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Shih, Shu-Shen; Alexander, Joyce M. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2000
Assesses the combined effects of goal setting and different types of comparative information on fourth-grade students' (N=84) self-efficacy and fraction skill, particularly within a Taiwanese classroom. Results reveal that children in the self-referenced groups demonstrated significantly higher fraction skill and self-efficacy than did children in…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Feedback, Foreign Countries, Grade 4
Epstein, Joyce L.; Salinas, Karen Clark – 1990
A literature review was conducted in an effort to locate programs that could improve opportunities for learning for middle graders, and particularly educationally disadvantaged middle graders. Of the more than 200 programs that were reviewed, about 80 were identified as having promising components for middle grades educators. Section I discusses…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary School Curriculum, Intermediate Grades