NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 5 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Gordon, Mordechai – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2009
Constructivism has emerged as a very powerful model for explaining how knowledge is produced in the world as well as how students learn. Moreover, constructivist teaching practices are becoming more prevalent in teacher education programs and public schools across the nation, while demonstrating significant success in promoting student learning.…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Teacher Education Programs, Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Bronson, Julie S. – English Journal, 2003
Notes that despite students' attitudes, educators need to remember the best in those students, the times when they show enormous kindness. Describes an example of this one winter day in the author's ninth-grade English class. (SG)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Grade 9, Secondary Education, Student Attitudes
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
McDonald, Neill; Wright, Elizabeth – Clearing House, 1987
Describes the Meaningful Other Person (MOP) program instituted at a North Carolina ninth grade center that reduced the dropout rate by 50 percent. (FL)
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Grade 9, Program Content
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Burtelow, Joan D. – English Journal, 1987
Compares instructions for taking a ninth-grade achievement test to the reality of the conditions in which the test was actually taken. (NKA)
Descriptors: Accountability, Achievement Tests, Classroom Environment, Grade 9
Turker, A. Vural – 1982
Research among ninth graders in Ankara, Turkey, compared individual and family characteristics of socioeconomically disadvantaged versus advantaged students; investigated the educational issues these students faced; and examined major educational and guidance problems of the disadvantaged. Results indicated that, compared to advantaged students,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Academic Aspiration, Administrator Role