What does research show about learning within the Harkness Method?
Partners in a Human Enterprise: Harkness Teaching in the History Classroom Author(s): Lawrence A. Smith and Margaret Foley
Source: The History Teacher, Vol. 42, No. 4 (Aug., 2009), pp. 477-496 Published by: Society for History Education Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/40543497 . Accessed: 13/08/2013 03:16 |
The Discussion Method in Classroom Teaching
Author(s): Meredith Damien Gall and Maxwell Gillett Source: Theory into Practice, Vol. 19, No. 2, Teaching Methods: Learning Applications (Spring, 1980), pp. 98-103 Published by: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1477164 Accessed: 07-04-2015 04:54 UTC |
Research into Practice: Fostering Engaging and Active Discussions in Middle School Classrooms Author(s): Karen D. Wood and D. Bruce Taylor
Source: Middle School Journal, Vol. 39, No. 1 (September 2007), pp. 54-59 Published by: Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE) Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/23044329 Accessed: 07-04-2015 05:01 UTC |
Adolescent Literacy: Learning and Understanding Content
Susan R. Goldman Source: The Future of Children Vol. 22/No. 2/Fall 2012 Stable URL: http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ996190.pdf |
Harkness Learning: Principles of a Radical American Pedagogy
Guy J. Williams, Philosophy and Religion, Wellington College
Contact: gjw@wellingtoncollege.org.uk
Guy J. Williams, Philosophy and Religion, Wellington College
Contact: gjw@wellingtoncollege.org.uk
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