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Wood, Karen; Mraz, Maryann – Guilford Publications, 2005
Sixth grade marks the transition to middle school and, for many students, the transition to early adolescence. The sixth-grade classroom is a place where problem-solving and abstract thinking skills can flourish as teachers devise creative ways to integrate language arts with effective content-area instruction. This book walks the reader through…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Literacy Education, Thinking Skills, Language Arts
Meece, Darrell; Pettit, Gregory; Mize, Jacquelyn; Hayes, Margaret – Online Submission, 1998
In the present research we examined variations in the after-school experience of young adolescents as a function of family background characteristics and the extent to which after-school activities were associated with behavioral adjustment at school. After-school time use was assessed through telephone interviews with 438 young adolescents…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Grade 6, After School Programs, Family Characteristics
Yen, Shu Jing; Ochieng, Charles; Michaels, Hillary; Friedman, Greg – Online Submission, 2005
Year-to-year rater variation may result in constructed response (CR) parameter changes, making CR items inappropriate to use in anchor sets for linking or equating. This study demonstrates how rater severity affected the writing and reading scores. Rater adjustments were made to statewide results using an item response theory (IRT) methodology…
Descriptors: Test Items, Writing Tests, Reading Tests, Measures (Individuals)
Baturo, Annette R. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2003
With consistently low levels of academic performance and high rates of absenteeism (Bourke & Rigby, 2000), the students in this study are the most educationally disadvantaged group in Australia with respect to mathematics. This paper reports on a study undertaken with Years 5-7 students in a Queensland aboriginal community to determine their…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Educationally Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries, Misconceptions
Mousley, Judith A. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2003
One mathematics lesson was planned by two Grade 2 teachers together. Their separate teaching of it was videotaped, and each teacher was interviewed before and after her lesson. The "same" lesson resulted in different sets of worthwhile learning outcomes. In this research report, the notion of situated cognition is used as a tool for analysis of…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Mathematical Concepts, Grade 2, Visual Aids
Warner, Lisa B.; Alcock, Lara J.; Coppolo, Joseph, Jr.; Davis, Gary E. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2003
We examine aspects of flexible mathematical thinking in middle school students and its contribution to the growth of their mathematical understanding. We inductively analyzed data collected from video-episodes of an interactive, problem-solving based after-school mathematics class. Flexibility is essential in such classrooms since students must…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Middle School Students, Mathematical Logic, Visual Aids
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Nippold, Marilyn A.; Duthie, Jill K.; Larsen, Jennifer – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2005
Purpose: Literacy plays an important role in the development of language in school-age children and adolescents. For example, by reading a variety of books, magazines, and newspapers, students gain exposure to complex vocabulary, and reading becomes a prime opportunity for learning new words. Despite the importance of reading for lexical …
Descriptors: Literacy, Leisure Time, Early Adolescents, Children
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Parr, Cynthia Sims; Jones, Tricia; Songer, Nancy Butler – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2004
Despite a rise in the use of handheld computers in classrooms, meaningful learning with personal digital assistant (PDA) technology remains poorly studied. This article reports results from an evaluation of customized handheld data collection software, the BioKIDS Sequence, which was used during an 8-week biodiversity curriculum unit by 5th and…
Descriptors: Biodiversity, Grade 6, Educational Technology, Computer Software
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Veenman, Marcel V. J.; Wilhelm, Pascal; Beishuizen, Jos J. – Learning and Instruction, 2004
The first objective of this study was to establish to what extent metacognitive skill development is associated with intelligence. As a second objective, the generality vs. domain-specificity of maturing metacognitive skills was investigated. Both issues have major implications for the training and transferability of metacognitive skills.…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Metacognition, Thinking Skills, Skill Development
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Song, Hae-Deok – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2005
Motivation effort is one of the critical components that enable students to engage in the process of ill-structured problem solving. This article chronicles the development and evaluation of a motivation-supported problem-solving environment promoting learning goals. The environment was created by developing learning-goal oriented contexts that…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Problem Solving, Internet, Classroom Environment
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Bottge, Brian A.; Heinrichs, Mary; Mehta, Zara Dee; Rueda, Enrique; Hung, Ya-Hui; Danneker, Jeanne – RMLE Online: Research in Middle Level Education, 2004
This study compared two approaches for teaching sixth-grade middle school students to solve math problems in math, technology education, and special education classrooms. A total of 17 students with disabilities and 76 students without disabilities were taught using either enhanced anchored instruction (EAI) or text-based instruction coupled with…
Descriptors: Small Group Instruction, Middle School Students, Disabilities, Technology Education
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Stanton, Cassandra A.; Fries, Elizabeth A.; Danish, Steven J. – American Journal of Health Behavior, 2003
Objective: To examine mother-child dietary concordance that may contribute to healthy eating practices critical to cancer prevention in underserved rural families. Methods: A brief food frequency questionnaire was administered to 404 sixth-graders and their mothers in rural Virginia and New York. Results: Significant dietary fat concordance rates…
Descriptors: Rural Youth, Mothers, Cancer, Eating Habits
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Simons-Morton, Bruce G.; Hartos, Jessica L.; Haynie, Denise L. – Health Education & Behavior, 2004
The research examined the influence of parent and school variables on minor aggression among early adolescents. Sixth-grade students (N = 1,081) were interviewed at the beginning of the school year (Time 1) about aggressive behaviors and selected psychosocial variables and at the end of the year (Time 2) about aggressive behaviors. Aggression…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Early Adolescents, Adolescents, Gender Differences
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Gignoux, Peg; Wilde, Susie – Teaching Artist Journal, 2005
How does one turn a class of sixth graders who are uncomfortable with writing, unfamiliar with art supplies, but good at fidgeting and bickering, into a community that achieves literary, artistic, and civic success? In the spring of 2003, Kestrel Heights teachers asked the authors to team up and help their sixth grade students create something…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Hispanic American Students, Art Activities, Art Education
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Leonard, Jacqueline – Middle School Journal (J3), 2004
This article discusses an action research study on how an integrated project-based curriculum could enhance students' learning of mathematics and social studies content. "A Tale of Two Cities" a thematic unit, which was developed and used with three classes of sixth-grade mathematics students (95 total) as part of the study. Results shows that "A…
Descriptors: Action Research, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Skills, Student Improvement
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