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Download full textBarton, Keith C. – 1996
This study examines the ability of students to develop empathy for peoples of the past and to avoid the belief that people in the past were no different than today. The paper reports the results of a year-long qualitative investigation of fourth and fifth graders' attempts to understand the values, attitudes, and beliefs of people in the past. The…
Descriptors: Consciousness Raising, Empathy, Grade 4, Grade 5
Peer reviewedKnowles, Trudy – Social Education, 1993
Describes a study of 14 fifth graders concerning their understanding and attitudes toward the Persian Gulf War. Finds that the public school served as a significant socialization agent during the war, although television was even more important. Concludes that patriotic issues and activities overshadowed any attempts to have students think…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Critical Thinking, Current Events, Educational Research
Hasbach, Corinna; Hoekwater, Elaine – 1993
This report, using qualitative methodology, investigates the collaborative teaching and learning of a university educator and an elementary educator, and the learning of eight fifth graders from their social studies class. The report analyzes the extent to which these co-teachers implicitly modeled collaboration for the students and the ways in…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Grade 5, Higher Education
Usnick, Virginia E.; Brown, Sue – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1992
Interpersonal Process Recall (IPR) is a technique in which audiotapes are used to evoke students' memories concerning their own thinking. Reports a study using IPR to probe elementary students' (n=17) thinking during a problem-solving situation. Concluded that IPR has potential in classroom research. (MDH)
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Cognitive Measurement, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods
Agency for Instructional Technology, Bloomington, IN. – 1985
Math Works is the fifth grade component of the "Mathematics for the '80s" project, a series of 28 video programs and related material developed by a consortium of state and provincial education and television agencies. A formative evaluation of Math Works programs (9 and 25) was conducted to assess the instructional effectiveness and general…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Educational Television, Elementary Education, Formative Evaluation
Peer reviewedSteinbring, Heinz – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1991
An attempt is made to elaborate on the connections and differences between the objective and subjective elements of mathematical knowledge using case study analysis relative to how an epistemological perspective about probability and randomness impacts upon a short classroom teaching episode. (19 references) (Author/JJK)
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Case Studies, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
Diaz Soto, Lourdes – 1988
The unstructured observations of a participant observer can point out areas of research interest overlooked by formal research instruments. This researcher's diary presents insights obtained while conducting a study regarding the home environments of 15 higher achieving and 11 lower achieving Puerto Rican fifth and sixth grade students residing in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingualism, Elementary School Students, Family Environment
