Offers seven annotations of books and journal articles (published between 1992 and 1994) from the ERIC database on the topic of language and literacy in upper elementary grades. (SR)

Finds that fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students were successful in using the electronic speller for correcting and verifying as correct over 85 percent of the words they had targeted as possibly misspelled. (SR)

Describes a supplementary method for teaching equivalent fractions through the use of a multiplication matrix, providing a simple visual and concrete activity that aids learners in understanding this difficult concept. (SR)

When ranking Carnegie Corporation's 8 recommendations in "Turning Points," 34 principals of exemplary middle schools rated ensuring success for all students as most important, followed by creating a community for learning, empowering teachers and administrators, teaching a core of common knowledge, preparing teachers, reengaging…

Technology education is gradually replacing industrial arts. National Science Foundation's 1983 report "Educating Americans for the 21st Century" outlines program to help middle-school students develop skills, such as controlling and using "new" body, moving from concrete to abstract, establishing independence from adults, and…

A collaborative effort among community leaders, schools, parents, and nursing school faculty developed a sex education program for rural fourth- to sixth-graders. A commercial program was revised using the following criteria: cultural sensitivity, appropriate reading level, active and didactic instruction, and a focus on abstinence. (SK)

Introduces a geology unit investigating rocks for fourth grade elementary students. Describes three students' academic improvement as an example of program effectiveness. (YDS)

Suggests that teachers can take advantage of children's interest in the Pokemon game to teach worthwhile lessons about how words are developed. Shows how, by analyzing Pokemon names, kids can learn the linguistic concept of morphology. (SR)

The Chesapeake (Virginia) Public Schools' Laboratory School for the Academically Gifted provides gifted fifth- and sixth-graders with a one-day-a-week program of enhanced instruction. The school district's evaluation found high satisfaction with the program among students, parents, teachers, and administrators, but better communication between the…

Fourth graders built a model windmill using a three-step process: (1) open exploration of designs; (2) application of a standard model incorporating features of suggested designs; and (3) refinement of preliminary models. The approach required math, science, and technology teacher collaboration and adequate time. (Contains 21 references.) (SK)

Considers that when students from different ethnic backgrounds interact in multicultural schools, misunderstandings can arise due to the uncertainties present in encounters between people from different backgrounds. Identifies experiences students report as promoting positive interethnic relationships and those which negatively impact interethnic…

Reports on the achievement of 177 sixth grade mathematics students who were studied over two consecutive years. The purpose of the study was to determine whether learning and achievement were optimal in heterogeneous or homogeneous ability groups. Results show a significant difference between posttest scores of the 1995-1996 heterogeneous cohort…

The current study examined the mutual influence of parenting and boys' externalizing behavior from 4th to 8th grade, how these relationships change as children develop, and the stability of parenting and child behavior in a sample of 122 boys. Child behavior predicted poor parental monitoring at 6th and 7th grade and inconsistent discipline at all…

The Alice/Collaborative Inquiry Testbed ("Alice Testbed") is one of four testbeds designed to demonstrate the educational potential of telecommunications. Their long term goal is to establish the effectiveness of Network Science and to develop key aspects of the technical, human, and conceptual infrastructure necessary to scale up…

This handbook contains a list of member institutions in Delaware, a statement of 10 cardinal athletic principles, and the constitution and by-laws of the Delaware Secondary School Athletic Association (DSSAA). The articles of the constitution cover objectives, membership, administration, meetings, eligibility rules, responsibilities of school…