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Modern Math Tasks to Provoke Transformational Thinking, Grades 3-5
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Dionne Cross Francis, Editor; Meredith Park Rogers, Editor; Andrew M. Gatza, Editor; Kathryn E. Engebretson, Editor – National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2024
Students in grades 3-5 are undergoing significant cognitive growth and beginning to understand what fairness and equity mean in a diverse and interconnected world. "Modern Math Tasks to Provoke Transformational Thinking" presents carefully crafted tasks that nurture multi-disciplinary literacies, including ecological and cultural…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Mathematics, Grade 3, Grade 4
Determining 1st-4th Grade Elementary School Students' Perceptions of Scientists
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Kabatas Memis, Esra; Çakan Akkas, Büsra Nur; Ketenoglu Kayabasi, Zehra Esra; Karakus, Esma; Filiz, Nurullah – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2020
The main purpose of this study is to determine the perceptions of elementary school students (1,2,3 and 4) about science and scientist. The study has been included three different elementary schools in the city center of Kastamonu in northwest Turkey. A total of 1862 students in the first (n = 480), second (n = 450), third (n = 471) and fourth (n…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3
Perceptions of School Uniforms in Relation to Socioeconomic Statuses
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Jones, Aaron B.; Richardson, Michael J.; Jensen, Bryant T.; Whiting, Erin F. – RMLE Online: Research in Middle Level Education, 2020
The purpose of this study was to examine any relationships between students' perceptions of the effects of school uniforms and student socioeconomic status. A survey was administered to 182 students in a charter school to gather perception information, and a separate survey was administered to parents to gather socioeconomic status information. An…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, School Uniforms, Socioeconomic Status, Correlation
Folk Dress, Fiestas, and Festivals: How Is Mexico Portrayed in U.S. Primary Grade Social Studies Textbooks?
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Field, Sherry L.; Bauml, Michelle; Wilhelm, Ron W.; Jenkins, Joelle – Journal of Social Studies Research, 2012
This qualitative content analysis was conducted to determine how Mexico and Mexican people are portrayed in contemporary U.S. elementary social studies textbooks. Three textbooks from each of three major publishers were analyzed. Findings are presented in five sections: images and photographs, holidays, Mexican people and heroes, contested…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mexicans, Cultural Awareness, Primary Education
Minnesota Indians; Sioux and Chippewa: A Native American Curriculum Unit for the Third Grade. NATAM III.
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Newham, Julie – 1971
Information about American Indians for use in Minnesota third-grade classrooms is presented in this curriculum unit completed as a requirement for a University of Minnesota extension course on Indian education for public school teachers. Objectives and goals are listed for the unit on the Indian tribes of Minnesota; a comparison of Chippewa and…
Descriptors: American Indians, Art, Clothing, Creativity
Arizona Traffic Safety Education, K-3. Pedestrian Safety, Grade 3.
Mesa Public Schools, AZ. – 1977
One in a series designed to assist Arizona elementary and junior high school teachers in developing children's traffic safety skills, this curriculum guide contains nine lessons on pedestrian safety for use in grade 3. Introductory information provided for the teacher includes basic highway safety concepts, stressing communication methods for…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Behavior, Child Safety, Clothing