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Knott, Douglas W. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Student transition from one school to another is considered a major life event. Transition to middle school is further complicated by the onset of puberty at this developmental stage. The problem is middle school students are not prepared socially and emotionally for the transition to middle school. A gap exists in identifying the perceptions of…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Social Emotional Learning, Student Adjustment, Middle School Teachers
Coen, Thomas; Nichols-Barrer, Ira; Gleason, Philip – Mathematica, 2019
In this report, the authors present the results of a long-term tracking study that follows 1,177 students who applied to enter 1 of 13 oversubscribed Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) middle schools through a 5th or 6th grade admissions lottery in 2008 or 2009. Those students are now old enough to have attended college for at least two years. This…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Program Effectiveness, College Attendance, Academic Persistence
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Stevenson, Alma; Beck, Scott – Journal of Literacy Research, 2017
This article analyzes data from a summer literacy program for intermediate and middle-level children of migrant farmworkers. The program was grounded in a sociocultural perspective on literacy, stressing the importance of interaction and collaboration within socioculturally responsive pedagogy, using enabling literature to empower students.…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Literacy Education, Migrant Education, Social Influences
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Rosenfeld, Malke; Johnson, Marquetta; Plemons, Anna; Makol, Suzanne; Zanskas, Meghan; Dzula, Mark; Mahoney, Meg Robson – Teaching Artist Journal, 2014
Writing about the teaching artist practice should mean writing about art making. As both teacher and artist, the authors are required to be cognizant of their own art-making processes, both how it works and why it is important to them, in order to make this process visible to their students. They also need the same skills to write about how and…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Writing (Composition), After School Programs
Shelton, John L. – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1975
Library skills were taught to 600 fifth- and sixth-grade students in an effort to indoctrinate them into becoming library users. (Author/PF)
Descriptors: Grade 5, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Library Instruction
Berryman, Charles; And Others – 1983
The study examined the self-concept of rural elementary children to ascertain if differences occur according to sex. The Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale was used to determine cluster scores on: behavior, intellectual and school status, physical appearance and attributes, anxiety, popularity, and happiness and satisfaction. Administered…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Females, Grade 5, Grade 6
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2007
"Saxon Elementary School Math," published by Harcourt Achieve, is a core curriculum for students in kindergarten through grade 5. A distinguishing feature of "Saxon Elementary School Math" is its use of a distributed approach, as opposed to a chapter-based approach, for instruction and assessment. The program is built on the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Mathematics Achievement, Program Effectiveness, Kindergarten
NIX, JACK P. – 1965
SUGGESTIONS FOR THE TEACHING OF SCIENCE IN GRADES 4-6 ARE INCLUDED IN THIS GUIDE FOR ELEMENTARY TEACHERS. INTRODUCTORY SECTIONS ARE DEVOTED TO (1) BASIC CONCEPTS AND UNDERSTANDINGS, (2) AN EXPLANATION OF THE STEPS INVOLVED IN PROBLEM-SOLVING, (3) A FORMAT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TEACHING UNITS, (4) THE APPLICATION OF PROBLEM-SOLVING TECHNIQUES TO…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Biology, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides
Georgia State Dept. of Education, Atlanta. Office of Instructional Services. – 1983
This document compiles compensatory education program data submitted to the Georgia State Department by local school systems in their 1982-83 annual reports. The first section describes state administration of grant funds (i.e., appropriations bills, procedures for allocating funds, program plans, and program monitoring). Specifically mentioned…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 10