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Burkett, Jacquelyn Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Differentiated Instruction is an approach to teaching which meets the diverse academic needs of students by considering learner readiness, interest and learning style. The approach is grounded in the socio-cultural, multiple intelligence and learning style theories. In addition, differentiation is a research based method for meeting the…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Individualized Instruction, Educational Practices, Sociocultural Patterns
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Shanklin, Nancy L. – Journal of Reading, Writing, and Learning Disabilities International, 1990
The ethnographic study of four successful intermediate level resource teachers working with high risk urban children found similarities in their instruction of reading comprehension (e.g., using activities personally meaningful to the child) and changing students' miscue patterns. Significant differences also emerged as well as nonuse of some…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Ethnography, High Risk Students, Instructional Effectiveness
Laffey, James L. – Int Reading Assn Conf Proc Pt 1, 1968
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Inner Speech (Subvocal), Instructional Improvement, Intermediate Grades
Matthews, Marian K. – 1992
This descriptive study looked at the provision of differentiated language arts instruction for gifted students by means of whole language instruction approaches in regular classes. Two classrooms in each of two elementary schools were identified as exemplary whole language classrooms and each contained several students identified for school gifted…
Descriptors: Educational Methods, Educational Practices, Gifted, Intermediate Grades
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Richardson, Virginia; And Others – American Educational Research Journal, 1991
The beliefs of 39 intermediate-level teachers (9 males and 30 females) from 6 elementary schools concerning their practices in reading comprehension instruction were determined via interviews and compared with observations of their practices. Teachers' beliefs corresponded with their practices. One case study illustrates an example where this was…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, Educational Practices
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Reyes, Maria de la Luz; Laliberty, Eloise Andrade – Education and Urban Society, 1992
Common instructional practices in the teaching of language minority students are described. The case study of a fourth grade classroom in Longmont (Colorado) illustrates how a teacher's enthusiasm for literacy instruction creates an environment where all students, including the Hispanic language minority, can be active participants. (SLD)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, Educational Practices
Cutts, Warren G. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1963
This bulletin presents reading research studies in the upper elementary grades during the period from 1955 through 1960. It represents an attempt to bring together the unpublished as well as published studies for that period. This compilation was undertaken by the U.S. Office of Education in response to requests from reading and language arts…
Descriptors: Educational History, Annotated Bibliographies, Elementary School Students, Study Skills