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Actuarial Foundation, 2013
"The Power of Probability" is a new math program aligned with the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) and Common Core State Standards, which gives students opportunities to practice their skills and knowledge of the mathematics of probability. Developed by The Actuarial Foundation, the program's lessons and worksheets motivate…
Descriptors: State Standards, Assignments, Probability, Teaching Guides
Hutzel, Karen; Russell, Robert; Gross, Julia – Art Education, 2010
In a recent article, Russell and Hutzel, two of the authors of this article, proposed a framework for teaching social and emotional learning (SEL) in art education through collaborative service-learning. As defined in that article, SEL is a "process through which children and adults develop the skills, attitudes, and values necessary to…
Descriptors: Art Education, Service Learning, Grade 8, Middle School Students
Stier, Sam – Science Scope, 2010
Sampling, very generally, is the process of learning about something by selecting and assessing representative parts of that population or object. In the inquiry activity described here, students learned about sampling techniques as they estimated the number of trees greater than 12 cm dbh (diameter at breast height) in a wooded, discrete area…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Sampling, Science Process Skills, Inquiry
Tam, Jeff – SchoolArts: The Art Education Magazine for Teachers, 2008
Printing, stamping, and rubbings are enjoyed by all ages, and the image-making capabilities of this media are endless and very spontaneous. In printmaking, images can be repeated, overlapped, inked in various colors, cut up, reassembled, and manipulated. Students find these methods to be engaging and serendipitous. This lesson, designed for eighth…
Descriptors: Visual Arts, Grade 8, Studio Art, Art Activities
Woodward, John; Beckmann, Sybilla; Driscoll, Mark; Franke, Megan; Herzig, Patricia; Jitendra, Asha; Koedinger, Kenneth R.; Ogbuehi, Philip – What Works Clearinghouse, 2012
The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) publishes practice guides in education to bring the best available evidence and expertise to bear on current challenges in education. Authors of practice guides combine their expertise with the findings of rigorous research, when available, to develop specific recommendations for addressing these…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving, Educational Research, Evidence
Maurer, Matthew J.; Tokarsky, Rebecca; Zalewsky, Laura – Science Scope, 2011
Many of the skills and talents required to be a successful scientist, such as analysis, experimentation, and creativity, can be developed and reinforced through art. Both science and art challenge students to make observations, experiment with different techniques, and use both traditional and nontraditional methods to express their ideas. The…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Science Education, Art Education, Grade 7
Yonamine, Moe – Rethinking Schools, 2010
This article describes how the author teaches 8th graders to imagine the experiences of people from another time in history and make connections to today. Through a role play, the author teaches the hidden story of Japanese Latin Americans during WWII. The role play engages students in exploration of a little-known piece of history--the…
Descriptors: Latin Americans, Asians, Japanese Americans, History Instruction
Wolk, Susan – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
The purpose of this article is to provide teachers, tutors and parents with an effective and enjoyable approach to practicing reading fluency, increasing comprehension and encouraging the joy of reading, based on the theories and methods of Sally L. Smith. This method can be applied and adapted to individual student's needs. Sally Smith, the…
Descriptors: Laboratory Schools, Reading Fluency, Learning Disabilities, Teaching Methods
Collins, Anne; Dacey, Linda – Stenhouse Publishers, 2011
In many ways, algebra can be as challenging for teachers as it is for students. With so much emphasis placed on procedural knowledge and the manipulations of variables and symbols, it can be easy to lose sight of the key ideas that underlie algebraic thinking and the relevance algebra has to the real world. In the The Xs and Whys of Algebra: Key…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Symbols (Mathematics), Mathematics Teachers, Algebra
Elias, Anjuli Rose – Online Submission, 2010
This research highlights the effects of using literature and relevant curriculum to teach history in grade levels 6 through 8, and analyzes how students respond when learning complicated themes and events through the medium of historic fiction. Specifically, my research seeks to inform secondary educators concerning the use of the narrative and…
Descriptors: United States History, History Instruction, Poetry, Fiction
Craig, Cheryl – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2010
The article shows the experience of professional development over the course of a decade of one teacher's career nested against the backdrop of one reforming middle-school context in the USA. Through the use of four fine-grained narrative exemplars, the campus professional development trajectory is examined from the vantage point of Daryl Wilson,…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Faculty Development, Professional Development, Reflective Teaching
Carver, Andrea; Bailey, Janelle M. – Science Scope, 2010
Based upon the models of differentiated instruction (Tomlinson and Edison 2003) and Layered Curriculum (Nunley 2004), the author created the Unit Pages strategy. Just like Layered Curriculum, the pages can be handed directly to students, allowing them to take charge of their own learning rather than requiring the teacher to individually monitor…
Descriptors: Teaching Models, Grade 8, Science Instruction, Gifted
Daehler, Kirsten; Shinohara, Mayumi; Folsom, Jennifer – WestEd, 2011
Proven through more than a decade of rigorous research to be effective with both teachers and students, "Making Sense of SCIENCE" helps teachers gain a deep and enduring understanding of tricky science topics, think and reason scientifically, and support content literacy in science, thereby increasing student achievement. The materials…
Descriptors: Science Education, Scientific Concepts, Misconceptions, Concept Formation
Dollard, Mark W.; Mahoney, Kate – Ontario Action Researcher, 2010
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of the Jigsaw method, a cooperative learning tool, on content knowledge and attitude toward learning science. A group of 64 students in an 8th grade physical science class located in rural western New York participated in this study. As an intervention for this action research study, science…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Research Design, Intervention
Tamplin de Poinsot, Nan – Arts & Activities, 2010
Graphic art can be a tough subject approach with seventh- and eighth-graders, but by mixing a little language arts into the studio lesson, they can have fun with the art of words in a whole new way. In this article, the author describes how students created a graphic design using a word. The purpose of the graphic art is to educate--to teach an…
Descriptors: Graphic Arts, Grade 7, Grade 8, Form Classes (Languages)