NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing 211 to 225 of 1,061 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Bagnall, Charlotte Louise; Fox, Claire Louise; Skipper, Yvonne – Pastoral Care in Education, 2021
Across countries, the age and timing of when children navigate school transition varies, as does provision of support during this challenging time. These two factors can heavily shape young people's adjustment, yet to date there is minimal research which has investigated how this period is navigated in different cultures. The aim of the present…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Age, Instructional Program Divisions, Student Adjustment
Greenleaf, Cynthia; Katz, Mira-Lisa; Stump, Mary; Litman, Cindy; Loyd, William – WestEd, 2020
Reading Apprenticeship is a research-based professional learning model and instructional framework designed by the Strategic Literacy Initiative (SLI) at WestEd to improve student literacy and learning. Based on understandings of the close relationship between curricular reform and professional development (Heller & Greenleaf, 2007), Reading…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Professional Development, Literacy, Interdisciplinary Approach
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Nachowitz, Marc – Investigations in Mathematics Learning, 2019
Using a national sample of students' writing from the National Study of Writing Instruction, this study examines the current state of writing in the mathematics classroom and the extent to which enactments align with the intentions established in the research base and curricula articulated by NCTM and the CCSS-M. Over 3,000 writing assignments…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Mathematics, Grade 6, Grade 8
Perry, R.; Huang, K. – WestEd, 2019
The Math in Common (MiC) initiative was launched in 2013, amid the introduction of many education policy changes in California. The California State Board of Education adopted the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSS-M) in 2010, although there was a delay in associated state policy supports for CCSS-M implementation. For instance,…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Education, Common Core State Standards, Educational Trends
Gao, Niu; Lafortune, Julien – Public Policy Institute of California, 2019
In 2010, California adopted the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for math and English. The new standards are part of a state effort to prepare students for college and careers in the 21st-century global economy and narrow longstanding achievement gaps. The state's implementation is complete, but because districts decide whether and when they…
Descriptors: Common Core State Standards, Program Implementation, School Districts, Outcomes of Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Casanova, Saskias; Mesinas, Melissa; Martinez-Ortega, Sarait – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2021
Educators are often unaware of assets Mexican Indigenous children possess that originate from their cultural practices. Using Critical Latinx Indigeneities and Indigenous Heritage Saberes, our studies focus on three unique Indigenous learning communities that provide opportunities of empowerment for these students. We examine the experiences of…
Descriptors: Participatory Research, Action Research, American Indian Students, Student Empowerment
Sumi, W. Carl; Woodbridge, Michelle W.; Wei, Xin; Thornton, S. Patrick; Roundfield, Katrina D. – Grantee Submission, 2021
This study examines differential effects of the Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS) program on behavioral and academic outcomes of middle school students. Researchers administered screenings to grade 6 students to assess traumatic stress and then randomized those with elevated levels to the CBITS treatment (n = 150; 47%…
Descriptors: Trauma, Group Therapy, Middle School Students, Cognitive Restructuring
Holmberg, Carrie – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This study involved empirical investigation of a moves-based conceptualization of teacher practices of planning, enacting, and reflecting on formative assessment (FA) in mathematics classrooms in a high-needs school district in California. A qualitative case study of six middle school mathematics teachers' practices of "posing"…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Middle School Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods
Davies-Mercier, Elizabeth; Woodbridge, Michelle W.; Sumi, W. Carl; Thornton, S. Patrick; Roundfield, Katrina; Lee-St. John, Terrance; Rouspil, Kristen M.; Yu, Jennifer – Grantee Submission, 2017
This study examines the the prevalence of trauma experiences and traumatic stress in a diverse group of Asian American middle school students from a large urban school district. Descriptive statistics document the mean number of self-reported trauma experiences and posttraumatic stress subscale scores and how these rates differ by students' gender…
Descriptors: Trauma, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Asian American Students, Middle School Students
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Rebull, L. M.; French, D. A.; Laurence, W.; Roberts, T.; Fitzgerald, M. T.; Gorjian, V.; Squires, G. K. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2018
The NASA/IPAC Teacher Archive Research Program (NITARP) provides a year-long authentic astronomy research project by partnering a research astronomer with small groups of educators. NITARP has worked with a total of 103 educators since 2005. In this paper, surveys are explored that were obtained from 74 different educators, at up to four waypoints…
Descriptors: Teacher Researchers, Astronomy, Scientists, Teacher Surveys
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Lessard, Leah M.; Juvonen, Jaana – Developmental Psychology, 2019
Academic achievement disparities based on parental education are robust during the middle school years. The current study examined whether cross-class friendship (i.e., reciprocal relationships between peers with different levels of parental education) decrease class-based achievement differences during a developmental phase when friends are…
Descriptors: Friendship, Academic Achievement, Middle School Students, Parent Background
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Mertens, Steven B.; Flowers, Nancy – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
Utilizing longitudinal data from the national Schools to Watch (STW) program, this paper examines school demographic characteristics and teacher ratings of the implementation of STW criteria in STW schools and schools that have applied but have not yet been designated as a STW. The STW program was established by the National Forum to Accelerate…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Institutional Characteristics, School Effectiveness, School Demography
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Jacobs, Joanne – Education Next, 2017
The Chicago International Charter School (CICS) Irving Park's middle school is one of 130 schools nationwide piloting the Summit Learning Program (SLP), developed--and offered entirely free--by Summit Public Schools, a high-performing charter network based in California. Summit's eight schools, two of them in Washington State, are known for an…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Charter Schools, Middle Schools, Models
Massar, Michelle M.; McIntosh, Kent; Mercer, Sterett H. – Remedial and Special Education, 2019
Assessing fidelity of implementation of school-based interventions is a critical factor in successful implementation and sustainability. The Tiered Fidelity Inventory (TFI) was developed as a comprehensive measure of all three tiers of School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS) and is intended to measure the extent to…
Descriptors: Fidelity, Intervention, Program Implementation, Positive Behavior Supports
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Lessard, Leah M.; Juvonen, Jaana – School Psychology, 2019
The current study was designed to examine one possible weight stigma-reduction mechanism: school-level weight diversity. It was hypothesized that greater weight diversity among same-sex peers at school would attenuate the negative association between weight and academic achievement. Across 26 urban public middle schools, 5,991 sixth-grade students…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Academic Achievement, Middle School Students, Urban Schools
Pages: 1  |  ...  |  11  |  12  |  13  |  14  |  15  |  16  |  17  |  18  |  19  |  ...  |  71