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Cuero, Kimberley K.; Worthy, Jo; Rodriguez-Galindo, Alejandra – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2009
Drawing on data collected during the second year of a longitudinal qualitative study that followed over 10 Latino/a bilingual students, this article foregrounds the experiences of participants during their sixth-grade year. The principle data sources included structured and unstructured interviews with teachers and students, school observations,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, School Choice, Neighborhood Schools, Magnet Schools
Lester, Frank K., Jr.; Garofalo, Joe – 1987
Some ideas are presented about the ways in which the three domains of metacognition, affective factors, and beliefs influence the cognitive activities of seventh graders as they solve mathematics problems. The research project, initiated in 1981, is first described. Theoretical considerations are then discussed, with sections on affects, beliefs,…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Grade 7, Interviews, Mathematics Instruction
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Ponte, Joao P.; And Others – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1994
Discusses the views and attitudes of 7 mathematics teachers, 19 7th- and 10th-grade students, and others participating in a pilot curriculum development program stressing active methodologies and group work. Teachers approved of the new orientations but complained about the design and implementation of the program. (Contains 24 references.)…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Grade 10
Phillips, Melvina – Principal Leadership, 2004
Practices for improving adolescent literacy--which includes reading, writing, and speaking--are much discussed and debated among secondary school educators and researchers. At Discovery Middle School in Madison, Alabama, the debate has ended after teachers and administrators implemented several practices that elevated student achievement from…
Descriptors: Writing Achievement, Writing Evaluation, Writing Tests, Middle Schools