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Brunsell, Eric; Hug, J. William – Science and Children, 2007
Investigations with Wisconsin Fast Plants can make the subject matter come alive...or dead, depending on the experimental treatment. This became apparent when a university-based teacher educator and a fifth-grade teacher collaborated on a professional development experience aimed at increasing understanding of how science inquiry could be used…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Investigations, Teacher Educators, Faculty Development
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Martin-Hansen, Lisa M. – Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, 2005
The author, an elementary school teacher, describes a way of incorporating an inquiry approach to teaching by refining a crayfish unit originally found in an ESS (Elementary Science Study) module. She used a "coupled-inquiry" approach, a combination of guided-inquiry and open-inquiry, with an application used for assessment purposes. In five or…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Science Instruction, Inquiry, Science Activities
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Ferretti, Ralph P.; MacArthur, Charles A.; Okolo, Cynthia M. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2007
Fifth-grade students with learning disabilities (LD) and their typically achieving (TA) peers participated in an 8-week investigation about 19th-century U.S. westward migration. During their investigations, the students analyzed primary and secondary sources to understand the experiences of these emigrants and Native peoples. The analysis of…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Misconceptions, Migration, Investigations
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McKool, Sharon S. – Reading Improvement, 2007
According to recent research, there is a strong relationship between the amount of out-of-school reading a student engages in and his or her success in school in reading (Anderson, Fielding, & Wilson, 1988; Stanovich, 1986; Taylor, Frye, & Maruyama, 1990; Walberg & Tsai, 1984). This relationship reveals the importance of investigating why so few…
Descriptors: Reading Habits, Reading Attitudes, Grade 5, Performance Factors
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Meltzer, Lynn; Katzir, Tamar; Miller, Lynne; Reddy, Ranjini; Roditi, Bethany – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 2004
This study investigated changes in teachers' and students' perceptions of students' effort, strategy use, and academic difficulties when strategy instruction was infused into the classroom curriculum. The sample consisted of 201 students with learning disabilities, 210 average achievers, and 57 teachers from Grades 4-9 in two urban and suburban…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Investigations, Spelling, Learning Disabilities
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Barfield, J. P.; Rowe, David A.; Michael, Timothy J. – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2004
A pedometer is a practical, inexpensive tool used to measure physical activity. Bassett et al. (1996) found that interinstrument consistency of the Yamax Digi-Walker was higher than four other pedometers when measuring distance walked in adults. The purpose of this study was to investigate the interinstrument consistency of the Yamax pedometer in…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activities, Correlation, Grade 3
Taris, James Robert; Taris, Louis James – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2006
In "Hands-On Science Mysteries for Grades 3-6," the authors connect science to real-world situations by investigating actual mysteries and phenomena, such as the strange heads on Easter Island, the ghost ship "Mary Celeste," and the "Dancing Stones" of Death Valley. The labs are designed to encourage the development…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Investigations, Hands on Science, Elementary School Science
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Schultz, Rosemary – Journal of School Public Relations, 2006
In December 2004, the "Amarillo Globe News" reported on a "Dallas Morning News" story that analyzed state-mandated test scores from across Texas (Benton & Hacker, 2004; Wilson, 2004). According the "Amarillo Globe News," "the Dallas Morning News" study implicated Sunrise Elementary School, in Amarillo,…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Mathematics Tests, Testing, Cheating
Miller, Gloria I.; Jaciw, Andrew; Vu, Minh-Thien – Empirical Education Inc., 2007
This research project consists of a randomized experiment in St. Petersburg Catholic Schools. The question being addressed by the research is whether "Scott Foresman Science" is as effective as the current curricula being used in the participating campuses of the Roman Catholic Diocese of St. Petersburg. The research focuses on 3rd, 4th,…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Control Groups, Educational Change, Educational Research
Miller, Gloria I.; Jaciw, Andrew; Vu, Minh-Thien – Empirical Education Inc., 2007
This research project consists of a randomized experiment in Visalia Unified School District. The question being addressed by the research is whether "Scott Foresman Science" is as effective as or more effective than the curriculum being used at each site. Since Scott Foresman Science provides a significant reading component, the authors…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Educational Change, Educational Research, Elementary School Science
Miller, Gloria I.; Jaciw, Andrew; Ma, Boya – Empirical Education Inc., 2007
This research project consists of a randomized experiment in Ogden City School District. The primary purpose of this research is to produce scientifically based evidence of the comparative effectiveness of the "Scott Foresman" program. The question being addressed by the research is whether the "Scott Foresman" program is more…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Educational Change, Educational Research, Elementary School Science
Miller, Gloria I.; Jaciw, Andrew; Wei, Xin – Empirical Education Inc., 2007
Pearson Education contracted with Empirical Education Inc. to conduct five randomized experiments to determine the effectiveness of its "Scott Foresman Science" ("SFScience") curriculum and associated materials. This report addresses the experiment in Federal Way Public Schools in Washington State. The primary purpose of this…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Educational Change, Educational Research, Elementary School Science
Miller, Gloria I.; Jaciw, Andrew; Ma, Boya – Empirical Education Inc., 2007
In this paper, the authors' investigated whether "Scott Foresman Science" program, a year-long curriculum intended for daily use that provides a sequence of structured and supportive inquiry activities and text materials to develop students' independent investigative skills, is more effective than current science programs in five diverse…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Control Groups, Educational Change, Educational Research
Empirical Education Inc., 2007
In this paper, the authors' investigated whether "Scott Foresman Science" program, a year-long curriculum intended for daily use that provides a sequence of structured and supportive inquiry activities and text materials to develop students' independent investigative skills, is more effective than current science programs in five diverse…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Control Groups, Educational Change, Educational Research
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Williams, Michelle; Linn, Marcia C. – Science and Children, 2003
Through an interactive partnership, fifth-grade students collected data on plants and joined an active scientific community of working scientists. This Web-based Integrated Science Environment (WISE) project involved asking questions about plants, growing plants in the classroom, and discussing their data with scientists online. (Contains 5…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Scientists, Plants (Botany), Cooperation
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