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Making Informed Instructional Adjustments in RTI Models: Essentials for Practitioners
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Hoover, John J. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2011
School-based response to intervention (RTI) teams must gather, organize, chart, and interpret essential instructional information to make effective adjustments to meet the academic needs of struggling learners. Quantified data such as student proficiency scores, rate of progress trends, and achievement gap results provide the foundation for making…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Response to Intervention, Accessibility (for Disabled), At Risk Students
Lichenometry: Field Work for Schools and Colleges.
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Newton, Douglas P.; Newton, Lynn D. – Journal of Biological Education, 1989
Lichenometry is described for use in the study of biology and physical weathering. Discussed are lichens in general and an outline for studying growth and ecology. A problem solving format is used. (CW)
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Botany, Classification, College Science
Activities for Environmental Learning.
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Environmental Resources, Harrisburg. Bureau of State Parks. – 1984
This pre-school through grade 12 environmental education learning continuum was designed to help educators with a systematic method which develops an environmental ethic among students. It consists of: (1) preschool through third-grade activities (which stress environmental awareness and sensitivity); (2) intermediate level activities (which give…
Descriptors: Ecology, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Field Studies
STREAMS: Science Teams in Rural Environments for Aquatic Management Studies. An Interdisciplinary Environmental Education and Water Study Program.
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Wilson, Frederic R.; Julian, Timothy E. – 1995
This booklet was created to assist teachers in integrating local environmental education topics into their classroom curriculum. It comprises curricular and instructional materials for developing students' awareness about and concern for water resources, and taking action to protect them. It enables students to learn that they are able to make a…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Cooperative Learning, Environmental Education, Field Studies
Teaching Geography with the Computer: Possibilities and Problems.
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Shepherd, Ifan D. H. – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 1985
How the computer can be used to support and improve the following teaching and study methods in geography is discussed: lectures, reading, tutoring, small group teaching, simulation, educational games, model building, problem solving, field work, written work, and exploratory data analysis. Educational problems involved in each application are…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers, Data Analysis, Educational Games
Gender Differences: Novice Problem Solving Attributes.
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Pirkle, Sheila F.; Pallrand, George J. – 1989
This research compared the performance of ninth grade females and males on flight protocol, with particular attention to interpretation of the graphs of paths of falling bodies, rolling objects, and projectiles. These subjects were chosen because they had received no formal instruction in projectile motion, yet through typical life experience, had…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Physics), Decision Making, Females, Field Studies
Studying a Town with Non-Examination Classes.
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James, Richard – Teaching Geography, 1979
Describes five successful geography courses centered around local studies for students in the lower ability range. Includes pollution, mapping, traffic surveys of cars and pedestrians, and discovering town trails. Journal available from Longman Group Ltd, Directories and Periodicals Division, 43/45 Annandale Street, Edinburgh EH7 4AT Scotland.…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classes (Groups of Students), Community Surveys, Discussion (Teaching Technique)