This article describes how Lego robotics, interactive multimedia, and a simple manipulative--string--can be offered to students through coordinated activities to help them build a conceptual foundation for measuring rate. (Contains 5 figures and 3 tables.)

Objectives: Recent dietary guidance recommends that children consume at least three servings of whole-grains daily. This study examined whether white whole-wheat (WWW) flour can be partially substituted for refined-wheat (RW) flour in pizza crust without affecting consumption by children in a school cafeteria. Methods: Subjects included first to…

The number of Hispanic students in the nation's public schools nearly doubled from 1990 to 2006, accounting for 60% of the total growth in public school enrollments over that period. Strong growth in Hispanic enrollment is expected to continue for decades, according to population projection by the U.S. Census Bureau. Using data from the 2006…

While research and policy debates center on residents moving out of public housing, many families still live in public housing around the country; it is important to consider how to improve their well-being. Approximately 1.2 million units of public housing provide housing for about 3 million tenants throughout the country. In New York City, there…

We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2017, taking place in Budapest, Hungary, from 29 of April to 1 of May, 2017. Modern psychology offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and…

This textbook is targeted at educators teaching students in the fifth year seeking to help pupils take an interest in the quality of their English and speak more correctly, more effectively, more agreeably, and to write with due regard for the essentials of good form. Provision is made for individual differences in pupil ability and achievement.…

This textbook for the fifth grade seeks to help pupils take an interest in the quality of their English and speak more correctly, more effectively and more agreeably, and to write with due regard for the essentials of good form. Until the language lesson is understood to be distinctively a lesson in craftsmanship, it will contribute little or…

This textbook for the sixth grade seeks to help pupils take an interest in the quality of their English and speak more correctly, more effectively and more agreeably, and to write with due regard for the essentials of good form. Until the language lesson is understood to be distinctively a lesson in craftsmanship, it will contribute little or…

This textbook is the last volume in the Pathways in Science series, designed to meet the demands of the modern tendency to introduce science as an essential part of the elementary-school curriculum by presenting a course of carefully graded problems in science for Grades I to VI. "Our Earth and Its Story" has been designed to assist the…

The role of peer acceptance, number of mutual friends, and friendship quality in predicting adjustment across the transition from elementary to middle school was examined. Participants were 146 students (68 boys, 78 girls) who participated in the Time 1 (spring of fifth grade) and Time 2 (fall of sixth grade) assessments. Peer acceptance and…

This report presents findings from a NASA requested evaluation in 2008, which contains both implementation and impact modules. The implementation study investigated how sites implement Science, Engineering, Mathematics, and Aerospace Academy (SEMAA) and the contextual factors important in this implementation. The implementation study used data…

This report summarizes Austin Independent School District's 2008-2009 school year student success initiative efforts to support students who are academically at risk in reading and math.

The article details the transformation of one literature discussion group reading the story, Felita, by Nicholosa Mohr. The research study documented the process of implementing literature discussion groups with multicultural children's literature in a fourth grade English language arts classroom. Through a discussion of a critical incident in the…

This textbook is part of a series designed to give an elementary school child all the arithmetical power necessary to cope with the situations of common everyday life. This book covers fundamental elements of arithmetical manipulation and thought. Thus, a child who goes no farther than the fourth or fifth grade will be so familiar with essentials…

If a principal's goal is to improve the overall quality of reading instruction in his school, this guide can help him identify the most critical changes that must be made. It describes the types of instruction and leadership activities necessary to help all children become proficient readers in elementary school. It does not contain all the…