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Zoll, Susan – Journal of Montessori Research, 2017
This article highlights archived documents pertaining to a 25-year experimental classroom implemented by Clara Craig, then supervisor of training at the Rhode Island Normal School. Craig is notable as she was the only participant in the first International Montessori Training Course in Rome, Italy, in 1913, to gain approval from the Rhode Island…
Descriptors: Montessori Method, Montessori Schools, Educational Experiments, Educational History
William Weber – History Teacher, 2017
This article will analyze where the Amherst Project stood within the evolution of educational thinking since the early twentieth century and then show in detail how its activities developed fromits inception in 1959 to publication of the last pamphlet in 1972. The Amherst Project began among a group of instructors from Amherst High School and…
Descriptors: Educational History, Pamphlets, History Instruction, Educational Change
Brugar, Kristy A.; Roberts, Kathryn L.; Jiménez, Laura M.; Meyer, Carla K. – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2018
This study explores the possibilities for learning content that might accompany the use of an historically accurate graphic novel as part of a language arts instructional unit. During a 6-day unit, 16 sixth grade students engaged in graphic novels in ways that support comprehension, both in the context of a graphic novel text set and a specific…
Descriptors: Cartoons, Novels, History Instruction, United States History
Buchanan, Lisa Brown; Kemmerer, Caroline; Kaluzny, Joanne; Hill, Rachael – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2018
This article describes a fourth grade project involving elementary students, their teachers, elementary preservice teachers, and university faculty. The project focused on a work of juvenile historical fiction, culminating in social studies lessons that were interdisciplinary. This collaboration between educators was made possible by a…
Descriptors: Novels, Grade 4, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers
Kent, Shawn C.; Wanzek, Jeanne; Martinez, Leticia – Remedial and Special Education, 2018
Material encountered in social studies has been shown to be challenging for students with reading difficulties, including those with disabilities. This study first examined the amount of time eighth-grade U.S. History teachers implemented empirically supported instructional practices. Second, this research investigated the association between…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Middle School Students, Evidence Based Practice, Educational Practices
Smith, Nicolette Mary – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore how long term, focused, and embedded professional development influenced teachers' self-efficacy and preparedness to implement the Common Core State Standards in a large urban school district in northern Nevada. The sample was 17 7th-12th grade social studies teachers that participated in a…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Teacher Effectiveness, Qualitative Research, Case Studies
Curry, Katherine A.; Sabina, Lou L.; Loffi, Jon – Administrative Issues Journal: Connecting Education, Practice, and Research, 2016
Recent changes to Advanced Placement U.S. History have sparked a national debate concerning goals and purposes of college level history courses. Critics suggest that the revisions result in a national curriculum that promotes a revisionist history perspective. Defenders claim that revisions are an important step in preparing students for 21st…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Advanced Placement Programs, United States History, Content Analysis
Mason, Mary L.; Reckhow, Sarah – Education Policy Center at Michigan State University, 2016
State takeovers were an infrequently applied strategy to address the problems of financially and academically troubled schools for many decades. Although 23 states had the right to take over individual schools and No Child Left Behind (NCLB) required states to address persistently low-achieving schools, only five states had exercised their power…
Descriptors: Educational History, United States History, State Government, Natural Disasters
Biddle, Catharine; Azano, Amy Price – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
We examine 100 years of rural education research within the context of the demographic, migratory, economic, and social changes that have affected rural America in the past century. We use systematic review of the literature on rural teacher recruitment, retention, and training as a case study for looking at the constancy and change in the…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Rural Education, Educational Research, Rural Population
Deborah Vriend Van Duinen; Audra Bolhuis – English Journal, 2016
A recent community wide reading program offers a valuable opportunity for students and teachers to respond to literature by attending community wide events, creating art, and developing relationships with community members.
Descriptors: Novels, Community Involvement, Reading Programs, Community Programs
Fitchett, Paul G.; Heafner, Tina L.; Lambert, Richard G. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2017
How and to what extent students learn history content is a complicated process, drawing from the instructional opportunities they experience; the policy prioritization of history/social studies instruction in schools; and their own cultural perspectives toward the past. In an attempt to better understand the complex inter-play among these…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, History Instruction, United States History, Socioeconomic Status
Thomason, Betty; Brown, Clara Lee; Ward, Natalia – TESOL Journal, 2017
English language learners (ELLs) are the fastest growing student subgroup in the United States, and public schools have the challenging task of teaching ELLs both English language and academic content. In spite of the attention given to improving outcomes for ELLs, the achievement gap between ELLs and native English speakers persists, especially…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, English Language Learners, Achievement Gap
Woodson, Ashley N. – Urban Education, 2017
In this article, the author uses the critical race theoretical construct of "master narrative" to explore historical and ideological assumptions about the Civil Rights Movement held by two Black youth in an urban community. Master narrative is defined as the dominant social mythologies that mute, erase, and neutralize features of racial…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Race, Civil Rights, Activism
O'Connor, Rollanda E.; Sanchez, Victoria; Beach, Kristen D.; Bocian, Kathleen M. – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2017
This research replicates an earlier study and extends it by shifting instructional responsibility from researchers to special education teachers, who implemented reading instruction that included multisyllabic word decoding, academic vocabulary, and three comprehension strategies (generating main ideas, comparing and contrasting people and events,…
Descriptors: United States History, Grade 8, Special Education Teachers, Reading Materials
Barrow, Elizabeth; Anderson, Janice; Horner, Martinette – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2017
Using the of Humans of New York photoblog concept, the exemplar lesson plan described in this article incorporated technology and the replacement, amplification, and transformation framework to modify a traditional social studies lesson on the American Civil War into an engaging and inquiry-based lesson. Students researched individuals who lived…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Photography, Student Journals, Electronic Journals