An instructional approach that uses the oral recounting, writing and subsequent discussion of student experiences as a method of encouraging language development skills.
Any of a wide variety of impairments in individual communication skills, including impaired reception, speech disorders or neurological dysfunctions that affect the ability to acquire, use and comprehend the spoken and written language.
Three far-reaching ordinances by which Congress specified how government and, in consequence, formal education would be established in new territories acquired by the federal government.
State-run, public institutions of higher education established and originally financed under provisions of the two Morrill, or Land Grant, Acts passed by Congress in 1862 and 1890.
A relatively strong movement by organized labor in the early 20th century to instruct workers in the techniques of organizing, grievance procedures, collective bargaining, negotiating and administering labor agreements, and strikes.
An elementary or secondary school, usually on a college or university campus, with a faculty made up of student-teachers and MASTER TEACHERS from the affiliated or nearby teachers college.
An experiential method of teaching, usually in specially designed and equipped areas or classrooms, where students can work individually or in small groups to demonstrate concepts studied in lectures or textbooks.