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Goldsmith-Phillips, Josephine – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1989
The reliance of 12, 18, and 22 children in grades 2, 4, and 6, respectively, on context- versus word-based information was studied. Factor analysis of error scores yielded a structure reflecting 3 information sources: graphophonic information; context to identify words; and comprehension monitoring. Age differences in decoding strategies were…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Children, Cognitive Development
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Tikalsky, Frank D.; Wallace, Scott Dunham – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1988
Examines the relationship between culture and children's fears by analyzing responses of Navajo and Anglo third-grade students to items from the Louisville Fear Survey for Children. Findings indicate a correlation between cultural background and levels of fear. (FMW)
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indians, Anglo Americans, Children
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Brody, Gene H.; And Others – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1995
Tested a family process model that links family financial resources and parental educational attainment to academic competence during early adolescence on 90 rural African American youths ages 9-12 and their parents. Parental educational attainment was linked with family financial resources and with parental involvement with the adolescent's…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Achievement, Black Education, Black Family
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Lambdin, Diana V.; Walker, Vicki L. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1994
Discusses what a portfolio is and presents reasons for using portfolios to assess students' mathematical progress, along with tips for introducing, using, and assessing portfolios. Includes examples of student work and guidelines for portfolio entries. (MKR)
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluative Thinking
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Crocker, Allen T.; And Others – Journal of School Health, 1994
Article offers best practices guidelines for supporting students with HIV infection in the school setting. The guidelines focus on preparation of the school setting, the enrollment process, assurance of appropriate services, and other elements. A Spanish version of the guidelines is included. (SM)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Admission (School), Board of Education Policy, Chronic Illness
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Wolf, Kenneth; And Others – Action in Teacher Education, 1995
Discusses the use of teaching portfolios and portfolio-based conversations with colleagues to enhance teacher effectiveness, presenting a portfolio conversation guide that highlights the importance of conducting the sessions properly, organizing an appropriate group, and focusing on specific portfolio contents. Implications for teacher education…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
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Wheelock, Anne – Journal of Staff Development, 1995
A unique, successful staff development program in three Louisville (Kentucky) middle schools provides opportunities for teachers of disadvantaged students to build pedagogical skills. The High5 Project promotes strategies for realizing high expectations, content, support, energy, and involvement. The paper examines change strategies and discusses…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary School Teachers, High Risk Students
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Steinbring, Heinz – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1991
An attempt is made to elaborate on the connections and differences between the objective and subjective elements of mathematical knowledge using case study analysis relative to how an epistemological perspective about probability and randomness impacts upon a short classroom teaching episode. (19 references) (Author/JJK)
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Case Studies, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
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Wesson, James B. – School Science and Mathematics, 1992
Reports development and results of the Kramer Project, a two-year study of the implementation of a problem-solving, activity-based mathematics program in the elementary grades. Describes the mathematical content covered, participating teachers, instructional materials employed, inservice teacher training provided, and academic achievement gains of…
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Discovery Processes, Educational Change, Elementary Education
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Vacc, Nancy Nesbitt – Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 1992
Reports a case study to evaluate whether basic concepts of fractal geometry are teachable to elementary school children and to determine the effectiveness of having an elementary school student present a lesson to inservice and preservice teachers. Concludes that simple concepts of fractal geometry appear appropriate for the elementary school…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Geometric Concepts
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Alterman, Alan E. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1992
Describes the "number 2 arithmetic challenge," an activity in which students score points by creating examples using the number 2 that satisfy an unknown rule. Computers are utilized to verify and record examples. Conflicts with computer responses create situations to explore negative numbers, fractions, mixed numbers, the order of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Discovery Learning
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Iannotti, Ronald J.; Bush, Patricia J. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1992
Determinants of alcohol, cigarette, marijuana, and/or crack use were assessed in 2,078 fourth graders and 1,082 fifth graders (predominantly African-American urban). Patterns suggest that peer behaviors and attitudes are more influential for socially censored behaviors than for more socially approved behaviors. Perception of friends' behaviors is…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Attitude Measures, Behavior Patterns, Black Students
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Kutnick, Peter – Journal of Moral Education, 1990
Elementary school teachers (n=319) from 35 public, private, parochial, coeducational, and single-sex schools in Trinidad and Tobago were questioned about how they teach moral education and their moral educational objectives. Reports that teachers (1) seldom use specific curricula; (2) feel responsible for students' moral education; and (3) choose…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Ethical Instruction
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Page, Jane A.; Page, Fred M., Jr. – Urban League Review, 1991
Examines factors contributing to decline in African-American teachers in southeast Georgia through interviews with 285 African-American elementary school and secondary school teachers and 27 additional African-American subjects, largely college students (16). Reasons only 20 percent would enter teaching if they could start careers again are…
Descriptors: Black Teachers, Career Choice, College Students, Elementary School Teachers
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Hancin-Bhatt, Barbara; Nagy, William – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1994
A total of 196 Latino bilingual students in grades 4, 6, and 8 were asked to give the Spanish equivalent for English words, some of which had derivational and inflectional suffixes. The results indicated that the students' ability to translate cognates increased with age above and beyond any increase in their vocabulary knowledge in Spanish and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Bilingual Students, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
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