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Agodini, Roberto; Harris, Barbara – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2010
This article examines the effectiveness of four elementary school math curricula: (a) "Investigations in Number, Data, and Space"; (b) "Math Expressions"; (c) "Saxon Math"; and (d) "Scott Foresman-Addison Wesley Mathematics" ("SFAW"). These curricula are distinct from one another and represent many…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Mathematics Achievement, Effect Size, Elementary School Mathematics
Chen, Jung-chih; Cai, Wang-ting – Online Submission, 2009
This study analyzes the learning expectations related to grades 1-8 algebra across several U.S. states and high performing TIMSS Asian countries and regions, including Singapore, Taiwan and Japan. In order to narrow and focus the investigation, only one topic within the strand is carefully reported. Based on the official curriculum documents,…
Descriptors: Student Placement, Foreign Countries, Grade 1, Algebra
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Johnson, David W.; Johnson, Roger T. – Educational Researcher, 2009
Although intellectual conflict may be an important instructional tool (because of its potential constructive outcomes), conflict is rarely structured in instructional situations (because of its potential destructive outcomes). Many educators may be apprehensive about instigating intellectual conflict among students because of the lack of…
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Conflict Resolution, Social Sciences, Outcomes of Education
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Sychterz, Terre – New Advocate, 2002
Discusses the controversial work of Maurice Sendak, a popular, yet controversial children's author and illustrator. Examines the oral responses of a class of first graders to "We Are All in the Dumps with Jack and Guy," with the purpose of demonstrating that children can act as their own agents in constructing meaning through complex…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Critical Thinking, Grade 1
Slaughter, Helen B.; Watson-Gegeo, Karen – 1988
The Hawaiian Language Immersion Program, implemented at the kindergarten/first grade level in an elementary school on Oahu and one on Hawaii, is described and evaluated. The program was instituted at the request of parents of students who had attended a Hawaiian language immersion preschool and was open to all students, regardless of ethnicity or…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Course Content, Curriculum Design, Ethnography