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Collins, Anne; Dacey, Linda – Stenhouse Publishers, 2010
"The Zeroing in on Number and Operations" series, which aligns with the Common Core State Standards and the NCTM Standards and Focal Points, features easy-to-use tools for teaching key concepts in number and operations and for addressing common misconceptions. Sharing the insights they've gained in decades of mathematics teaching and research,…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Grade 8, Misconceptions, Academic Standards
Actuarial Foundation, 2013
"Shake, Rattle, & Roll" is a new program developed by The Actuarial Foundation with Scholastic, provides dynamic real-world math content designed to build student skills while showing students the relevance of math to understanding their world and planning for their future. Math skills are increasingly important for students. According to the U.S.…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Gifted
British Columbia Ministry of Education, 2014
The "Ministry of Education 2013/14 Annual Service Plan Report" shares some of the significant achievements by the British Columbia ministry and government. These include the development and release of BC's Skills for Jobs Blueprint: Re-Engineering Education and Training. As well, they successfully negotiated agreements with CUPE and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading
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Behnke, Andrew O.; Kelly, Christine – Journal of Extension, 2011
Parent involvement programs can play an essential role in the academic success of Latino youth. This article reports the effectiveness and evaluation of two new Extension programs that help Latino parents become more involved in their youths' academics. The Latino Parent and Family Advocacy and Support Training (LPFAST) targets parents of K- 8th…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Hispanic Americans, Extension Education
Serim, Ferdi – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2012
This comprehensive book offers a practical pathway for developing twenty-first-century skills while simultaneously strengthening content-area learning. "Digital Learning" contains a wealth of research-based practices to integrate the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) National Education Technology Standards (NETS) for both…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Student Projects, Active Learning, Educational Technology
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Turvey, Anne; Yandell, John; Ali, Leila – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2012
We offer this piece as an essay, a dialogic, many-voiced attempt to represent the tensions and contradictions in our work and the work that goes on in London schools. Locating our work within a polyphonic, narrative-based tradition of inquiry into practice (Burgess & Hardcastle, 1991; Doecke & McClenaghan, 2011; Parr, 2010; van de Ven…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Writing Instruction, Grade 7, Academic Standards
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Keating, Xiaofen Deng; Harrison, Louis; Chen, Li; Xiang, Ping; Lambdin, Dolly D.; Dauenhauer, Brian; Rotich, Willy; Pinero, Jose Castro – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2009
Although substantial inquiry has been made into fitness levels of students, there has been scant examination of knowledge in this domain. This article seeks to review and analyze research on student health-related fitness (HRF) knowledge mastery in K-16 programs by examining studies published in the literature. Two major results emerging from the…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Physical Education, Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level
Brink, Carole Sanger – ProQuest LLC, 2011
In 2007, Georgia developed a comprehensive framework to define what students need to know. One component of this framework emphasizes the use of both formative and summative assessments as part of an integral and specific component of the teachers. performance evaluation. Georgia administers the Criterion-Referenced Competency Test (CRCT) to every…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, High Stakes Tests, Educational Strategies, Program Effectiveness
Hensberry, Karina Kawall Reybitz – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this dissertation was to understand how teachers who are successful with low-achieving students of color living in poverty supported their students in learning mathematics. Standards-based instruction and culturally responsive teaching (CRT) have both been suggested as pedagogical approaches that may support traditionally…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Teacher Effectiveness, Low Achievement, Minority Group Students
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2010
"Saxon Math" is a textbook series covering grades K-12 based on incremental development and continual review of mathematical concepts to give students time to learn and practice concepts throughout the year. The series is aligned with standards of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) and various states, and can be…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Middle Schools, Intervention, Textbooks
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Cameto, Renee; Knokey, Anne-Marie; Nagle, Katherine; Sanford, Christopher; Blackorby, Jose; Sinclair, Beth; Riley, Derek – National Center for Special Education Research, 2009
This study is examining student eligibility for and participation in alternate assessments, the technical quality of the alternate assessment instruments and implementation procedures, the alignment of assessments with content and achievement standards, and the use and effectiveness of alternate assessments in measuring student outcomes. The…
Descriptors: Eligibility, Alternative Assessment, Student Participation, Disabilities
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Meyen, Edward L.; Greer, Diana L. – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2010
This article discusses the theoretical framework, instructional design, formative assessment results, capacity for national distribution, and generalization of the Blending Assessment with Instruction Program (BAIP) model to other content areas such as science. The BAIP, developed and validated at the University of Kansas, employs technology to…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Assistive Technology, Disabilities, Mathematics Instruction
British Columbia Ministry of Education, 2013
The education system is complex, but at its core, it is a learning partnership between the student, the family and teachers. This partnership -- supported by the Ministry -- is ultimately responsible for ensuring every learner receives a high quality education. A high quality education enables learners to realize their full potential and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading
British Columbia Ministry of Education, 2013
Inspired by innovative change already taking place in British Columbia communities and developed through many months of consultation with educators, students, parents and other British Columbians, BC's Education Plan responds to the realities and demands of a world that has already changed dramatically and continues to evolve. The engagement and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading
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Peck, Carla Lee; Sears, Alan; Donaldson, Shanell – Curriculum Inquiry, 2008
In recent years, Canadian schools have developed new policies and practices in their approaches to both diversity policy and curriculum development. Public schools once intended to homogenize a diverse population have been transformed to institutions designed to foster tolerance and respect for diversity. Curricula previously organized around…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Grade 7
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