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Direct linkvon Bitter, Melanie; Turley, Karen – Sign Language Studies, 2016
This article presents strategies for locating and using digitally available primary source documents in the fields of Deaf history and Deaf cultural studies for instruction in a Deaf history class, traditional history/social studies class, or language arts class in lessons that incorporate the Common Core State Standards for Literacy in History/…
Descriptors: Deafness, Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing, Primary Sources
Dobbs, Christina L.; Ippolito, Jacy; Charner-Laird, Megin – Journal of Staff Development, 2016
Effective and authentic communities of practice in schools have the potential to support teachers in improving their instructional practices around perennial challenges, such as improving the literacy skills of all students. But before they can achieve such goals, communities of practice take time to build, effort to sustain, and ongoing support…
Descriptors: Creativity, Educational Practices, Educational Improvement, Communities of Practice
Laboratories of Democracy: How States Get Excellent K-12 U.S. History Standards. White Paper No. 162
Download full textLewis, Anders; Donovan, Bill – Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research, 2017
The purpose of this paper is to take a closer look at the states that have designed strong history standards and note what has made them exceptional so other states might do the same. They include Alabama, California, Indiana, Massachusetts, New York, and South Carolina. The report draws on interviews with individuals from each state who sat on…
Descriptors: United States History, History Instruction, State Standards, Advisory Committees
Slama, Rachel; Haynes, Erin; Sacks, Lynne; Lee, Dong Hoon; August, Diane – American Institutes for Research, 2015
The present study was commissioned by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (ESE) to provide a profile of Massachusetts English Language Learners (ELLs) and policy recommendations for improving their outcomes. ESE was concerned about previous study findings that most of these learners exited ELL instructional programs…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Profiles, Elementary Secondary Education, Statistical Distributions
Lawrence, Joshua F.; White, Claire; Snow, Catherine E. – Center for Research on the Educational Achievement and Teaching of English Language Learners, 2011
This brief describes a quasi-experimental study of Word Generation, conducted in public middle schools in Boston. Word Generation is a robust vocabulary intervention that is implemented across key subject areas. The purpose of the program is to enhance students' vocabulary in support of improved reading comprehension. The brief outlines the…
Descriptors: Reading Improvement, Vocabulary, Intervention, Middle School Students
Clay, Karen; Zorfass, Judith; Brann, Alise; Kotula, Andrea – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2009
This article discusses a strand of research conducted by the Education Development Center, Inc. in collaboration with the National Center for Supported Electronic Text. The research investigated the use of an online vocabulary support tool, Visual Thesaurus, for middle school students with and without disabilities. Data were collected from 10…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Vocabulary, Computer Uses in Education, Middle School Students
Edwards, Sharon A.; Maloy, Robert W.; Anderson, Gordon – Literacy Coaching Clearinghouse, 2009
"Math is language, too," Phyllis and David Whitin (2000) remind everyone in their informative book about reading and writing in the mathematics classroom. This means that students in elementary school math classes are learning two distinct, yet related languages--one of numbers, the other of words. These languages of numbers and words…
Descriptors: Numbers, Word Problems (Mathematics), Grade 4, Elementary School Teachers
Beckner, Gary, Ed. – Association of American Educators, 2007
"Education Matters" is the monthly newsletter of the Association of American Educators (AAE), an organization dedicated to advancing the American teaching profession through personal growth, professional development, teacher advocacy and protection. This issue of the newsletter includes: (1) You Told Us What You Think of No Child Left…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Surveys, Student Evaluation
Noble, Cynthia – 1982
To accumulate the data necessary for making recommendations for the improvement of middle school reading programs in Massachusetts, such programs were assessed by computer searches, informal interviews, and random questionnaires. "TRANS," Teaching Reading Acquisition Natural to Subject Areas, embodies the kind of program needed to meet…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Informal Assessment, Instructional Improvement
