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Paggi, Karen Clinkert – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This paper is a description of a proposed action research study driven by a problem of practice. The problem for this action research is that the teacher-researcher's sixth-grade social studies students lack critical thinking skills. Critical thinkers are engaged and creative learners who analyze complex issues and challenges within society. The…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Grade 6, Critical Thinking, Instructional Effectiveness
Lister, Dena; Ansalone, George – Educational Research Quarterly, 2006
Education accompanied by social mobility is the cornerstone of the American dream. Yet, each year scores of children, especially those from the underprivileged class, fail to meet even the most modest academic expectations and subsequently never reach their academic potential. This research rejects earlier explanations of academic failure and…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Teaching Methods, Academic Failure, Social Mobility