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Jarred Blackmer – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a transition to homogenous ability grouping between secondary grades on MAP test scores in an international private school in Dubai. Participants were students who have been enrolled at PISD for two years for grades 6, 7, 8, or 9 from 2020-2022 and who have presented MAP test scores both…
Descriptors: International Schools, Foreign Countries, Private Schools, Ability Grouping
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Pitzalis, Marco; Porcu, Mariano – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2017
Rather than assessing its causal effect on educational attainment, the authors of this article aim to use the concept of cultural capital to define a huge, complex and interconnected collection of educational and school strategies adopted by students and families and to examine the way that these strategies are related to school inequalities. Data…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Strategies, Cultural Capital, National Surveys
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Badeleh, Alireza – Journal on School Educational Technology, 2011
The present study aimed at finding the effectiveness of the Laboratory Training Model of Teaching (LTM) and comparing it with the traditional methods of teaching chemistry to seventh standard students. It strived to determine whether the (LTM) method in chemistry would be significantly more effective than the Traditional method in respect to the…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Laboratory Training, Teaching Methods, Comparative Analysis
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Ghazanfari, Mohammad; Sarani, Abdullah – Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2009
EFL learners often tend to shift the major load of language learning task to the reading skill, due to insufficient access to the spoken mode of language. Experiences of practitioners as well as various research reports in the literature indicate that the more actively learners get engaged with the reading materials, the more profound their…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Reading Comprehension
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Sims, David – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2008
The California class size reduction program provided schools with cash rewards for K-3 classes of 20 or fewer students. I show how program rules made it possible for schools to save money by using mixed-grade classes to meet class size reduction obligations while maintaining larger average class sizes. I also show that this smoothing of students…
Descriptors: Class Size, Scores, Rewards, Teaching Experience
Elias, Jijish – Online Submission, 2009
The application of psychology and technology are used in the learning process while we use programmed learning modules. In programmed learning we use the small steps of learning resulting in mastery. The modules helps to respond the learners activity and to give immediate feedback. The learners will get their own timing to go through the lessons…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Achievement Tests, Chemistry, Program Effectiveness