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Matsumura, Lindsay Clare; Slater, Sharon Cadman; Junker, Brian; Peterson, Maureen; Boston, Melissa; Steele, Michael; Resnick, Lauren – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2006
The quality of reading comprehension and mathematics instruction was explored in five urban middle schools using the Instructional Quality Assessment (IQA) toolkit (N = 34 teachers). The IQA is comprised of protocols for rating observed instruction and the quality of teachers' assignments with student work. The purpose of this research was to…
Descriptors: Regression (Statistics), Middle Schools, Mathematics Instruction, Validity
Wills, Linda – 1990
For this practicum, a program of multimedia peer dramatic presentations was developed to improve the vocabulary skills of middle school students. Each week for 10 weeks a target group of 18 randomly selected students viewed 5 short video skits (produced by broadcast arts students) which were designed to introduce and define new vocabulary terms;…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Learning Processes