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Direct linkColleen O'Donnell Oppenzato – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Many U.S. students possess only a weak knowledge of fraction arithmetic. I hypothesize that textbooks are a critical reason for students' poor performance on fraction arithmetic. This is not because of what textbooks contain but rather because of what they lack. Distributions of fraction arithmetic problems in textbooks are imbalanced, with…
Descriptors: Fractions, Arithmetic, Mathematics Instruction, Comparative Analysis
Carter, Donnella Canty – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this quantitative study was twofold. First, the researcher identified researched-based strategies which improve reading comprehension and literacy in adolescent students. Second, the researcher determined if particular factors influenced teacher use of identified strategies. One hundred seventy-seven teachers who taught sixth…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Reading Comprehension, Literacy, Reading Instruction
Johnson, Joseph Hamilton – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The Full Service Schools (FSS) reform model is an inter-agency collaboration between the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS), Choices, Inc., Insights Education Group and the DC Department of Mental Health. This comprehensive school reform model is based in the Response to Intervention paradigm and is designed to mitigate student academic…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Models, Middle School Students, Partnerships in Education
Terry, Brian H. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
In this quasi-experimental study, the researcher investigated the effectiveness of three tactual strategies and one non-tactual strategy of content specific vocabulary acquisition. Flash cards, task cards, and learning wheels served as the tactual strategies, and vocabulary review sheets served as a non-tactual strategy. The sample (n = 85)…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Manipulative Materials, Instructional Effectiveness, Teaching Methods
Bell, Ethel L. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Low scores of minority students who performed below the standard on the seventh-grade writing test of the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS), are the basis for this study, which examines the effectiveness of Saturday Title I classes in increasing student scores on the TAKS. The treatment of instructional intervention is delivered…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Minority Group Students, Scores, Student Improvement
