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Sigurdson, Sol E.; Olson, Alton T. – Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 1992
A year-long study in 40 eighth grade mathematics classrooms compared the effect on student achievement of teaching with meaning with algorithmic-practice teaching. In general, teaching with meaning was found to increase student achievement. However, differences in response to the methods was seen in the top, middle, and lower thirds of the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Grade 8, Mathematical Applications
Schiddell, Betty L; Ethington, Corinna A. – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1994
Describes the typical eighth-grade geometry curriculum (with regard to teacher emphasis on content, time allocations, instructional methodologies, the use of manipulatives, and compared to current research models) of typical (n=109) and enriched (n=23) mathematics classrooms in the United States based on data from the IEA Second International…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Enrichment Activities, Geometry, Grade 8

Muthukrishna, Nithi; And Others – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1993
Reports a study (n=41) of the effectiveness of in-depth, conceptually integrated instruction delivered via a videodisc program in eliminating children's alternative frameworks in science. This curriculum, which did not directly address alternative frameworks during instruction, changed 92% of the alternative frameworks held by students to…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Concept Formation, Earth Science, Educational Research

Hancock, Dawson R.; Mayring, Philipp; Glaeser-Zikuda, Michaela; Nichols, William Dee; Jones, Jeanneine – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 2000
Tested the benefits of matching high-anxiety German and American 8th graders with teacher-centered instruction and low-anxiety students with student-centered instruction. Data from student interviews and diaries indicated that anxiety alone was did not necessarily significantly deter achievement, and instructional patterns alone did not account…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anxiety, Foreign Countries, Grade 8

Givvin, Karen Bogard; Hiebert, James; Jacobs, Jennifer K.; Hollingsworth, Hilary; Gallimore, Ronald – Comparative Education Review, 2005
In order to improve teaching, it is important to understand why teaching looks the way that it now does and how its general form can be explained. One way to address this question is at the classroom level. This approach has been found in the ethnographic work of anthropologists and has been skillfully applied in the recent work of such…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness, Science Instruction, Mathematics Instruction

House, J. Daniel – International Journal of Instructional Media, 2004
The importance of homework activities for student achievement has been extensively discussed. Research has indicated that, in general, students who spend more time on homework tend to show higher levels of academic achievement. For instance, results from the Third International Mathematics Study (TIMSS) indicated that adolescent students in Japan…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Adolescents, Classroom Environment, Teaching Methods
Glaser-Zikuda, Michaela; Fuss, Stefan; Laukenmann, Matthias; Metz, Kerstin; Randler, Christoph – Learning and Instruction, 2005
Emotions such as interest and anxiety are part of the learning process as well as cognition and motivation. In view of this, educational science should take emotional aspects of instruction into account. The "ECOLE"-approach ("Emotional and Cognitive Aspects of Learning") presented in this paper is a theoretically guided…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Learning Processes, Grade 8, Grade 9
Flynn, Leslie; Lawrenz, Frances; Schultz, Matthew J. – NASSP Bulletin, 2005
This study investigates differences in eighth-grade mathematics students' engagement in standards-based curriculum and instruction practices between block and traditional-schedule schools. Survey data were gathered from 156 middle level mathematics teachers to access the use of standards-based curriculum and instruction practices in their…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Mathematics Instruction, Grade 8, Comparative Analysis
Jacobs, Jennifer K.; Hiebert, James; Givvin, Karen Bogard; Hollingsworth, Hilary; Garnier, Helen; Wearne, Diana – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 2006
Debates about the future of school mathematics in the United States often center on whether standards-based instruction is improving or undermining students' achievement. Critical for making progress in these debates is information about the actual nature of classroom practice in U.S. classrooms. This article focuses on one key element of…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Instruction, Grade 8, National Standards
Robinson, Scott – 1994
This paper presents a description of a northern Florida middle school and of the students enrolled in the school, 92% of whom are African-American. Three quarters of the entire student population is eligible for free or reduced price government assisted lunches. This figure is double the state average. During academic year 1991-92, expenditure per…
Descriptors: Black Students, Grade 6, Grade 8, Intermediate Grades
Molina, Victoria; And Others – 1997
An action research report described a program for enhancing students' ability to focus on instructional processes and oral directions. The targeted population was comprised of 4th-, 5th-, and 8th-grade students from 3 different metropolitan schools in southwest Cook County, Illinois. The problem of off-task behavior, including distractible…
Descriptors: Action Research, Classroom Techniques, Grade 4, Grade 5
Li, Bey-bey; Adams, Verna M. – 1995
This paper is concerned with understanding how a scaffolding process is utilized in the natural setting of a middle-school mathematics class. Wood, Bruner, & Ross (1976) characterize scaffolding as a learning process of a novice which is assisted and dominated by the adult. Rogoff and Gardner (1984) also point out that "to make messages…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Concept Formation, Grade 7, Grade 8
Chyu, Chi-Oy W. – 1991
The Nested Spiral Approach (NSA) is an integrated instructional approach used to promote the motivated learning of mathematics problem solving in limited-English-proficient (LEP) students. The NSA is described and a trial use is discussed. The approach extends, elaborates, and supplements existing education and instruction theories to help LEP…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Traits, English (Second Language)
Chicago Board of Education, IL. – 1981
This supplementary math curriculum guide for use with Spanish-speaking students in Chicago public schools' seventh and eighth grade classes employs a contrastive analysis approach. Lessons are presented for objectives for which the instructional strategies used in the United States differ from those in Spanish-speaking countries. (Objectives for…
Descriptors: Bilingual Instructional Materials, Cultural Differences, Curriculum Guides, Elementary School Mathematics
Greenfield Union Elementary School District, Bakersfield, CA. – 1983
Activities and methods for teaching newspaper skills to eighth-grade students are presented in this unit from the Greenfield Express Management System (GEMS) program, a California Demonstration Program in Reading. A project overview form from the California Centers for Educational Improvement (CCEI) describes the GEMS program and lists other units…
Descriptors: Advertising, Demonstration Programs, Editorials, Grade 8