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What Works Clearinghouse, 2021
The "Pathway to Academic Success Project" trains teachers to improve the reading and writing abilities of English learners (ELs) who have an intermediate level of English proficiency by incorporating cognitive strategies into reading and writing instruction. This What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) intervention report, part of the WWC's…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, English Language Learners, Language Proficiency, Writing Instruction
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2021
The "Pathway to Academic Success Project" trains teachers to improve the reading and writing abilities of English learners (ELs) who have an intermediate level of English proficiency by incorporating cognitive strategies into reading and writing instruction. This What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) intervention report, part of the WWC's…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, English Language Learners, Language Proficiency, Writing Instruction
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2021
The "Pathway to Academic Success Project" trains teachers to improve the reading and writing abilities of English learners (ELs) who have an intermediate level of English proficiency by incorporating cognitive strategies into reading and writing instruction. The cognitive strategies include goal setting, tapping prior knowledge, asking…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, English Language Learners, Language Proficiency, Writing Instruction
Kerr, Deirdre S.; Chung, Gregory K. W. K. – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2012
Commercial video games undergo usability studies to determine the degree to which the player is able to learn, control, and understand the game. Usability studies allow game designers to improve their games before they are released to the public. If usability studies could be expanded to include information about the presentation of the…
Descriptors: Multivariate Analysis, Usability, Instructional Materials, Video Games
Tsang, Sau-Lim – 1976
This study investigates the effects of the language factor and the cultural content factor of mathematical testing on two different non Anglo ethnic groups: the Chinese and the Chicano. Twenty five word problems, judged to be biased against the Chinese or the Chicano students, were selected from several seventh and eighth grade mathematics…
Descriptors: Achievement, Bilingual Students, Chinese Americans, Cultural Influences
NEWMARK, GERALD – 1964
THE EMPHASIS IN THIS STUDY WAS ON EXPLORING MEANS OF MAKING PROGRAMS MORE RESPONSIVE TO INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES AMONG LEARNERS AND ON DEVELOPING RULES AND PROCEDURES FOR WRITING AND IMPROVING PROGRAMS. THE PROGRAMED COURSE IN BEGINNING SPANISH SELECTED FOR THE STUDY WAS DESIGNED FOR USE BY STUDENTS WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE OF A TEACHER. IT ATTEMPTS…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Grade 7, Independent Study, Individual Differences
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1988
This book, compiled by teachers, administrators, curriculum planners, and librarians located throughout California, is meant to (1) encourage students to read and to view reading as a worthwhile activity; (2) help local curriculum planners select books for their reading programs; and (3) stimulate educators at the local level to evaluate their…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Annotated Bibliographies, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education
McCreery, Louis – 1989
This monograph provides activities for beginning algebra students to develop an understanding of the meaning and use of letter symbols, to show applications of algebra in their own lives, and to develop an understanding of mathematical processes through investigation. The activities included were developed by considering the students' mathematical…
Descriptors: Algebra, Grade 7, Grade 8, Instructional Materials
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1994
This packet of maps is an auxiliary resource to the "World History and Geography: Medieval and Early Modern Times. Course Models for the History-Social Science Framework, Grade Seven." The set includes: outline, precipitation, and elevation maps; maps for locating key places; landform maps; and historical maps. The list of maps are…
Descriptors: Cartography, Geography, Grade 7, Instructional Materials