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Davis, Tiffany – Science and Children, 2017
This column presents ideas and techniques to enhance science teaching. In the "Talking Window Garden" project, students create "smart" plant pots that use sensors to collect and analyze data on the health of their plants. The Talking Window Garden project was a collaborative effort between an elementary teacher who wanted to…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Gardening, Cooperative Planning, Engineering
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Moreno, Gerardo – Education 3-13, 2011
When a student demonstrates a challenging or problematic behaviour in the classroom, the climate and the instructional experience can change dramatically for both the students and the classroom teacher. Before resorting to sanctions and punitive consequences, there is a series of steps a classroom teacher can conduct to reduce and replace the…
Descriptors: General Education, Behavior Disorders, Inclusion, Functional Behavioral Assessment
Bernhardt, Victoria L. – Eye on Education, 2009
This book is an easy-to-read primer that describes what it takes to increase student achievement at every grade level, subject area, and student group. Readers will learn how to use data to drive their continuous improvement process as they develop an appreciation of the various types of data, uses for data, and how data are involved with the…
Descriptors: Self Evaluation (Individuals), Vision, Data Analysis, Educational Improvement
Rouk, Ullik – Educational R & D Report, 1982
In a project led by Research for Better Schools (RBS), educators work with researchers to improve basic skills learning. Based on research findings relating the amount of time allocated for instruction and student achievement, one school made scheduling changes to reduce the time spent moving from one classroom to another. Other classroom…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Classroom Research, Cooperative Planning, Data Collection
Blair, Leslie Asher, Ed. – Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL), 2007
This issue focuses on practices that can help improve reading instruction and includes two announcements from Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL). It begins with a look at study groups, the practice of teachers getting together to focus on instructional practices and student learning. Stacey Joyner, a staff member of SEDL's Texas…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods, Educational Improvement, Teacher Collaboration
Kogan, Deborah; Koller, Vinz; Kozumplik, Richalene; Lawrence, Mary Ann – 1999
This document is part of a five-module training package to help employment and training service providers comply with the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998 and develop a one-stop training and employment services system. It contains the participant workbook, trainer manual, and activity worksheets for a module on collecting and using customer…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Behavioral Objectives, Career Centers, Classroom Techniques