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Rittle-Johnson, Bethany; Star, Jon R. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2007
Encouraging students to share and compare solution methods is a key component of reform efforts in mathematics, and comparison is emerging as a fundamental learning mechanism. To experimentally evaluate the effects of comparison for mathematics learning, the authors randomly assigned 70 seventh-grade students to learn about algebra equation…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Concept Formation, Mathematical Concepts, Educational Change
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Nilsson, Per – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2007
The purpose of this study is to investigate the ways in which Swedish seventh grade students (12 and 13 years old) handle chance encounters. Four groups of students working in pairs participated in the study. In the group discussions, which were tape-recorded and fully transcribed, the students were encouraged to explore strategies for winning a…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Probability, Foreign Countries, Early Adolescents
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Nelson, Tamara Holmlund; Slavit, David – Journal of In-service Education, 2007
This article presents five case studies of grade six to grade eight science and mathematics teachers engaged in supported collaborative inquiry. The research focus is on teachers' growth trajectories related to their participation in professional learning communities supported through a professional development project. There were noticeably…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Science Teachers, Case Studies, Mathematics Teachers
Burke, Jeremy; Cowen, Sheara; Fernandez, Sainza; Wesslen, Maria – Mathematics Teaching Incorporating Micromath, 2006
In this article, the authors talk about transformation geometry being treated as little more than a set of tricks rather than as a mathematically rigorous topic. This appears to lead to pupils seeing little point in studying "reflections, rotations and translations" as other than examinable items in some future test. Following the argument…
Descriptors: Transformations (Mathematics), Geometry, Mathematics Instruction, Grade 7
Cunningham, Lisa – Online Submission, 2008
Middle schoolers are developing skills for learning. Part of those skills is learning how to be an active participant in class and take control over their classroom behavior. Students who are not actively listening or participating are not internally motivated to learn the material. It was my hope that by reflecting upon their participation each…
Descriptors: Socialization, Middle School Students, Student Behavior, Student Participation
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Diaz, Vince – Rural Educator, 2008
The purpose of this article is to describe the relationship between district size, socioeconomic status, actual levy percentages, and their predictive influence on the 2003 Washington Assessment of Student Learning results for 4th and 7th grade students in Reading and Mathematics. The convenient sample was 82 Washington State 2nd-Class school…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Academic Achievement, Grade 4, Grade 7
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Soffer, Stephen L.; Mautone, Jennifer A.; Power, Thomas J. – International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy, 2008
To date, the majority of research on Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has been completed with boys as the predominate participants in study samples. Over the past decade there has been increased attention focused on the characteristics and needs of girls with ADHD. Although much of the research comparing boys and girls with ADHD…
Descriptors: Females, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Gender Differences, Case Studies
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Shen, Yu-Pei; Armstrong, Stephen A. – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2008
The effectiveness of group sandtray therapy was examined using a pretest-posttest control group design with young adolescent girls (n = 37) identified as having low self-esteem. A split-plot analysis of variance (SPANOVA) revealed statistically significant differences between participants in the treatment and control groups in self-esteem on five…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Females, Early Adolescents, Statistical Analysis
Kingsley, Karla V.; Boone, Randall – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2008
This study investigated social studies achievement as a result of utilizing a multimedia-based American history software program (Ignite Early American History, 2003) to augment textbook and lecture materials for seventh-grade middle school history students in an ethnically and linguistically diverse urban school district. The instructional…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Grade 7, United States History, Instructional Effectiveness
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Potter, Reva; Fuller, Dorothy – English Journal, 2008
Grammar checkers do not claim to teach grammar; they are tools to bring potential problems to the writer's attention. They also offer only formal and Standard English preferences, limiting the freer expression of some literary forms. Without guidance, students may misuse the checker, become frustrated, and feel discouraged. Users must be…
Descriptors: Standard Spoken Usage, Action Research, Grammar, English
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Athanases, Steven Z.; Comar, Tess A. – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2008
Using written language of early adolescents at a California middle school, this study investigated seventh grade students' perspectives on the frequency of hearing and using homophobic name-calling, reasons such language gets used, and reactions to hearing others use it. Students reported widespread use of homophobic name-calling but disagreed…
Descriptors: Written Language, Early Adolescents, Homosexuality, Grade 7
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O'Hara, Susan; Pritchard, Robert – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2008
In this study, the authors investigate the impact of authoring hypermedia on English as a second language sixth- and seventh-grade students' academic English vocabulary and underlying-concept development. Analysis of data showed that students participating in hypermedia projects, as opposed to traditional science or social science curriculum, were…
Descriptors: Second Languages, Vocabulary, Social Sciences, Hypermedia
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Thames, Dana G.; Reeves, Carolyn; Kazelskis, Richard; York, Kathleen; Boling, Charlotte; Newell, Kavatus; Wang, Ying – Reading Psychology, 2008
This study examined the effects of individualized, integrated language arts as a reading approach on struggling readers' comprehension scores obtained from oral narrative, silent narrative, and silent expository passages at three levels: below-grade, on-grade, and above-grade levels. Students (N = 93) in grades four through eight, who were reading…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Basal Reading, Language Arts, Program Effectiveness
Fenner, Dorraine; Mansour, Sueha Kayyal; Sydor, Natalie – Online Submission, 2010
This report described how implementation of differentiated assignments provided documentation of how students' motivation increased. The volunteers that participated in this study were 6th, 7th, and 8th graders. Students struggle academically to meet the expectations of their instructors. These struggles impact how students learn academically,…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Multiple Intelligences, Student Surveys, Student Motivation
Koedinger, Kenneth R.; McLaughlin, Elizabeth A.; Heffernan, Neil T. – Grantee Submission, 2010
ASSISTments is a web-based math tutor designed to address the need for timely student assessment while simultaneously providing instruction, thereby avoiding lost instruction time that typically occurs during assessment. This article presents a quasi-experiment that evaluates whether ASSISTments use has an effect on improving middle school…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Middle School Students, Formative Evaluation, Grade 7
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