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    A No-Paper Day Kindergarten-Grade 12
    A multigrade teacher shares how to implement a no-paper day each week. This is a day where students learn but the teacher doesn't have to take home papers to grade for the day. The author shares ideas for how to teach math, reading, Bible, language, spelling,...

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    A Reflective Teaching Model - An Adventist Assessment Tertiary-Lifelong
    Poblete poses these questions and attempts to answer them: What is reflective teaching as conceptualized in related literature and studies? How consistent is the concept of reflective teaching to Adventist worldview? This paper was presented at the 24th Institute...

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    A Thematic Approach to the Book of Job - Pedagogical Implications Grade 11-Lifelong
    "This essay uses the thematic approach to the study of the book of Job. It endeavors 1) to analyze its themes 2) to draw implications for the Christian teacher and for effective Christian teaching and 3) to suggest some activities that will make English...

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    AIIAS INFO Journal Grade 1-Lifelong
    International Forum (INFO) is a multidisciplinary academic journal published biannually since 1998 by the AIIAS School of Graduate Studies. Archived online, download research reports, discussions of contemporary issues, instructional materials, and book reviews.

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    American History Alive! Kindergarten-Grade 12
    This article from the JAE special social studies, history, and geography issue suggests ideas for bringing American history to life. History classes should create memories, include both content and skills, help students discover unique perspectives on Adventism,...

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    An Adventist Approach to Cognitive Science Kindergarten-Tertiary
    Cognitive science, the study of the mind, brain, and thinking, is the basis for evidence-based teaching practices. However, popularization of cognitive science can sometimes introduce ideas that hamper student learning and undermine Adventist educational philosophy....

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    An Overview of the Theory of Multiple Intelligences Kindergarten-Lifelong
    This article from the Multiple Intelligences (MI) issue of JAE gives a brief history and background of the MI theory. There are differences between learning styles and MI: 1) MI was developed through scientific research rather than observation; 2) intelligences...

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    Atlantic Union Pastors and Teachers Convention DVDs Kindergarten-Grade 12
    View or listen to presentations shared at the 2009 NAD Atlantic Union Conference, focusing on helping pastors and teachers partner in the work of redemptive education in home, church and school settings.

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    Authentic Assessment: Try the Third Option Kindergarten-Lifelong
    Whether or not teachers should use authentic assessment goes beyond a simple 'yes' or 'no' answer. Many teachers feel authentic assessment means throwing away the grade book and paper-pencil tests. This article demonstrates how teachers can choose the elements...

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    Beyond Cooperative Learning: Building a Learning Community Kindergarten-Grade 12
    This article from the special JAE issue on cooperative learning states that a classroom needs to become a Christian learning community where students are involved together in learning and developing character. The author shares how this can be achieved by...

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    Bringing Powerful Teaching to the Small School Kindergarten-Grade 10
    Larry Burton shares his experiences in using many instructional strategies in a one-room school. Implementing these strategies can lead to what the author calls "instructional empowerment." Models of Teaching (MOT) strategies discussed include: Synetics;...

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    Classrooms Alive! Using Integrated Thematic Teaching Kindergarten-Grade 8
    This article shares the excitement that comes with trying new teaching strategies. Bored with the same old lesson plans, worksheet, and rote learning, Tom and Kathy Roosma found themselves ready to leave teaching. However, after attending a Whole Language...

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    Companionship and Communication -- The Key to Successful Teaching Kindergarten-Grade 12
    Teachers gain their students' confidence and love through companionship and communication, the keys to successful teaching. Good teacher-student relationships are established outside the classroom. The author shares ways that she builds relationships and shares...

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    Cooperative Education Necessary Tool for Teaching and Learning Kindergarten-Grade 12
    This article from the special JAE issue on cooperative learning shows how important cooperative learning is in the classroom. Cooperative learning has shown measurable results in the following areas: higher achievement; improved critical thinking; increased...

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    Cooperative Learning Kindergarten-Grade 12
    This article defines cooperative learning, what makes it an effective teaching strategy, and how suitable it is for the Christian classroom. The author supports his discussion with current research on cooperative learning, and provides suggestions on how to...

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    Cooperative Learning - An Alternative to Lecturing in College Tertiary-Lifelong
    This article from the special JAE issue on cooperative learning shows how cooperative learning can be used effectively in college. The author gives practical suggestions on getting started and along with a sample class period outline, explains several simple...

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    Cooperative Learning - Setting the Stage for Faith and Learning in the Classroom Tertiary-Lifelong
    Gaikwad shares "specifics of cooperative learning...to bring awareness among educators." The author also highlights the faith and learning benefits of this approach in a Christian classroom." This paper was presented at the 18th Institute...

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    Creating Successful Strategies for ESL Instruction Grade 9-Lifelong
    This article offers "ideas to aid teachers of English as a Second Language in crafting the strategies that will ensure success in a variety of situations. Its recommendations are based on personal experiences and the observations of many individuals in...

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    Creating Teachable Moments in Science Kindergarten-Grade 8
    Teachable moments can be created through discrepant events, or surprise outcomes, and lead students to make connections between subjects and to make spiritual applications. Bradley describes various experiments that will generate teachable moments as well...

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    Criteria for Evaluating Classroom Educational Projects that Include the Computer Grade 7-Lifelong
    In this paper, we address a vision of the integration of technologies in education that focuses on the integral process of teaching and learning.

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    Culturally Relevant Approaches to Classroom Management - Adapted for JAE Kindergarten-Grade 12
    Classroom management is one of the most challenging issues in multicultural education. Techniques and approaches to classroom management must be modified to meet the academic, sociocultural, developmental, moral, and ethical needs of ever-increasingly ethnically...

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    Dewey Decimal System Teaching Method Grade 1-Grade 4
    This unit teaches finger motions that will help students learn where things are located in libraries using the Dewey Decimal System.

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    Differentiated Instruction Presentation Kindergarten-Grade 8
    In this NAD Teachers Convention presentation, Martha Havens provides practical tips and tools to help elementary teachers effectively differentiate instruction for learners. View the powerpoint; download the handouts.

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    Do They Understand What I Just Taught? Kindergarten-Grade 8
    This 2012 NAD presentation focuses on formative assessment ideas and techniques to assist teachers in determining if their students understand a developing concept. An assessment technique can cue the instructor to adjust, reteach, or enrich a given lesson...

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    Doing Twice as Much Maths in Half the Time - Implementing Scrum Methodology in a Year 7 Mathematics Classroom Grade 5-Grade 12
    Originally used by software companies, the Scrum project management model is a way of thinking designed to increase team and individual productivity. Kingston describes his method and results after adapting the model for his middle school math class.

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    Effective Teaching in a Multi-grade Classroom Kindergarten-Grade 8
    This 2012 NAD presentation explores teaching strategies in a multi-grade classroom. The presentation also contains research-based findings about multi-grade teaching.

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    Emergent Language in 3-5 year-olds Preschool-Kindergarten
    This 2006 NAD Teacher Convention PPT presentation focuses on the language of pre-school children and provides teachers with tools for developing early literacy skills.

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    Encouraging Active Learning Kindergarten-Lifelong
    The question 'What is Active Teaching and Active Learning?' is asked and answered in this article. Active teaching engages the students in learning. Five techniques are discussed: Inductive Reasoning (List, Group, Label); Think, Pair-Share; Write, Pair-Share;...

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    Encouraging Students to Ask Questions About Their Faith Grade 7-Grade 12
    An academy Bible teacher reports on a four-part grades 9-10 assignment in which students attend and report on worship services of other religions or denominations. The author concluded, after asking what is expected of a good teacher and how should a teacher...

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    Engaging Head, Hand, and Heart: Lessons from a Caribbean Social-work Degree Program Tertiary
    The Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT) approach seems to go well with the wholistic orientation of Adventist education. Recognizing this, the author asked: “Can CRT be used to achieve the wholistic development of tertiary students, as conceptualized...

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    Enrolled or Engaged? Teacher Mediation Makes the Difference Kindergarten-Lifelong
    "The amount of learning and personal development a student experiences is directly proportional to the quantity and quality of his or her involvement in the school program." Citing research, Herrington outlines how and why experiential learning (experience...

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    Environmental Education: Teaching Stewardship to College Students Tertiary
    In spite of the belief that Jesus will soon return, Adventists have the responsibility to care for the earth and to teach students to be stewards and environmentally aware. Environmental science studies the interaction between human interests and the environment....

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    First Steps in Cooperative Learning Kindergarten-Grade 12
    This article from the special JAE issue on cooperative learning shares how teachers acquire knowledge about and implement cooperative learning techniques in their classrooms. In addition to being trained by competent instructors, teachers interested in cooperative...

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    Getting Students to Think - Using Questions Effectively Kindergarten-Grade 12
    How can educators help students learn to think? Larry Burton and Donna Habenicht address effective ways of using questions to enhance the thinking capabilities of students. The authors state that students need guidance toward using higher level thinking skills....

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    Great Teaching Must Inspire Great Thinking Tertiary-Lifelong
    This article addresses some of the perennial issues that arise when schools attempt to teach students to think. Teaching critical and independent thinking does not appear to hinge on the controversy between the merits of teacher-centered or student-centered...

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    Group Investigation - How Does It Work? Tertiary
    "This qualitative study describes events and perceptions about the Group Investigation (GI) model of teaching, as experienced by students in a doctoral class on Program Evaluation. Individual interviews and observations were used to gather data from ten...

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    Growing in Faith - Australian Primary Religion Curriculum Kindergarten-Grade 8
    "This document represents the heart of the Adventist Primary School Curriculum in Australia and New Zealand, providing a context and orientation for the other learning areas that make up the full curriculum." Based on a biblical worldview, the development...

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    Home Economics Methods for the Secondary Level Grade 9-Grade 12
    Ideas and teaching methods for getting secondary students interested in home economics. Ideas include teacher enthusiasm, using a variety of methods, making the classroom surroundings pleasant, and establishing guidelines and then letting students pick the...

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    Ideas for Teaching Junior High Students with Learning Disabilities Grade 7-Grade 12
    Few ideas and little help is available for teaching learning disabled students at the junior high and high school levels. This article suggests a number of ideas for teaching, reading assistance, class scheduling, delivery, lectures, assignments, homework,...

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    In the Image of God - The Creative Act in Teaching and Learning Tertiary-Lifelong
    Spring hypotheses that "successful teaching consists of establishing a dynamic relationship between the student and the subject matter." In the paper he goes on to discuss what the nature of the "dynamic relationship" is and how the teacher...

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    Independent Studies Endorse Superior Strategies for Teaching Reading and Spelling - Hilliard's Journey Kindergarten-Grade 6
    When students are learning to read, "the precise way in which the complex processes combine must be understood and demonstrated by teachers in order to identify their students’ needs and to teach most effectively. The activities initiated at...

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    Individualizing Instruction K-12, Part 1 Kindergarten-Grade 12
    Implementing Individualized Instruction is the focus of Part I of this mini-course for K-12 teachers. At its completion teachers will be able to describe 4 basic approaches to individualized instruction; enumerate the basic components of an educational plan;...

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    Innovative Americans Grade 3-Grade 8
    "They were not citizens; they were slaves. They were not supposed to be knowledgeable; yet they were creative. Who were they? African American Innovators! This unit will explore the contributions these unique men and women have made to improve the lives of people in their time and in today's society."

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    Integrating 'Herstory' Into History Kindergarten-Lifelong
    This article from the JAE special social studies, history, and geography issue identifies several probing questions that when asked will highlight the significance of women's roles, attitudes, and values. Projects, bulletin boards, role-playing, films, books,...

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    Integrating Employability Skills in the Business Curriculum - A Biblical Rationale Tertiary
    This article presents strategies for the development of a biblical rationale for the integration of employability skills in the business curriculum.

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    Integration of Faith and Learning - Theory and Practice Part II Tertiary-Lifelong
    Korniejczuk describes faith-learning integration according to the model (of levels of teacher integration of faith in their classroom), compares teachers', students', and administrators' perceptions related to teacher integration, and explores the factors...

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    JAE Editorial: Ways to Enliven Your Teaching Kindergarten-Grade 12
    If you are looking for new ways to approach your curriculum, this editorial for the special issue on instructional issues has useful suggestions. Articles in this issue include: Overview of Instructional...

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    JAE Editorial: Big Ideas Kindergarten-Lifelong
    The editor of JAE reports on a new direction for the Journal, which she calls Big Ideas. This is an attempt to help teachers deal with current issues that have moral implications. The articles offer a summary of current research and thinking, teaching...

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    JAE Editorial: Cooperative Learning - An Opportunity with Eternal Value Kindergarten-Lifelong
    In this special issue on cooperative learning, Jim Roy discusses the importance of cooperative learning in furthering the mission of our church. Teachers are asked to imagine what our school system could accomplish if every student is taught to work well with...

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    Jesus Christ, Master Teacher - His Focus, Strategies, and Results Preschool-Lifelong
    Taylor establishes principles for Christian teachers through a constructive review of the focus of Jesus' teaching, the way He taught, His example or model, and the impact of His teaching.

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    Launching a Program of Individualized Math Instruction Kindergarten-Grade 12
    The purpose of this article in the JAE special math issue is to provide a model for individualization in math instruction that caters to the uniqueness of each child. Advice given is designed to assist teachers in implementing a model that will help children...

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    Lawnmowers and Children Kindergarten-Lifelong
    In this JAE article, Don Weatherall addresses similarities between caring for lawnmower motors and caring for the children we teach. Lawnmowers have small engines that are easily ruined by small amounts of impurities. Children do too.

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    Making Science a Delight Grade 3-Grade 8
    Sally Dillon writes about a dynamic science teacher, Lowell Russell Litton, and the timeless techniques he has used to captivate and motivate his students at Shenandoah Valley Academy Elementary School. In an innovative way Litton makes sure his lessons allow...

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    NAPLAN Gains and Explicit Instruction Kindergarten-Grade 6
    K-6 teachers at an Australian school have implemented a specific, intentional form of teaching and learning, resulting in significant growth in student achievement.

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    Nurturing Faith in the Christian School Tertiary-Lifelong
    The author shares his experiences and perceptions of what really makes a Christian school: the cultivation and reinforcement of the faith life of students through every facet of the school. He outlines elements of teaching and learning that make this a reality...

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    Overview of Instructional Methods Kindergarten-Grade 12
    Green reviews what teachers should know when dealing with changing educational trends in the areas of management, instruction, content, and teaching skills. Four teaching models (Information-Processing Models, Behavioral Models, Personal Models, and Social...

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    PE For Kids - Developing a Physical Education Program for Elementary Schools Kindergarten-Grade 8
    Areas to consider when establishing a physical education program for elementary schools. These are rationale, administrative/board support, budget and equipment, curriculum and scheduling, space, storage, teaching strategies, and resource materials. This article...

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    Reading Instruction - Moving from How to Why Through Paradigmatic Clarification Kindergarten-Grade 8
    In this article, the author traces the history of reading instruction and provides a philosophical and theoretical context for reading practice. The implications for reading instruction are then examined. The longitudinal and latitudinal nature of reading...

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    Reflections and Perspectives on Higher Education in Latin America Grade 10-Lifelong
    Tuning Latin America is a joint effort that seeks and builds languages and mechanisms for the reciprocal understanding of higher education systems that facilitate transnational and transregional recognition processes. It has been conceived as a space for reflection...

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    Relearning How to Learn Kindergarten-Grade 12
    This article shows how the Carolina Conference uses study groups to help train teachers in different methods of teaching. Includes examples of teachers learning and using Models of Teaching strategies such as concept attainment and cooperative learning.

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    Research - What Potential Does it Hold for Teacher Practitioners? Kindergarten-Tertiary
    "The teaching profession finds itself at the crossroads at this time. because the crowded curriculum and the emphasis on core competencies including literacy and numeracy can have the tendency to push research training into the background. The question...

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    Running From the Traditional Approach to Teaching Reading Kindergarten-Grade 6
    Literature circles are a way of teaching reading, which moves away from the traditional, teacher-directed way of teaching with anthologies and workbooks. How to teach using literature circles is discussed. From the JAE special issue on reading.

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    Scaffolding Critical Thinking Using Inductive Lessons in Science Kindergarten-Grade 12
    This 2012 NAD Teachers Convention presentation presents four examples of inductive teaching strategies. These lessons use concrete or pictorial materials to scaffold the analytical process as students explore science concepts. Each lesson offers the opportunity...

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    Science Class -- No More Yucks! Grade 4-Grade 12
    This article from the JAE special science issue suggests that by using encouragement, creative thinking, and the wonders of science, teachers can make science one of the most rewarding school experiences. Suggestions for doing this are to be honest and trustworthy,...

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    Start Small, Dream Big Kindergarten-Grade 12
    Collaboration--a way of involving individuals or groups in an equal partnership that can influence decision making and creative problem-solving--is a valuable method of exchanging ideas and information between parents, teachers, or administrators. This article...

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    Stimulating the Spiritual, Moral, and Faith Development of Children and Adolescents 0-2 years-Grade 12
    Spiritual development does not simply happen; it has to be stimulated, taught, and modeled. This 2012 NAD Teachers Convention presentation is based on research, best practices and theoretical concepts.

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    Strategies for Helping Beginning Readers With Dyslexia Kindergarten-Grade 2
    A multisensory approach to phonics is important for reading success. Dyslexics' problems are not caused by lack of intelligence, incompetent instruction, or insufficient social interaction. What can a teacher do? The teacher must bolster the child's sense...

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    Strategies for Integrating Faith in Mathematics Kindergarten-Grade 12
    This article's philosophical basis is that mathematics is an integral part of God's creation and an understanding of its concepts will lead to discerning spiritual truths in mathematical principles, relationships, and processes. By doing this, teachers will...

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    Students' perceptions of integration of faith and learning and intentional teaching strategies at a Christian university Tertiary
    Purpose: This study examined Christian graduate students' perceptions of integration of faith and learning (IFL) in an instructional context where intentional integrative strategies were used to enable IFL for students. Method: This...

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    Students' perceptions of the teaching and learning process and academic performance in science in Adventist schools Grade 7-Grade 8
    This study investigated student perceptions of 7th and 8th grade Adventist science education programs and their relationship to achievement in science as defined by performance on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills. Findings revealed that students held generally...

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    Studying Noah's Ark - A Teaching Strategy for a Science and Religion Course Tertiary-Lifelong
    Cremades gives a lesson plan on studying Noah's Ark for a science and religion course. This paper was presented at the 26th Institute of Christian Teaching.

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    Teacher Track Grade 1-Grade 8
    From this website, Sandra Doran provides "a wide range of products and services for parents and teachers, including workshops, seminars, teaching tools, product links, books, articles, DVDs, training modules and more."

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    Teachers Perceptions of Preferred Teaching Strategies in a Faith-Based College Tertiary
    College teachers frequently have training in their subject area but not in the field of education, yet they spend much of their lives making educational decisions that affect learners. With schools beginning to pay more attention to teaching, this mixed method...

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    Teaching Deep Learning in Asia Tertiary
    "A concern of educators today is the achievement of high quality learning outcomes in academic courses. These learning outcomes include, among other attributes and competencies, good technical, analytical, communicative, evaluative, problem solving, life-long...

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    Teaching Ethics Tertiary-Lifelong
    This article from the JAE special higher education issue addresses why teaching ethics is important and how it should be done. Religion and morality have been separated from the realities of life. Ethical dimensions should be integrated within the context...

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    Teaching Homiletics in a Multi-cultural Context - A South African Perspective Tertiary-Lifelong
    Du Preez demonstrates "how differences in culture necessitate a variety of modes of transmitting religious truth. The implications of this require a revisioning of the methods employed in teaching Homiletics" at Helderberg College in South Africa....

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    Teaching International Students - An Exploratory View Tertiary
    "This paper examines the reasons for expanded international enrolment and the ways Australian universities are taking their education product to other locations. It next examines the potential conflict that arises when international students, particularly...

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    Teaching Outside the Walls Kindergarten-Grade 8
    The flipped classroom, a schedule “in which students watch a video or study a lesson prior to discussing the topic in class the following day” can work well with field trips, or what one educator refers to as “being there experiences.”...

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    Teaching Principles of Jesus, Part 1, An Introduction Tertiary-Lifelong
    This article presents Jesus' life and ministry as an ideal model for Christian educators, and seeks to identify and examine the teaching principles that guided His life. Principles discussed include: meditation, personalized instruction, inquiry, teaching...

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    Teaching Principles of Jesus, Part 2, An Introduction Tertiary-Lifelong
    This article examines the teaching principles of Jesus Christ, in order to discover strategies for Christian teachers today. It is the second part in a series of two by author Reuben Hilde.

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    Teaching Science in the Multigrade Classroom Kindergarten-Grade 12
    How a multigrade teacher developed a new science curriculum that incorporated her teaching methods for other classes. Topics were selected, objectives listed, and specific activities listed. How each unit was introduced and evaluated is discussed. From the...

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    Teaching Social Work - A Christian Perspective Tertiary-Lifelong
    Muller looks at how a social work teacher can help students integrate Christian beliefs into their work. Different situations are given to give examples of how teachers can help. This paper was presented at the 31st Institute of Christian Teaching.

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    Teaching strategies and adaptations of teachers in multiculturally diverse classrooms in Seventh-day Adventist K-8 schools in North America Kindergarten-Grade 8
    The purpose of this study was to describe the experiences of Adventist teachers - their training, their use of instructional strategies, and the challenges they encounter when teaching students of different cultures. Banks' multicultural pradigms was the theoretical...

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    Teaching strategies and adaptations of teachers in multiculturally diverse classrooms in Seventh-day Adventist K-8 schools in North America Kindergarten-Grade 12
    Problem: The rapid growth of diverse populations is affecting the educational system, and teachers often have not received training in multicultural education. The goal of this study is to document the multicultural teaching experiences of elementary...

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    Teaching the Faith - An Essential Guide for Building Faith-Shaped Kids Kindergarten-Grade 8
    Remember your childhood? Well, forget it! It's different now. Life is busier. Families more fractured. Innocence gone. You're fighting media pressure. Moral vacuum. Reading's out. See and do is in. Everything's changed. Except the need to teach kids to love...

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    The Class Clown - Using Humor in the Language Classroom Kindergarten-Grade 12
    This 2012 NAD Teachers Convention presentation demonstrates how you can use humor to increase interest, energy and proficiency in your classroom while giving your students the skills they need to be funny in their new language. Learn from a Spanish teacher...

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    The Effectiveness of the Methods of Reciprocal Teaching - As Applied within the NSW Primary Subject Human Society and Its Environment - An Exploratory Study Grade 1-Grade 8
    This TEACH journal article examines reciprocal teaching (RT), "a process involving four distinct activities (questioning, clarifying, summarising and predicting) employed in a student-led, team approach to develop reading comprehension skills among primary...

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    The Effects of Visual Learning - Now I See It Teaching Preschool-Grade 8
    This 2012 NAD Teachers Convention presentation reviews the current research and literature supporting the model of multi-sensory teaching, with a special emphasis on visual and hands-on experiences. Teaching various subjects employing the use of puppetry,...

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    The Four H Teaching Strategy - An Interactive, Multisensory Approach to Teaching Bible Kindergarten-Tertiary
    “The Four H Teaching Strategy (History, Head, Heart, and Hand) is designed to place equal emphasis on each of the Four H’s, thus ensuring a balance between Bible knowledge and life-application in an interactive and modality-based learning approach.”...

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    The Missing Piece of the Staff Development Puzzle: Teacher Study Groups Kindergarten-Lifelong
    This article from the special JAE issue on staff development discusses teacher study groups as a way of having teachers practice new classroom techniques after the initial training. The small study groups help teachers get to know each other in an environment...

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    The Pedagogy of Jesus - Lessons for Teaching in Luke 24:13-43 Kindergarten-Tertiary
    “Educators working in Adventist institutions can learn much from the Master Teacher and the two disciples on the road to Emmaus. After reviewing the passage in Luke 24:13 to 43 and analyzing some of the main characteristics of Jesus’ teaching approach...

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    The Promise is in the Practice: Professional Imperatives Kindergarten-Grade 12
    What should Adventist teachers know and understand about current research in education? How will knowledge of current research improve teaching practice? Green cites 9 educational theories worth knowing: Dimensions of Learning; Models of Teaching; Cooperative...

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    The Small-Group Approach in the Teaching Process Tertiary-Lifelong
    Stele investigates the efficiency of the small-group approach in the teaching process and to share some details on how it to make it work. This paper was presented at the 21st Institute of Christian Teaching.

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    Tips - The Enlightened Teacher Kindergarten-Grade 12
    "The intent of this article is to affirm those who are already trying innovative ideas and to encourage teachers who have not as yet embraced more effective teaching procedures. As educators, it is vital to remember that we are living in a world where...

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    Tips for Motivating the Under-Achieving Student Kindergarten-Grade 12
    The best way for teachers to motivate their students is by being accepting, respecting, and genuinely caring, coupled with a program that teaches how to organize and persevere. A definition of underachievement, characteristics, and identification of underachievers,...

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    Tools for a Successful First Year of Teaching Kindergarten-Grade 6
    This 2012 NAD Teachers Convention presentation is full of practical ideas to implement in your classroom. You will find help on organization skills; relationships with students, parents, teachers and supervisors; and classroom management.

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    Toward Gender-Inclusiveness in Adventist Education Kindergarten-Lifelong
    This article appeals for Adventist education to be gender-inclusive. This includes strategies, teaching materials, teaching practices, vocational awareness, and role modles. Adventist schools, committed to educating the whole person, must not follow modern...

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    Traumatic Brain Injury - Informed Accommodation in the Classroom Kindergarten-Tertiary
    "This paper discusses traumatic brain injury (TBI) and the symptoms that affect a student emotionally, cognitively and socially after experiencing a TBI." It also "suggests effective strategies that teachers can use in their classroom when...

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    Understanding Learning Styles: An Elephant-Sized Task Kindergarten-Lifelong
    This articles discusses issues related to learning styles to help teachers to understand what is known about the learning process as well as what still remains a mystery. The basic reason for researching learning styles is to enhance student learning by recognizing...

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    Using a Direct-Instruction Approach With the Life Series Readers Kindergarten-Grade 8
    In this article, Shirley Freed interviews a teacher who uses the Direct-Instruction approach to teaching in her third and fourth grade classroom. She shares her strategy for incorporating the Seventh-day Adventist Life Series Readers, and using a system of...

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    Verbal Communications in the Classroom - What Christian Educators Can Do to Help their Students Grade 7-Lifelong
    Abura explores ways in which the individual student can be assisted so that he/she can gain from the instructions offered in the various fields of education." Abura also "looks at ways in which optimum communication can be achieved through teacher-student interaction in the classroom.

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    WAD: Teaching Methods Kindergarten-Grade 12
    Jesus, the master teacher, used a variety of teaching methods to meet the needs of His listeners. These included lectures, discussion, stories, personal interviews, personal association, and practical experience to teach. The advantages and disadvantages of...

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    Why You Need to Be Savvy About Learning Styles Kindergarten-Grade 12
    As student populations become more diverse, educators need to use a variety of teaching methodologies in an effort to help students learn how they learn best. Dorothy Patterson shares insights on how important it is for teachers to understand and accommodate...