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Heres, Ana Ines – Linguistics and Education, 1993
Analyzed how members of a bilingual sixth-grade class constructed knowledge as they interacted within a particular event of a social studies project. Through classroom observations, a range of features of classroom life were identified that shaped the opportunities students had to construct knowledge, including temporality, interactionals, spaces,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment
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Newman, Denis; And Others – Interactive Learning Environments, 1993
Discusses the integration of technology into the curriculum and how to design an interactive technological learning environment based on the concept of scientific sense-making. Highlights include the importance of sense-making in science education and an experiment on curriculum design for a fifth- to sixth-grade unit on seasonal change. (Contains…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Computer Simulation, Curriculum Development
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Reynolds, Arthur J.; Gill, Sukhdeep – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1994
This study investigated the relative influence of parent attitudes and behaviors on the scholastic and social adjustment of 720 low-income inner-city black sixth graders in the Longitudinal Study of Children at Risk. Findings suggest that affective characteristics of parents deserve attention in educational reform and intervention efforts. (SLD)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Black Students, Educational Change
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Wentzel, Kathryn R.; Asher, Steven R. – Child Development, 1995
Obtained peer nominations, teacher reports, and self-reports for 423 sixth and seventh graders. Compared to sociometrically average status students, neglected students reported higher levels of motivation and were described by teachers as being more self-regulated, more prosocial, and better liked. Aggressive-rejected, but not submissive-rejected,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aggression, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
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Veal, Mary Lou; Compagnone, Nick – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 1995
The study described here examined whether using formative assessment would affect middle school physical education students' self-perceptions of effort and skill. Students completed questionnaires about effort and skill following assessment in various activities. Formative assessment did not affect students' self-perceptions. Students believed…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Junior High School Students
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Johnson, David W.; And Others – Journal of Social Psychology, 1994
Reports on a study of the effects of a peer-mediation training program among 92 elementary school students. Finds that the training program was successful in teaching negotiation and mediation procedures and skills. Reports that the training dramatically reduced the number of conflicts referred to teachers and principal. (CFR)
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Classroom Techniques, Conflict, Conflict Resolution
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Ford, Donna Y. – Urban Education, 1992
Studies gender differences in the U.S. achievement ideology for 48 gifted and 100 nongifted African-American fifth and sixth graders (59 males and 89 females) in an urban Ohio school district. Results indicate no differential determinants of underachievement by gender but show significant differences by gifted and nongifted academic programs. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Attribution Theory, Black Students
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Hooper, Simon – Journal of Educational Research, 1992
Effects of group and individualized mathematics instruction were investigated in high and average ability elementary students, noting the impact of ability grouping on achievement. Students instructed in pairs scored higher on posttests than those working alone. Ability grouping influenced the nature of intragroup interaction. Generating and…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning
Zambo, Ron; Follman, John – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1994
Investigated gender-related differences in the process of solving routine word problems using a nine-step strategy in (n=153) sixth- and (n=149) eighth-grade students. Females were slightly better than males at following the prescribed problem-solving process. Includes test items. (39 references) (MKR)
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 6, Grade 8, Heuristics
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Miramontes, Ofelia B. – Educational Foundations, 1994
This study explored how gaps in bilingual students' performance related to their two languages and to particular school tasks. Researchers interviewed teachers of mixed groups of students, and students completed linguistic competence assessments. High scores in one language did not necessarily carry over into the other, and students were…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Black Students, Cultural Differences, English (Second Language)
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Zapata, Jesse T.; Katims, David S. – Journal of Drug Education, 1994
This study examines the association of demographic, psychological, and environmental characteristics of a sample of low socioeconomic status, Mexican American students and their reported use of nine substances. Results indicate that a specific combination of variables predicted both minor and major substances used. The authors offer suggestions…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Children, Drinking, Drug Abuse
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Nastasi, Bonnie K.; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1990
The effects of LOGO programing and computer-assisted instruction (CAI) on children's behaviors indicative of cooperative problem solving and effectance motivation were compared for 12 fourth and 28 sixth graders. Results suggest that LOGO may foster cognitive growth through opportunities for resolving cognitive conflict and may enhance effectance…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Vance, James H. – School Science and Mathematics, 1992
A study interviewed 6 grade-6 students after participation in 21 lessons on basic concepts of fractions and decimals to determine how different children construct rational number concepts. Discussed the formation of the key concept of equivalent fractions based on student responses to interview questions. (MDH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Concept Formation, Decimal Fractions
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Klahr, David; And Others – Cognitive Psychology, 1993
Studied developmental differences in the search constraint heuristics used in scientific reasoning using 12 undergraduates, 20 community college students, 17 fifth to seventh graders (grade 6), and 15 third graders taught to use a programmable robot. Adults use domain-general skills that go beyond the logic of confirmation and disconfirmation.…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Child Development, College Students
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Sims, Wendy L. – Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 1992
Presents study results comparing attitudes of elementary school students who did or did not attend an in-school opera performance. Explains that students completed questionnaires measuring attitudes toward opera. Reports that fifth- and sixth-grade students experienced a positive effect from attending the opera. Suggests that fourth grade may be a…
Descriptors: Audience Response, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Enrichment Activities
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