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Peer reviewedWilliams, Jackie; Reynolds, Terry Deal – Educational Leadership, 1993
By focusing on a polluted river and a visit to a rural Tennessee town, sixth-grade students from suburban Asheville, North Carolina, learned more about this controversy than many of their well-informed parents and teachers. Steps for creating similar interdisciplinary thematic units are described, along with the benefits of team teaching and…
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Educational Benefits, Elementary Education, Environmental Education
Nye, Barbara A.; And Others – 1991
Between 1985 and 1989, the Student Teacher Achievement Ratio (STAR) Project studied the effect of class size on student achievement in Tennessee schools. The study examined: (1) small classes of 15 students per teacher; (2) regular classes of 24 students per teacher; and (3) regular classes with a teacher's aide. The sample included students from…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
