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Sampley, Jolyne K. – Online Submission, 2008
Without proficiency in content reading skills, seventh grade students were at risk of not being able to achieve understanding of what they read in non-fiction texts, a skill that is absolutely necessary for college-bound students. The purpose of this action research study was to investigate whether an approach that involved specific and focused…
Descriptors: Journal Writing, Intervention, Independent Reading, Content Area Reading
Empirical Education Inc., 2008
PCI Education sought scientifically based evidence on the effectiveness of the "PCI Reading Program--Level One" for students with severe disabilities. During the 2007-2008 academic year. Empirical Education conducted a randomized control trial (RCT) in two Florida districts, Brevard and Miami-Dade County Public Schools. For this…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Disabilities, Urban Schools, Public Schools
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Ross, John A.; Xu, YunMei; Ford, John – School Science and Mathematics, 2008
Previous research (e.g., Woodward & Baxter, 1997) found that Standards-based mathematics teaching provides marginal or no benefits for low achievers, in contrast with positive effects for middle and high ability students. A randomized quasi-experiment in 52 Canadian schools found that low achieving grade 7 and 8 students who received support…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Educational Research, Low Achievement, Grade 7
Whitebook, Marcy; Gomby, Deanna; Bellm, Dan; Sakai, Laura; Kipnis, Fran – Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, University of California at Berkeley, 2009
When it comes to teacher preparation, the support provided to new teachers, and ongoing professional development for working teachers, Grades K-12 and the field of early care and education (ECE) are two very different worlds. While both worlds assume that teachers' classroom skills and behavior can be influenced at multiple points in time (through…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Young Children, Educational Change, Professional Development
Whitebook, Marcy; Gomby, Deanna; Bellm, Dan; Sakai, Laura; Kipnis, Fran – Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, University of California at Berkeley, 2009
This paper aims to broaden the discussion about effective teacher preparation by exploring three hypotheses designed to expand the early care and education (ECE) research agenda: (1) Both the content and the method of delivery of an educational degree influence teacher practices; (2) Teachers' ability to apply knowledge and skills effectively…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Work Environment
Drosopoulos, J. Dan; Heald, A. Zachariah; McCue, M. John – Online Submission, 2008
This action research project report examined all forms of bullying behaviors and ways to reduce those behaviors. The project included 63 students from both a high school health class and a 6th and 7th grade middle school homeroom. The research was conducted from September 17, 2007 through December 14, 2007. In the specified locations, female to…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Intervention, Bullying, Action Research
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Lubienski, Sarah Theule – Educational Leadership, 2007
Because of the complex interaction between economic class and learning, improving mathematics education for all while narrowing achievement gaps is no simple task. As a young teacher, the author conducted action research to determine how low-SES and high-SES 7th graders responded to a problem-centered mathematics curriculum. To her dismay, she…
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Education, Action Research, Mathematics Instruction
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Ambrosetti, Debra; Cho, Grace; Slate, John R. – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2009
In this study, the authors conducted a mixed analysis of student perceptions of their best high school teachers. The sample of 257 preservice teachers from a College of Education in California described their best high school teacher. From their descriptions, qualitative analysis through the method of constant comparison yielded eight themes:…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, High Schools, Secondary School Teachers, Preservice Teachers
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L'Engle, Kelly Ladin; Pardun, Carol J.; Brown, Jane D. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2004
This article describes a protocol that was effective in collecting media-use pattern and sensitive health data from young adolescents. Students from three public school districts in the southeastern United States were recruited to participate in a study of the impact of the media on adolescents' sexual health. Using a 34-page mailed survey,…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Grade 7, Early Adolescents, Sexuality
Pesa, Nicole; Somers, Sarah – Online Submission, 2007
This study describes a program designed to improve reading comprehension through the selection, application, and transfer of appropriate reading strategies with both fictional and informational texts. The targeted population consisted of seventh and eighth grade middle school students in a middle-class community in the western suburbs of Chicago,…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Program Effectiveness, Surveys, Intervention
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Shoemaker, Joel; Schau, Elizabeth; Ayers, Rachael – Knowledge Quest, 2008
Seventh grade students entering South East Junior High in Iowa City come from eight elementary feeder schools, as well as from schools around the world. Their information literacy skills and knowledge of reference sources vary, but since all seventh graders and new eighth graders are required to take one trimester of Visual Studies, all entering…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Reference Materials, Visual Literacy, Information Literacy
Heinze, Aiso – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2004
Mathematical proof is one of the most difficult topics for students to learn. Several empirical studies revealed different kinds of students' problems in this area. Our own research suggests that students' views on proofs and their abilities in proving are significantly influenced by their specific mathematics classrooms. However, the reasons for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematical Logic, Mathematics Instruction, Validity
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Schwartz, Marc S.; Sadler, Philip M. – International Journal of Science Education, 2007
This study characterizes how learning and teaching differs as the responsibility for choosing curriculum goals and the strategies to reach those goals shifts between teacher and the students. Three different pedagogical approaches were used with 125 seventh-grade and eighth-grade students. All three curricula focus on electromagnetism, and were…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Science Curriculum, Advanced Students, Curriculum Development
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Dutt-Doner, Karen M.; Cook-Cottone, Catherine; Allen, Susan – RMLE Online: Research in Middle Level Education, 2007
Authentic and constructive learning experiences that include analysis of primary source documents are necessary elements of effective social studies teaching (Bailyn, 1994; Leinhardt, Stainton, & Virji, 1994; Wineburg & Wilson, 1991; Young & Leinhardt, 1998). This study examines the abilities of 70 fifth and seventh grade students to complete…
Descriptors: Primary Sources, Grade 7, Thinking Skills, Classroom Environment
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Reid, Pamela Trotman; Roberts, Sally K. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2006
In response to indicators that a decline in interest in mathematics occurs among girls--particularly those from low-income and minority groups--during middle school, the GO-GIRL (Gaining Options: Girls Investigate Real Life) program was designed to help potentially talented at-risk girls. The program aimed to build mathematical confidence, skills,…
Descriptors: Social Science Research, Private Schools, Mentors, Females
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