many activities also include ways for children to be active within their neighborhoods, ideas for involving parents and family members, suggestions for learning centers, ways to enrich and extend the activity beyond the one-day period, ideas for group discussion, and information regarding a video's appropriateness for younger versus older children. Also included in the guide are "Arthur" episode descriptions, recipes, a resource list, suggested "Arthur" book titles, and an "Arthur" coloring sheet. (KB)

Many experts agree that high-quality television can be an excellent supplement to active learning in the classroom and at home. This guide contains activities for children ages 3 to 6, each activity incorporating a theme or topic related to an episode of "Arthur," a Public Broadcasting System program for young children. Many of the activities build and support early and emergent literacy skills through storytelling, word recognition, discussion, vocabulary games, and more. Each activity describes the skills addressed, the needed materials, and easy-to-follow directions. Many activities also include ways for children to be active within their neighborhoods, ideas for involving parents and family members, suggestions for learning centers, ways to enrich and extend the activity beyond the one-day period, ideas for group discussion, and information regarding a video's appropriateness for younger versus older children. Also included in the guide are "Arthur" episode descriptions, recipes, a resource list, suggested "Arthur" book titles, and an "Arthur" coloring sheet. (KB)

Many experts agree that high-quality television can be an excellent supplement to active learning in the classroom and at home. This guide contains activities for children ages 3 to 6, each activity incorporating a theme or topic related to an episode of "Arthur," a Public Broadcasting System program for young children. Many of the activities build and support early and emergent literacy skills through storytelling, word recognition, discussion, vocabulary games, and more. Each activity describes the skills addressed, the needed materials, and easy-to-follow directions. Many activities also include ways for children to be active within their neighborhoods, ideas for involving parents and family members, suggestions for learning centers, ways to enrich and extend the activity beyond the one-day period, ideas for group discussion, and information regarding a video's appropriateness for younger versus older children. Also included in the guide are "Arthur" episode descriptions, recipes, a resource list, suggested "Arthur" book titles, and an "Arthur" coloring sheet. (KB)