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Wood, Eileen; Hewitt, Kathryn L. – Exceptionality: A Research Journal, 1993
Comparison of three learning strategies (elaborative interrogation, spontaneous strategy, or repetition control) with 53 high achievers in grades 5 and 6 found that both elaborative interrogation and spontaneous strategy conditions were equally effective and both were superior to the repetition condition. (DB)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, High Achievement, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades
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Marino, Jacqueline L. – Language Arts, 1980
Describes an informal study that yielded information about differences between good and poor sixth-grade spellers in their awareness that spelling involves prediction strategies and in their awareness of letter frequencies, pattern frequencies, and positional constraints on spelling. Outlines a few implications for spelling instruction. (GT)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Games, Elementary Education, High Achievement
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Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2004
Profiling high numeracy achievement is the South Australian Department of Education and Children's Services component of the Australian Government funded Strategic Numeracy Research and Development Initiative. This article presents the Profiling High Numeracy Achievement Project Team report on the South Australian Department of Education and…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Teacher Effectiveness, Numeracy, Teaching Methods
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King-Sears, Margaret E.; Bradley, Dianne F. – Preventing School Failure, 1995
This article describes ClassWide Peer Tutoring (CWPT) as an option for heterogeneous instruction and discusses roles for teachers and students in CWPT programs. Achievement and attitude data for three classrooms of high-achievers, average students, and students with mild disabilities or high-risk factors are provided, documenting significant gains…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Heterogeneous Grouping
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Dickie, Paul G. – Mathematics Teacher, 1984
The needs of above-average junior high school students are discussed. A set of 'daily twisters,' or problems of various types, were collected, and examples are noted. Recommendations on content and pedagogy are described. (MNS)
Descriptors: Grade 7, Grade 8, High Achievement, Junior High School Students
Fuchs, Lynn S.; And Others – 1985
A study was conducted to assess the effect of contrasting mastery learning procedures on the reading achievement of high and low ability students. Subjects were 48 high and 40 low ability first grade students randomly assigned to either a typical commercial basal reading series mastery treatment or an alternative mastery learning treatment that…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Grade 1
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Currie, Helen – British Journal of Special Education, 1990
Special needs teachers and subject teachers simplified text in British secondary level science and humanities courses and used the text with a class of mixed attainment groups. Subsequent assessment indicated that marks of higher achievers were consistently high and marks of low achievers were significantly improved compared to a control group.…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Foreign Countries, High Achievement, Humanities Instruction
Anderson, Linda M.; And Others – 1981
The response to seatwork assignments of 26 high and low achievers in 8 first grade classrooms was examined. Students were observed during five half-days of school over a five to six month period. Teachers were interviewed twice during the year, with particular attention being paid to how they handled selecting seatwork assignments, presented them…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Assignments, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education
Baker, Scott K.; And Others – 1995
Recent research on vocabulary development is reviewed, highlighting issues related to diverse learners. The review included studies of students who are low performers; learning or reading disabled; remedial readers; high achievers; and students who are culturally disadvantaged, language delayed, and linguistically diverse. Areas of convergence in…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, High Achievement, Language Acquisition
Turchi, Jeanette – 1994
This handbook for faculty was developed as part of the EASE (Equal Access for Students to Education and Experience) Project at Mesabi Community College in northeastern Minnesota. After an introduction stating the college's commitment to all students including those with disabilities, the guide discusses disabilities in general, and learning…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Access to Education, Accessibility (for Disabled), Assistive Devices (for Disabled)