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Whyte, Donna – Crystal Springs Books, 2004
Within a simple meeting framework, experienced teacher and presenter Donna Whyte shares hundreds of ideas she's used in her own classroom to: (1) meet state standards; (2) Keep kids focused and engaged; (3) Encourage every child to participate; and (4) Assess learning every day for every child. After an introduction, this book is divided into…
Descriptors: State Standards, Classroom Environment, Academic Standards, Educational Strategies
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Keddie, Amanda – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2004
This paper describes the research approach of a case study ethnography. The study sought to explore the peer group understandings of five male friends aged between six and eight years. In exploring the social dynamics of peer culture, and in particular how these dynamics interacted to define, regulate and maintain particular understandings of…
Descriptors: Peer Groups, Young Children, Males, Masculinity
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Zindler, Rachel – Teachers College Record, 2009
Background/Context: This study is based on prior research regarding the need for explicit social instruction for children with special needs, cooperative educational models, and the goals and relative successes of inclusive educational practices. The author refers to several studies on these subjects, including those by Kavale and Forness; Salend;…
Descriptors: General Education, Social Life, Physical Disabilities, Educational Practices
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Reese, Leslie; Goldenberg, Claude; Saunders, William – Elementary School Journal, 2006
This study examined the reading performance on the Woodcock Language Proficiency Battery--Revised (WLPB-R), in Spanish and English, of 183 Spanish-speaking students in kindergarten through grade 2 in 3 schools with 4 instructional programs for English learners: structured English immersion, transitional bilingual, developmental bilingual, and dual…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Grade 2, Kindergarten, Spanish Speaking
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Galanaki, Evangelia – School Psychology International, 2004
The aim of this study was to investigate children's perceptions (i.e. expectations) of the interventions that teachers should implement to deal with their loneliness. The role of significant others in children's attempts to cope with loneliness and the children's perceptions of that role have been neglected by researchers. A random sample of 180…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychological Patterns, Peer Groups, Coping
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Dodge, Kenneth A.; Greenberg, Mark T.; Malone, Patrick S. – Child Development, 2008
A dynamic cascade model of development of serious adolescent violence was proposed and tested through prospective inquiry with 754 children (50% male; 43% African American) from 27 schools at 4 geographic sites followed annually from kindergarten through Grade 11 (ages 5-18). Self, parent, teacher, peer, observer, and administrative reports…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Academic Failure, Adolescents, Least Squares Statistics
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Malmgren, Kimber W.; Causton-Theoharis, Julie N. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2006
Peer interactions are a critical component of learning; however, students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) are at particular risk of social isolation at school. As students with EBD are increasingly included in general education settings, a better understanding of what affects their interactions is needed. In this qualitative study,…
Descriptors: Proximity, Classroom Environment, Social Isolation, Inclusive Schools
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Aunola, Kaisa; Leskinen, Esko; Nurmi, Jari-Erik – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2006
Background: It has been suggested that children's learning motivation and interest in a particular subject play an important role in their school performance, particularly in mathematics. However, few cross-lagged longitudinal studies have been carried out to investigate the prospective relationships between academic achievement and task…
Descriptors: Grade 2, Learning Motivation, Longitudinal Studies, Grade 1
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Page, Scott; Coppedge, Ginny – Science and Children, 2004
In this article, the author describes another teacher's unique approach to teaching science in one unusual second grade classroom. Immediately upon entering the classroom, the author was surrounded by an array of colors, shapes, and objects typically found in a forest. A multitude of puppets, stuffed animals, and live animals filled the classroom.…
Descriptors: Thematic Approach, Teaching Methods, Science Instruction, Grade 2
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Richards, Jan – Childhood Education, 2004
The amazing power to enchant students often is a defining hallmark of great teachers. Enchanting teachers, those who make learning exciting and attractive, are all around, and each is effective and inspiring in his or her own unique way. Wonderful teachers generally weave their magic behind closed doors, however, where only their students can…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Teacher Influence, Teacher Student Relationship, Teaching Methods
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Stuart, Shannon K.; Connor, Mary; Cady, Karin; Zweifel, Alicia – International Journal of Whole Schooling, 2007
This article describes a multiage classroom led by three co-teachers who facilitate the education of 42 students ages six through nine years. The classroom is located in a public school district that practices inclusion and subscribes to the principles of whole schooling. A literature review defines the concepts of co-teaching, multiage education,…
Descriptors: Multigraded Classes, Mixed Age Grouping, Teaching Methods, Inclusive Schools
Alberta Education, 2007
Young people entering post-secondary institutions or seeking employment generally require senior high school diplomas. There are few jobs available that do not require advanced levels of many kinds of literacy and most employers will consider only those applicants who have completed senior high school, even for entry-level positions. When English…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, High Schools, Speech Communication, Second Languages
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Hughes, Jan N.; Cavell, Timothy A.; Meehan, Barbara T.; Zhang, Duan; Collie, Claire – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2005
Drawing on social ecological theory and empirical studies on the role of school context in aggression, the authors argue that school adversity is an important consideration in choosing selective interventions for aggressive children. The moderating role of school adversity on intervention effectiveness is illustrated with data from a randomized…
Descriptors: Regression (Statistics), Grade 3, Educational Environment, Early Intervention
Paratore, Jeanne R.; McCormack, Rachel L. – Guilford Publications, 2005
Second-grade classrooms are exciting places to visit. Children are consolidating their growing reading and writing expertise, exploring new genres, and becoming more effective communicators. This book takes the reader into several exemplary second-grade classrooms to demonstrate what teachers can do to optimize literacy learning for their…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Classroom Environment, Learning Centers (Classroom), Grade 2
Bathurst, Effie, G. – US Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1940
That which legislation many times fails to accomplish with adults, organized public education achieves through children. There is no better way, and perhaps no other way, to save the Nation's natural resources from three centuries of ruthless exploitation than by a program of adequate instruction in the Nation's schools. Children cannot begin too…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Natural Resources, Public Education, Elementary Education
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