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The Response of Fifth Grade Low Achievers to Literature-Based Reading Instruction through Whole Class and Heterogeneous Arrangements.

DeBoer, June – 1991

An action research project studied the attitudes and achievement of low-achieving fifth-grade students after participating in a 1-year heterogeneously grouped, literature-based reading program. The project explored the changes in student attitudes towards reading, and changes in students' knowledge in comprehension and vocabulary development.…

Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Low Achievement

Improving Critical Thinking and Problem Solving in Fifth Grade Mathematics.

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Kjos, Ruth; Long, Kathryn – 1994

This report describes an intervention designed to assist students in creating and accepting divergent solutions to problems in mathematics. The targeted population consisted of fifth-grade students from a multicultural setting with varied economic backgrounds, and the sample included 171 fifth graders in two school districts. Underdeveloped…

Descriptors: Action Research, Critical Thinking, Elementary School Students, Grade 5