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Direct linkClabough, Jeremiah; Bickford, John H. – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2020
The "College, Career, and Civil Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards" guides teachers to initiate complex inquiries by sparking students' disciplinary literacy and critical analysis of rich sources. With effective scaffolding and engaging content, elementary students can explore and contextualize complex historical…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Elementary School Students, Social Studies, Primary Sources
Download full textLu, Ying-Yan; Lin, Huann-shyang; Smith, Thomas J.; Hong, Zuway-R; Hsu, Wen-Yi – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2020
The research aim was to examine the effects of a Critique-Driven Inquiry (CDI) intervention on primary and secondary school students' critical thinking and scientific inquiry competency. Twenty-five 4th grade Taiwanese students from a typical primary school were selected to participate in experimental group 1 (EG1), while 28 7th grade students…
Descriptors: Intervention, Teaching Methods, Critical Thinking, Comparative Analysis
Ferretti, Ralph P.; Lewis, William E. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2019
We assessed the influence of genre-specific discourse knowledge and writing goals on the persuasive writing of 4th and 6th grade students with and without learning disabilities (LD). Students were first interviewed about their knowledge of persuasion and persuasive writing. They then wrote a persuasive essay about a controversial topic after…
Descriptors: Prediction, Persuasive Discourse, Writing Skills, Essays
Taylor, Laura A.; Hikida, Michiko – Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice, 2020
This article explores how critical pedagogy unfolds in the everyday interactions between teachers and students. Specifically, Freirean constructs of critique and dialogue were explored in two key literacy events drawn from an ethnographically informed case study of one fourth-grade classroom. The events were first examined from an ethnographic…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Teaching Methods, Discourse Analysis, Teacher Student Relationship
Samosa, Resty; Ilagan, Clariza; Ballaran, Bria Clorris; Margallo, Saira; Sunga, Rhona May – Online Submission, 2021
This study is intended on the development of the learners' reading comprehension and story analysis skills under the implementation of PowToon as an innovative instructional material for learners' development in reading comprehension and story analysis skills. This study provided various evidence on how innovation can be a great step in developing…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Elementary School Students, Literary Criticism, Action Research
Shiel, Gerry; Eivers, Eemer – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2009
The participation of large numbers of countries in current international assessments involving reading literacy--40 in PIRLS 2006 (administered to students in Grade 4 in primary schools) and 57 in PISA 2006 (administered to 15-year-olds in post-primary schools)--suggests that governments and other bodies find the outcomes to be useful. This…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Academic Achievement, Teaching Methods, Literacy
Golden, Margaret – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2006
Fourth grade students "know about" Pocahontas, but is this knowledge based on historical fact, or on information from the media, specifically the Disney movies "Pocahontas" and "Pocahontas II"? To address this question within the context of the New York State Social Studies curriculum and the New York State English…
Descriptors: Grade 4, History Instruction, American Indians, Films
Schifo, Nancy – Understanding Our Gifted, 2006
Advanced 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students at the Gifted Resource Center (GRC) in a suburban Chicago public school district are regularly engaged in various types of activities. The GRC uses language arts units for high ability students created and developed as a base curriculum at the Center for Gifted Education at the College of William and Mary.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Academically Gifted, Language Arts, Reading
VanTassel-Baska, Joyce; Stambaugh, Tamra – Gifted Child Today, 2006
This article describes Project Athena, a Javits program funded by the U.S. Department of Education and developed through the Center for Gifted Education at the College of William and Mary. Project Athena seeks to find ways to help impoverished children develop advanced skills in reading comprehension, literary analysis, and persuasive writing. Its…
Descriptors: Literacy, Poverty, Skill Development, Reading Comprehension
