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Avery, Leanne M.; Kassam, Karim-Aly – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 2011
This study analyzes videotaped interviews and 407 photographs taken by 20 grade 5 and 6 students in rural New York State to document their science and engineering learning. Aristotle's concept of phronesis or practical wisdom frames the findings and their implications. Key findings indicate that: (1) All 20 children found examples of science and…
Descriptors: Science Education, Engineering Education, Grade 5, Grade 6
New York State Education Department, 2014
This technical report provides detailed information regarding the technical, statistical, and measurement attributes of the New York State Testing Program (NYSTP) for the Grades 3-8 Common Core English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics 2014 Operational Tests. This report includes information about test content and test development, item (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, English, Language Arts, Mathematics Tests
Christensen, William Howard – ProQuest LLC, 2013
In 2010, the federal government increased accountability expectations by placing more emphasis on monitoring teacher performance. Using a model that focuses on the New York State teacher evaluation system, that is comprised of a rubric for observation, local student assessment scores, and student state assessment scores, this…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Comparative Analysis, Academic Achievement, Public Schools
James, Alisa R.; Collier, Douglas – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2011
Background: There are several factors that influence teaching urban physical education. Violence, poverty and irrelevant curricula influence the teaching-learning environment in urban physical education. One approach to urban physical education is to look carefully at the ecology that exists within an urban physical education class. This ecology…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Social Systems, Interviews, Ecology
Sheehan, Kevin; Laifer, Larry – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2011
Working at the sixth grade level, the authors write about their effort to interest students in current events and their historical roots. This article outlines a series of learning experiences and assessments that the authors created for sixth grade students at Lockhart School in Massapequa, New York. These learning experiences culminated in a…
Descriptors: Current Events, Grade 6, Social Studies, Elementary School Students
Walters, Kirk; Torres, Aubrey Scheopner; Smith, Toni; Ford, Jennifer – Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands, 2014
This study describes key challenges and necessary supports related to implementation of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM) identified by rural math educators in the Northeast. The research team interviewed state and district math coordinators and surveyed teachers in Maine, New Hampshire, New York and Vermont, to assess their…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Mathematics Instruction, State Standards, Mathematics Teachers
Gibbons, Karen – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2010
This brief report describes a cooperative classroom art therapy intervention in a public elementary school that provided conflict resolution education, social learning, and group cohesion among sixth-grade students. The organizing framework of a "circle justice" group explored the roles of fictional characters in conflict, including…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Art Therapy, Elementary School Students, Grade 6
Goldenberg, Lauren; Meade, Terri; Midouhas, Emily; Cooperman, Naomi – Middle Grades Research Journal, 2011
Process-oriented approaches are increasingly used in schools to improve writing. One of these approaches, known as the writing workshop model, is challenging for teachers to implement without supports. This quasi-experimental study evaluated the effectiveness of a middle school writing program that incorporates this model along with technological…
Descriptors: Writing Processes, Writing Workshops, Writing Ability, Process Approach (Writing)
Lim, Seok Jeng Jane – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Systematic research into bullying has a short history of about 40 years. Investigations on school bullying within a multicultural context are especially limited. As schools in the 21st century grow more culturally diverse due to globalization and immigration, there is a need to look into bullying within this changing population. Specifically, the…
Descriptors: Bullying, Student Behavior, Peer Relationship, Mixed Methods Research
Barone, Toni-Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2012
In this quasi-experimental design study, I investigated the impact of a current summer literacy approach on writing performance and writer self-perception of urban Housing Authority children. In addition, current campers and former CampUs Scholarship recipients provided feedback about personal experiences as well as shared the potential impact of…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Literacy, Writing (Composition), Writing Achievement
Gonsalves, Susan – District Administration, 2010
Last year, 15 students in the Montpelier (Vermont) High School's Advanced Placement Spanish class paid class-time visits every week to a nearby dairy farm. They interacted with the Mexican laborers by conversing with them in Spanish, having picnics together, and playing cards and soccer. As the students advanced their Spanish verbal skills, they…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Advanced Placement, Spanish
Chatterji, Madhabi; Koh, Nancy; Choi, Linda; Iyengar, Radhika – Research in the Schools, 2009
In this article, we provide empirical evidence on the utility of a teacher-mediated diagnostic classroom assessment intervention for identifying and addressing learning gaps in learner domains. Early results, based on 11 treatment and 27 comparison classes with 381 students and 38 teachers overall, indicated positive changes in teachers'…
Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Formative Evaluation, Performance Based Assessment, Classroom Observation Techniques
Terry, Brian H. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
In this quasi-experimental study, the researcher investigated the effectiveness of three tactual strategies and one non-tactual strategy of content specific vocabulary acquisition. Flash cards, task cards, and learning wheels served as the tactual strategies, and vocabulary review sheets served as a non-tactual strategy. The sample (n = 85)…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Manipulative Materials, Instructional Effectiveness, Teaching Methods
Eley, Jonquille – Online Submission, 2009
Sixth grade students come to MS 331 with strong mathematics backgrounds from elementary school. Nevertheless, students often come with a dearth of skills when performing basic math computations. The focus of this study is to investigate the use of the 24 Game in quickening the ability of sixth graders to perform basic computations. The game…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Arithmetic, Educational Games, Recall (Psychology)
Sharkey, Patrick; Schwartz, Amy Ellen; Ellen, Ingrid Gould; Lacoe, Johanna – Institute for Education and Social Policy, 2013
This paper examines the effect of exposure to violent crime on students' standardized test performance among a sample of students in New York City public schools. To identify the effect of exposure to community violence on children's test scores, we compare students exposed to an incident of violent crime on their own blockface in the week prior…
Descriptors: Violence, Crime, Environmental Influences, Standardized Tests