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Cultivating Primary Students' Scientific Thinking through Sustained Teacher Professional Development
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Miller, Roxanne Greitz; Curwen, Margaret Sauceda; White-Smith, Kimberly A.; Calfee, Robert C. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2015
While the United States' National Research Council (NRC 2012) and Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS 2013) advocate children's engagement in active science learning, elementary school teachers in the US indicate lack of time to teach science regularly because of (1) school and district pressure to focus on English language arts and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Faculty Development, Science Instruction, Elementary School Teachers
Working on What Works: A New Model for Collaboration
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Berzin, Stephanie; O'Brien, Kimberly; Tohn, Susan – School Social Work Journal, 2012
As the classroom is an influential setting for students, new models for collaboration between teachers and school social workers are essential for meeting student needs. This article discusses the literature and model for one such intervention, classroom solutions: working on what works. Through pilot data presented from nine classrooms and two…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Intervention, Goal Orientation, Cooperation