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Bontrager Yoder, Andrea Beth H. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Background. High overweight and obesity prevalence has instigated many programs to improve children's health. Farm to School (F2S) is a grassroots-organized program that seeks to improve children's dietary habits, especially fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption, through various educational activities. Long-term goals include reducing obesity…
Descriptors: Child Health, Health Promotion, Agricultural Occupations, School Community Programs
DeRose, John J. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study investigated the types of instructors who teach local history, factors affecting their instruction in the community's past, and instructional practices employed to educate students about a locality's history. It examined teachers' implementation of items from "The Making of Milwaukee" (MOM) project which included a book, DVD…
Descriptors: Local History, Figurative Language, Interests, Urban Environment
Ecklund, Britt K.; Lamon, Kathryn M. – Online Submission, 2008
The action research project report began when the teacher researchers determined that students at Sites A and B struggled with reading achievement. The purpose of the project was to improve students' reading achievement through increased motivation, specific skill instruction, and additional practice time. The project involved 26 students: 17…
Descriptors: Intervention, Silent Reading, Student Attitudes, Reading Achievement
Fetissoff, Kira; Kry, Jeannie; Skilling, Aryn – Online Submission, 2008
In the action research project report the teacher researchers targeted 70 elementary students in third- and fifth-grade classrooms that demonstrated a lack of social skills necessary to work cooperatively in a classroom. The purpose of the project was to improve the social skills in children. The three teacher researchers who conducted this action…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Intervention, Observation, Teacher Surveys