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Lindell, Ebbe – 1971
This news letter summarizes language research in composition, writing skills, and linguistic usage carried out over a three year period (Grades 4, 5, 6) with a sample of Swedish students. Subjective assessment of student compositions was carried out. The marks from these assessments will serve as criteria in evaluating various objective measures.…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Followup Studies
Bouchard, Louisa-May Decker – 1971
The content of books chosen independently by fourth, fifth, and sixth, graders was compared with the content of four selected basal reading texts at the same three grade levels. The selections of the children and from the texts were classified into twenty-one categories, and then the percentages of the children's choices within these categories…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Basic Reading, Books, Childrens Literature
OHLSEN, MERLE M. – 1966
COUNSELING IS AN ACCEPTING, TRUSTING RELATIONSHIP DEALING WITH NORMAL CHILDREN AND EMPHASIZING THE COUNSELOR'S SPECIAL ABILITY TO LISTEN, EMPATHIZE, AND UNDERSTAND. THE SETTING OF GROUP COUNSELING PROVIDES EXCELLENT CONDITIONS FOR LEARNING. EFFECTIVE GROUP COUNSELING INVOLVES TREATMENT BY THE GROUP AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL TREATMENT WITHIN THE GROUP.…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Counseling, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
King, David C.; Long, Cathryn J. – 1976
Two booklets comprise the grades 4-6 component of a series of guides for incorporating environmental education into the existing curriculum. Both the guide and handbook emphasize a multidisciplinary approach, use the concept of interdependence as an organizing theme, and offer suggestions for using the local community as a resource to study the…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Curriculum Development
Harvey, Stephanie; Goudvis, Anne – Firsthand, 2005
"The Comprehension Toolkit" focuses on reading, writing, talking, listening, and investigating, to deepen understanding of nonfiction texts. With a focus on strategic thinking, this toolkit's lessons provide a foundation for developing independent readers and learners. It also provides an alternative to the traditional assign and correct…
Descriptors: Teaching Guides, Reading Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Writing Skills
Ross, Steven M.; McDonald, Aaron J.; Gallagher, Brenda McSparrin – Center for Research in Educational Policy (CREP), 2005
This report presents student-level achievement results for the four charter schools that began operation in Tennessee during the 2003-04 academic year. To conduct a rigorous and valid analysis of student achievement outcomes at these schools, we employed a matched program-control design at the student level, whereby each charter school student was…
Descriptors: Grade 2, Grade 4, Grade 7, Grade 6
Batchelder, Michelle – Online Submission, 2001
This report summarizes results from the 1999-2000 evaluation of the Austin Collaborative for Mathematics Education in AISD.
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Educational Improvement, Elementary Schools, Middle Schools
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Hoone, Claudia J. – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 1989
Argues the usefulness of timelines for fourth, fifth, and sixth grade history instruction, contending that timelines reveal history's unfolding better than fact-recall techniques. Presents ways to use timelines, including autobiographical, large display, and manipulative timelines, and combining timelines with biographies. Suggests timelines help…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Biographies, Context Effect, Creative Writing
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Knudson, Ruth E. – Journal of Experimental Education, 1991
Effects of instruction, grade level, and sex on persuasive writing were investigated using 55 fourth graders, 55 sixth graders, and 49 eighth-graders instructed in writing with 1 of 4 strategies. Older children wrote better than younger children. Girls wrote better than boys in assessments immediately after the study, but not two weeks later. (SLD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Educational Strategies, Elementary School Students
Edmonds, Leslie; And Others – School Library Journal, 1990
Describes study that was conducted to evaluate fourth, sixth, and eighth grade students' use of an online catalog to gain bibliographic access to materials in a public library. Differences between online and card catalogs are examined, tests to measure students' skills and preferences are described, and implications for software design are…
Descriptors: Card Catalogs, Computer Software Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 4
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Gresham, Frank M.; Lane, Kathleen L.; Beebe-Frankenberger, Margaret – Psychology in the Schools, 2005
Disruptive behavior patterns are particularly challenging for parents, teachers, and peers as these behaviors often interfere with classroom instruction, frequently lead to academic underachievement, and are associated with social skills acquisition and performance deficits. Children who exhibit a combination of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Grade 4, Grade 6, Underachievement
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Pope, Alice W. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2003
The concurrent and longitudinal risk of enemy relationships, using both nominations- and ratings-based methods of assessing enmity, were examined among elementary school children. After controlling for peer rejection, only ratings-based enemies were found to have negative developmental impact. (Contains 4 tables.)
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Rejection (Psychology), Peer Relationship, Child Development
Bauer, Sally; And Others – 1990
The perceptions of elementary school teachers toward the initiation of the New York State program evaluation tests (PETs) in science and social studies were studied. In New York, the PETs are intended to assess the local instructional program, rather than evaluate students. The social studies (grade 6) and science (grade 4) PETs were implemented…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Change, Elementary School Teachers
Corcos, Evelyne; Willows, Dale M. – 1989
A study investigated the development of information processing as it relates to the development of reading skills by studying how good readers and poor readers utilized orthographic information. Subjects, 90 good and poor readers from grades 2, 4, and 6, participated in four 30-minute sessions in which they were required to make a same/different…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1985
Designed to accompany the "Elementary Art Curriculum Guide," this resource is divided into 3 levels: level 1 grades 1-2, level 2 grades 3-4, and level 3 grades 5-6. The material is presented in a standardized format which includes four major components: reflection, depiction, composition, and expression. Once a concept has been chosen,…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Art Activities, Art Education, Art Expression
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