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Peer reviewedJones, Michael L.; Rowsey, Robert E. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1990
Seventh-grade students (n=397) were studied to determine the effect on immediate achievement and retention of a unit designed to promote the development of estimating skills involved in metric measuring. Identical metric instruction was used with the exception of activities in estimation for the treatment group. The treatment group retained…
Descriptors: Blacks, Educational Research, Estimation (Mathematics), Grade 7
Peer reviewedMurrell, Peter C., Jr. – Journal of Negro Education, 1994
Examines how differences in teaching practices in middle school mathematics classrooms diminish black students' opportunities to understand, communicate, and apply mathematical ideas. A pedagogical framework of responsive mathematics instruction for black male students is described. (GR)
Descriptors: Blacks, Classroom Communication, Cultural Influences, Grade 6
Pearson, Jim; Robertson, John – 1991
This unit is one of a series that presents specific moments in history from which students focus on the meanings of landmark events. The lessons included in this unit attempt to make slavery comprehensible to students, showing its oppressiveness and yet explaining how white Southern culture rationalized and sustained it. The unit also explains how…
Descriptors: Blacks, Elementary Education, Feminism, Grade 5
