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Kariuki, Patrick N.; Rhymer, Sarah A. – Online Submission, 2012
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of readers' theatre-based and tradition-based instruction on sixth-grade students' comprehension at a selected middle school. A sample of 10 students from sixth grade was randomly selected for each of the experimental and control groups. The experimental group was taught using readers'…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Grade 6, Reading Instruction, Theater Arts
Kariuki, Patrick; Gentry, Christi – Online Submission, 2010
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of Accelerated Math utilization on students' grade equivalency scores. Twelve students for both experimental and control groups were randomly selected from 37 students enrolled in math in grades four through six. The experimental group consisted of the students who actively participated in…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Mathematics, Grade 4, Grade 5
Phelps, Margaret S.; And Others – 1990
Sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students (N=301) from a rural county in Tennessee (Iris County is a pseudonym) completed a Rural School Success Inventory (RSSI) and the Learning Styles Inventory (LSI). The study explored differences between low Socioeconomic Status (SES) students and middle/high SES students. The RSSI provided information about…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Family Characteristics, Grade 6