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Download full textSwank, Anne Laney Greenwood – 1999
The purpose of this study was to provide teachers and principals with concrete evidence to demonstrate that weekly math homework increases academic performance in math. This study focused mainly on homework's effects on quiz scores. It compared quiz scores of students who did homework with those who did not. The subjects of this study included 21…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Homework, Intermediate Grades, Mathematics Achievement
Smith, Barbara Beville – 1998
This study examined whether there is an association between the activities suggested by a federally mandated Title I learning compact and the reading achievement of at-risk fourth grade students. In addition, it investigated the relationship between specific home and school parent involvement activities and student reading scores. Specifically,…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Homework, Intermediate Grades, Parent Attitudes
Peer reviewedVitale, Michael R.; Hebbler, Stephen W. – Journal of Experimental Education, 1978
Six fourth graders learned paired associates of their choice under high and low reinforcement conditions. Equivalent lists were also studied as homework on which correct test responses were reinforced equally. The children preferred to study and learned more on the highly reinforced lists during the experimental sessions. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Grade 4, Homework, Intermediate Grades
Developmental Studies Center, Oakland, CA. – 1995
Providing a low-key, nonthreatening way for teachers and parents to build partnerships for kids, this book presents short, concrete activities in English and Spanish to foster communication between teachers and parents and between parents and children. While the activities in the book are designed for grade 4, none of the activities have…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Environment, Family History, Grade 4
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Div. of Curriculum and Instruction. – 1983
Intended as a teacher reference tool, this handbook is designed to support and enhance a variety of fourth grade communication arts-reading programs. The first part of the handbook contains sections that define and describe each of the components required in preparing a comprehensive communication arts reading program. Specific sections provide…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Communication Skills, Content Area Reading, Educational Assessment
Mangels, Kenneth – 1993
This paper presents the results of a comparison of data from the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) 4th (n=179) and 8th (n=143) grade student and teacher samples to the data from the 1990 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 4th and 8th grade student and teacher samples. This is part of a larger study of mathematics education in…
Descriptors: Calculators, Comparative Analysis, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Assessment
