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Christopher C. Harry – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study examined the effect of small class size intervention on student outcomes using reading achievement scores as measured by the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills (CTBS), a standardized, norm-referenced test, while controlling for independent variables inclusive of students' gender, race, socioeconomic status (SES), and environment. This…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Public Schools, Class Size, Scores
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Inan, Mehmet; Ozden, Bülent; Dervent, Fatih; Küçüktepe, Coskun – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2016
The purpose of this study was to provide an overview of the games in the "I am Playing Games" (IPG) compilation booklet that was used in the Games and Physical Activity (GPA) curriculum. 257 games in IPG compilation booklet were coded whether they had elements that would enable development of common basic skills or not. Common basic…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Games, Physical Activities, Play
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Sasanguie, Delphine; De Smedt, Bert; Defever, Emmy; Reynvoet, Bert – British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2012
Various measures have been used to investigate number processing in children, including a number comparison or a number line estimation task. The present study aimed to examine whether and to which extent these different measures of number representation are related to performance on a curriculum-based standardized mathematics achievement test in…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Number Concepts, Grade 6, Cognitive Development
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Duflo, Annie; Kiessel, Jessica – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2014
Rigorous evidence from around the world has shown that significant improvements in learning can be obtained at comparatively low cost by spending more, focused time ensuring that the bottom half of the class in the early grades does not get left behind. The authors present results from the Teacher Community Assistant Initiative (TCAI) that tests…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Remedial Instruction, Remedial Programs, Developing Nations
Kosanovich, Marcia; Verhagen, Connie – Center on Instruction, 2012
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) initiative is a state-led effort that establishes a set of clear educational standards for English language arts and mathematics that states can voluntarily adopt. The standards have been informed by the best available evidence and the highest standards across the country and the world. They have been…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, State Standards, Reading Skills, Basic Skills
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Windingstad, Sunny; Skinner, Christopher H.; Rowland, Emily; Cardin, Elizabeth; Fearrington, Jamie Y. – Journal of Applied School Psychology, 2009
A multiple-baseline, across-tasks design was used to extend research on the taped-problems (TP) intervention with an intact, rural, second-grade classroom. During TP sessions an audio recording paced the class through a series of 15 or 16 addition facts four times. Problems and answers were read and students were instructed to attempt to provide…
Descriptors: Intervention, Intervals, Arithmetic, Grade 2