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Direct linkMcClay, Jill Kedersha; Peterson, Shelley Stagg; Nixon, Rhonda – Middle School Journal (J3), 2012
Educators have long recognized that parental and community supports are important underpinnings for children's success in school. With respect to the teaching of writing, however, little research has been conducted to provide evidence of effective practices teachers use to involve parents and communities. As part of a national Canadian study of…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Foreign Countries, Community Resources, Parent Participation
Download full textCaillot, Michel; Chartrain, Jean-Louis – 2001
This paper tries to explain why all the students of a same class who have got the same teaching do not go so far in their conceptual change. Here we have studied the students' conceptual change about volcanoes in a French 5th grade. The different students' preconceptions before teaching have been categorized and related to the well-known…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Foreign Countries, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades
Dunn, Karyn; Strafford, Ed; Marston, Chris – 2003
This study investigated current classroom assessment practices by surveying teachers in New Zealand at years 5, 7, and 9 on the assessments they use in the areas of English and mathematics, the purposes of the assessment, and the assessments that provide the most useful information. A total of 676 questionnaires were returned from 311 full…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Foreign Countries, Intermediate Grades
Baker, Rosalie F.; Baker, Charles F., III – 1997
This unit on Ancient Rome (covering a time period from 753 B.C. until A.D. 476) contains the following elements: a list of documents, with a description of each document and a brief synopsis of its historical significance to the unit's theme; the documents; and a set of activities. The unit's documents are grouped under the five categories listed…
Descriptors: Ancient History, Foreign Countries, Intermediate Grades, Latin
Peer reviewedZiegler, Suzanne; Mulhall, Linda – Middle School Journal, 1994
Describes a principal-initiated advisory program at a Toronto middle school. Summarizes successful program elements, including a 6-month planning period; a staff-supported inservice program offering training in team-building and adolescent development; daily advisory group meetings, with maximum group size of 15 students, who retain the same…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Counseling Services, Foreign Countries, Intermediate Grades
Bennett, Ambrose M. – 2002
This lesson is based on travel in and study of 12 of Mexico's states and visiting Mexico's cities, schools, universities, and communities. Finding many parallels between Mexico and the Mariana Islands, the lesson focuses on providing a historical overview of both countries and on describing modern variations in social life, land area, politics,…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Global Approach
Peer reviewedPyatt, Gill – Educational Management & Administration, 1992
Outlines current positions in the United Kingdom and the United States regarding pupil transition from elementary to secondary school. Presents U.S. findings as case studies from each state visited (New York, New Jersey, Kentucky, Florida, and Georgia), highlighting significant similarities and differences in organization and practice. United…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Education, Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education
Howie, Sarah – 1997
The Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is the largest and most ambitious international study of mathematics and science achievement ever undertaken, with more than 500,000 school students in 45 countries being tested in mathematics and science at five different school year levels. South Africa is the first country in Africa…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Peer reviewedFrance, M. Honore; And Others – Career Development Quarterly, 1991
Researchers from University of Victoria (Canada) and East China Normal University (China) have worked on development of career guidance materials for middle schools. Conducted needs assessment of Chinese middle school students, their parents, and teachers. Results were juxtaposed with Canadian sample, highlighting both similarities and differences…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Guidance, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedLewis, David – Reading, 1992
Investigates, in a pilot study, the range of reading experiences offered to British junior level students. Finds that quiet reading periods (although brief and frequently disturbed) and the sharing of texts were common features in the classrooms observed. Finds a wide range of reading experiences in some cases but aimless and superficial reading…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Foreign Countries, Intermediate Grades, Middle Schools
Howie, Sarah, Ed. – 1997
The Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is the largest and most ambitious international study of mathematics and science achievement ever undertaken with more than 500,000 students in 41 countries being tested in mathematics and science at three different year levels. South Africa is the first country in Africa to have…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Howie, Sarah, Ed. – 1997
The Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is the largest and most ambitious international study of mathematics and science achievement ever undertaken with more than 500,000 students in 41 countries being tested in mathematics and science at three different year levels. South Africa is the first country in Africa to have…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Howie, Sarah, Ed. – 1997
The Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is the largest and most ambitious international study of mathematics and science achievement ever undertaken with more than 500,000 students in 41 countries being tested in mathematics and science at three different year levels. South Africa is the first country in Africa to have…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Howie, Sarah, Ed. – 1997
The Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is the largest and most ambitious international study of mathematics and science achievement ever undertaken with more than 500,000 students in 41 countries being tested in mathematics and science at three different year levels. South Africa is the first country in Africa to have…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Howie, Sarah, Ed. – 1997
The Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is the largest and most ambitious international study of mathematics and science achievement ever undertaken with more than 500,000 students in 41 countries being tested in mathematics and science at three different year levels. South Africa is the first country in Africa to have…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
