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Corinne A. Bower; Kelly S. Mix; Gregory R. Hancock; Lei Yuan; Linda B. Smith – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2024
Children's early accuracy on place value (PV) tasks longitudinally predicts their later multidigit calculation skills. However, another window into children's emerging base-ten concepts is the pattern of errors -- "smart errors" -- they exhibit on these measures. Past research has speculated that these smart errors -- similar to invented…
Descriptors: Number Concepts, Accuracy, Error Patterns, Kindergarten
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Groth, Randall E.; Bergner, Jennifer A.; Austin, Jathan W.; Burgess, Claudia R.; Holdai, Veera – Mathematics Teacher Educator, 2020
Undergraduate research is increasingly prevalent in many fields of study, but it is not yet widespread in mathematics education. We argue that expanding undergraduate research opportunities in mathematics education would be beneficial to the field. Such opportunities can be impactful as either extracurricular or course-embedded experiences. To…
Descriptors: Student Research, Undergraduate Students, Mathematics Education, Data Use
Maina, Nyambura Susan; Davila Valencia, Juan Carlos – Montgomery County Public Schools, 2019
The goal of this study is to: (1) provide an overview of the characteristics of 2018-2019 MCPS school principals at each school level (elementary, middle, and high school); (2) examine the factors associated with principals leaving their positions; (3) explore the turnover of school principals in the last nine years in MCPS and its relationship…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Principals, Persistence, Labor Turnover
Seeratan, Kavita L. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
In collaboration with two other research organizations, the authors integrate principles of the BEAR Assessment System with Universal Design for Learning principles to develop and validate learning progressions and an aligned, universally designed formative and summative classroom assessment system for promoting conceptual understanding of number…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Summative Evaluation, Student Evaluation, Elementary School Students
Patton, Jessica Rae – Teaching Pre K-8, 2006
The skies were threatening on the morning we visited Cranberry Station Elementary School in Westminster, MD. It had been raining nearly nonstop for two weeks and today did not look like an exception. Hopeful for a change in forecast, the kids all arrived at school dressed in their gym clothes and ready to participate in the school-wide Fun Run, a…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, School Visitation, Elementary School Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. Maryland School Performance, Product, and Service Development Office. – 1993
This document offers many of the insights and comments of Maryland elementary school teachers who scored the 1992 Maryland School Performance Assessment Program (MSPAP) tests. The MSPAP covers reading, writing, social studies, mathematics, and science and is administered to students in grades 3, 5, and 8. The document contains the teachers' most…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. Maryland School Performance, Product, and Service Development Office. – 1993
This document offers many of the insights and comments of Maryland elementary school teachers who scored the 1993 Maryland School Performance Assessment Program (MSPAP) tests. The MSPAP covers reading, writing, social studies, mathematics, and science and is administered to Maryland students in grades 3, 5, and 8. Comments and observations are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
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Norman, Colin – Science, 1988
Reviews the findings of a Maryland study concerning the effects of gender and race on mathematics achievement. Cites parental and teacher attitudes as major factors in student achievement. Discusses the differences between girls' and boys' performance on standardized tests. (CW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education, Females
Backus, Olga; And Others – 1984
A curriculum guide is provided for the kindergarten program in the public schools of Prince George's County, Upper Marlboro, Maryland. The sections of the guide, which follow a brief introduction and glossary, focus on (1) characteristics of the kindergarten child; (2) classroom organization; (3) early identification and intervention programs; (4)…
Descriptors: Art Education, Creativity, Curriculum Guides, Elementary School Curriculum