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Ginn and Company, 1930
This teachers' manual is to be used with the textbook "Better English: Grade Seven" by Jeschke, Potter, and Gillet. It includes notes that explain briefly the first principles of language study and teaching, and suggestions for the conduct of the individual lessons. [For "Better English: Grade Seven," see ED623253.]
Descriptors: Teaching Guides, English Instruction, Grade 7
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Ersen Yanik, Asli – Hacettepe University Journal of Education, 2008
This study aims to investigate how the teachers who have different background characteristics perceive the goals and content of the English language curriculum implemented at the 6th, 7th and 8th grades of public primary schools. The study was conducted during the 2004-2005 school year with 368 English teachers selected from the seven regions of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English Teachers, English (Second Language), Teacher Attitudes
Baek, Youngkyun; Whitton, Nicola – IGI Global, 2013
In K-12 classrooms, as well as on the college and university level, the incorporation of digital games has played a vital role in the educational system. While introducing teachers to new fields, these digital games have been designed and implemented for the classroom and have shown positive results at a variety of educational levels. Cases on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Student Attitudes, Second Language Learning
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Sakakeeny, Jarred – Science Scope, 2006
Biomaterial science is a rapidly growing field that has scientists and doctors searching for new ways to repair the body. A merger between medicine and engineering, biomaterials can be complex subject matter, and it can certainly capture the minds of middle school students. In the lesson described in this article, seventh graders generally learn…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Assistive Technology, Science Instruction, Middle School Students
Bolenius, Emma Miller – Houghton Mifflin Company, 1926
This textbook is the seventh reader in a series of illustrated primary readers. The chief aim of this series of readers is to develop, to a greater degree than has usually been done, the pupils' reading abilities, appreciation of literature, self-reliance, and good judgment in reading. This book is a unit in itself. In its careful selection of…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Reading Instruction, Reading Materials, Grade 7
Baldwin, James – American Book Company, 1897
This textbook is a seventh-year reader. The book provides daily systematic practice in readings not too difficult for comprehension and yet embracing various styles of literary workmanship and illustrating all the different forms of English composition. Many of the selections are introduced or followed by historical or bibliographical notes.…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Reading Instruction, Grade 7, Classics (Literature)
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Chin, Christine – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2007
The purpose of this study was to find out how teachers use questions in classroom discourse to scaffold student thinking and help students construct scientific knowledge. The study was conducted in large-class settings where the medium of instruction was English although the students were non-native speakers of the language. Six teachers teaching…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Teaching Methods, Semantics, Classrooms
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Hall, Leigh A. – Reading Research and Instruction, 2007
This year long case study examined: (a) how a seventh-grade struggling reader transacted with the reading task demands of her mathematics classroom and (b) how her teacher responded to her in regards to these reading task demands. The results suggest that struggling readers may engage in behaviors that are designed to help others construct…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Reading Ability, Low Achievement, Grade 7
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Isiksal, Mine; Cakiroglu, Erdinc – Hacettepe University Journal of Education, 2008
The purpose of this study was to examine preservice mathematics teachers' knowledge about common (mis)conceptions and difficulties of elementary students. In addition, it was aimed to investigate preservice teachers' knowledge about the possible sources of these misconception/difficulties, and their suggested strategies to overcome those…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Cognitive Processes
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Kim, Hanna – Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, 2008
Testing the pH of various liquids is one of the most popular activities in 5th- through 8th-grade classrooms. The author presents an extensive pH-testing lesson based on a 5E (engagement, exploration, explanation, extension, and evaluation) teaching model. The activity provides students with the opportunity to learn about pH and how it relates to…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Teaching Models, Error of Measurement, Science Instruction
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Steele, Diana F. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2007
This article describes a teaching experiment conducted in a seventh-grade classroom. It explores ways that students used four types of problem-solving knowledge through writing their responses to algebraic problems. The problems were presented to students in the geometric contexts of growth and change and size and shape. It was found that writing…
Descriptors: Geometric Concepts, Problem Solving, Algebra, Mathematics Skills
O'Shea, William J.; Eichmann, Andrew E. – Charles E. Merrill Company, 1915
This textbook presents a seventh-grade composition course stressing the different forms of language exercises--letters, narratives, descriptions, and expositions. This series of books aims to help the teacher by providing a systematic arrangement of subject-matter, thus saving the labor of searching for suitable material and, at the same time,…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Writing Instruction, Writing (Composition), English Instruction
Mee, Molly – National Middle School Association (NJ3), 2007
Many middle school students claim that their voices are ignored in the classroom, where the attitude is too often that the teacher holds the one right answer. Instead of this approach, teachers may wish to use the Socratic Seminar, which prompts students to examine issues and ideas through dialogue and actively involves and motivates them, giving…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Student Attitudes, Middle School Students, Student Participation
Polette, Nancy – Teacher Ideas Press, 2008
Using an approach based on a Harvard study that found "when the whole body is involved, the number of brain cells brought to the learning activity doubles," the author offers over one hundred kinesthetic activities for classroom use. Activities are organized by content area, include directions for number of players, objective, and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Grade 4, Nonfiction, Learning Activities
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Ross, John A.; Xu, YunMei; Ford, John – School Science and Mathematics, 2008
Previous research (e.g., Woodward & Baxter, 1997) found that Standards-based mathematics teaching provides marginal or no benefits for low achievers, in contrast with positive effects for middle and high ability students. A randomized quasi-experiment in 52 Canadian schools found that low achieving grade 7 and 8 students who received support…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Educational Research, Low Achievement, Grade 7
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