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Harvey, Roger; Averill, Robin – Mathematics Teacher Education and Development, 2012
The importance of using real-life contexts in teaching mathematics is emphasised in many policy and curriculum statements. The literature indicates using contexts to teach mathematics can be difficult and few detailed exemplars exist. This article describes the use of real-life contexts in one New Zealand Year 11 algebra lesson. Data included a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Video Technology, Mathematics Instruction, Secondary School Mathematics
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Monte-Sano, Chauncey; De La Paz, Susan – Journal of Literacy Research, 2012
One path to improving adolescents' literacy skills is to integrate reading and writing into the content areas in which such work occurs. Although argumentative writing has been found to help students understand historical content and transform information, scholars do not know the influence of specific task structures on students' writing or…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Literacy, Grade 10, Grade 11
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Scott, Robert; Shen, Xinrong; Mulley, Ian – School Science Review, 2012
Early in 2010, a group of year 11 students (age 15-16) studying GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education) Astronomy at The Radclyffe School, Oldham, in the UK, teamed up with a similar age group from Tianyi High School, Wuxi City, in China, to undertake a joint astronomy investigation. This article outlines the outcome of the first stage…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Foreign Countries, Mathematical Models, Secondary School Science
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Baker-Bell, April – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2013
This article responds to two long-standing dilemmas that limit the effectiveness of language education for students who speak and write in African American Language (AAL): (1) the gap between theory and research on AAL and classroom practice, and (2) the need for critical language pedagogies. This article presents the effectiveness of a critical…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Critical Theory, Teaching Methods, Language Arts
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Dierdorp, Adri; Bakker, Arthur; Eijkelhof, Harrie; van Maanen, Jan – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2011
To support 11th-grade students' informal inferential reasoning, a teaching and learning strategy was designed based on authentic practices in which professionals use correlation or linear regression. These practices included identifying suitable physical training programmes, dyke monitoring, and the calibration of measurement instruments. The…
Descriptors: Statistical Inference, Abstract Reasoning, Grade 11, Secondary School Students
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Kotoka, Jonas; Kriek, Jeanne – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2014
The impact of computer simulations on the performance of 65 grade 11 learners in electromagnetism in a South African high school in the Mpumalanga province is investigated. Learners did not use the simulations individually, but teachers used them as an interactive demonstration tool. Basic concepts in electromagnetism are difficult to understand…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Simulation, Grade 11, High School Students
Akay, Sumeyye Ozbey; Kaya, Basturk; Kilic, Selda – Online Submission, 2012
The aim of the present study is to support, enrich, and broaden the process of education using concept maps and to determine the effects of concept maps in biology classes on school success, attitude and retention of the knowledge taught. The present study was conducted as an experimental study with pre-test and post-test control groups. The…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Concept Mapping, Academic Achievement
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White, Jennifer; Morris, Jonathan; Hinbest, Jerry – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2012
The development and implementation of a new school-based suicide prevention education programme in one secondary school in Vancouver, British Columbia, recently provided us with an opportunity to conduct an in-depth, qualitative case study. The purpose of our study was to deepen our understanding of how school-based suicide prevention education…
Descriptors: Prevention, Foreign Countries, Suicide, Adolescents
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Aldridge, Jill M.; Fraser, Barry J.; Bell, Lisa; Dorman, Jeffrey – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2012
This article reports the development, validation and use of an instrument designed to provide teachers with feedback information, based on students' perceptions, about their classroom environments. The instrument was developed to provide teachers with feedback that they could use to reflect on their teaching practices and, in turn, guide the…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Student Attitudes, Action Research, Measures (Individuals)
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Kirik, Ozgecan Tastan; Boz, Yezdan – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2012
Learning is a social event and so the students need learning environments that enable them to work with their peers so that they can learn through their interactions. This study discusses the effectiveness of cooperative learning compared to traditional instruction in terms of students' motivation and understanding of chemical kinetics in a high…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Cooperative Learning, Conventional Instruction, Science Process Skills
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Witchukriangkrai, Thunyapat – Language Testing in Asia, 2011
Comparison of Teaching Tense through Texts and Drills: A Case Study in Thailand was to study the effectiveness, the causes and advantages and disadvantages of the effects following from these teaching methods. Both grammar classes of grade 11 students of English Program Department of Assumption College Thonburi were taught by two different…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language)
Geigle, Bryce A. – Online Submission, 2014
The aim of this thesis is to investigate and present the status of student synthesis with color coded formula writing for grade level six through twelve, and to make recommendations for educators to teach writing structure through a color coded formula system in order to increase classroom engagement and lower students' affect. The thesis first…
Descriptors: Color, Coding, Writing (Composition), Grade 6
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Msimanga, Audrey; Lelliott, Anthony – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2012
In this paper we report on the process of argument construction in whole class discussions and how this was used by participants as a tool for joint meaning-making. The study draws on Vygotsky's view of learning as the active construction of knowledge and on theories of argumentation. Most previous research in South African science classrooms has…
Descriptors: Science Education, Persuasive Discourse, Foreign Countries, Classroom Communication
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Cekiso, Madoda – Reading & Writing: Journal of the Reading Association of South Africa, 2012
The aim of this study was to examine the reading strategies used by Grade 11 English Second Language (ESL) learners and the possible effects of reading instruction on their reading comprehension and strategy awareness. A quasi-experimental pre-test and post-test control group design was used. The participants included a total of 60 Grade 11…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Grade 11
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Sundeen, Todd H. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
Many students with learning disabilities struggle with the writing process throughout their school years. As students approach graduation, effective communication though writing becomes more critical. Writing is a skill that can directly impact the quality of life for older students preparing to graduate and progress to college, a career, or…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Quality of Life, Writing Processes, Writing Instruction
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