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Martinez, Joseph P. – Online Submission, 2017
The Center for Positive Practices (CPP) conducted an analysis and synthesis of K-12 educational achievement gaps in New Mexico. The white paper was requested by the New Mexico based Coalition for the Majority, which includes various institutions, organizations and individuals supporting the New Mexico English Learner Teacher Preparation Act. The…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Achievement Gap, Hispanic American Students, American Indian Students
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Bafumo, Mary Ellen; Noel, Andrea M. – Canadian Journal of Action Research, 2014
The National Assessment of Educational Progress shows that many US students are deficient in core knowledge in geography, civics and current events. In this paper, a professor of social studies methods describes an action research project developed to assess and improve teacher candidates' knowledge in these areas. The article explains how data…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Preservice Teacher Education, Teaching Methods, Technology Uses in Education
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Geist, Eugene A.; Geist, Kamile – College Student Journal, 2009
This action research project is designed as a music-based intervention to address and overcome some of the risk factors for low achievement in mathematics that research has linked to poverty level. The National Assessment of Educational Progress found that children who are eligible for school lunch programs in 4th grade score on average 13 points…
Descriptors: Poverty, Research Projects, Action Research, Lunch Programs