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The Impact of STEM-Designated High Schools on Students' Math and Science ACT Performance
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Sheronda Yvette Rivers – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This ex-post facto quantitative study examined how a comprehensive STEM education program impacts high school students' ACT math and science scores as well as their attitudes toward STEM. Using data from one STEM-designated school, the researcher examined ACT math, science, and STEM results for students who took the ACT in the Spring of 2024,…
Descriptors: Magnet Schools, STEM Education, High School Students, Mathematics Achievement
Identification of Main Ideas in Expository Texts: Selection versus Deletion
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Reese Butterfuss; Kathryn S. McCarthy; Ellen Orcutt; Panayiota Kendeou; Danielle S. McNamara – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2024
Readers often struggle to identify the main ideas in expository texts. Existing research and instruction provide some guidance on how to encourage readers to identify main ideas. However, there is substantial variability in how main ideas are operationalized and how readers are prompted to identify main ideas. This variability hinders…
Descriptors: Reading Processes, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Best Practices
Identification of Main Ideas in Expository Texts: Selection versus Deletion
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Reese Butterfuss; Kathryn S. McCarthy; Ellen Orcutt; Panayiota Kendeou; Danielle S. McNamara – Grantee Submission, 2023
Readers often struggle to identify the main ideas in expository texts. Existing research and instruction provide some guidance on how to encourage readers to identify main ideas. However, there is substantial variability in how main ideas are operationalized and how readers are prompted to identify main ideas. This variability hinders…
Descriptors: Reading Processes, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Best Practices
Disentangling General Achievement Levels and Subject-Specific Strengths and Weaknesses in Mathematics, Reading, and Science
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Gladushyna, Olesya; Strietholt, Rolf; Steinmann, Isa – Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 2021
The paper uses data from the combined TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study) and PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study) assessment in 2011 to explore the subject-specific strengths and weaknesses among fourth grade students worldwide. Previous research came to the conclusion that students only differed in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Science Achievement, Reading Achievement
Effect of Differentiated Instruction and 5E Learning Cycle on Academic Achievement and Self-Efficacy of Students in Physics Lesson
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Salar, Riza; Turgut, Umit – Science Education International, 2021
The learning characteristics of each student are different. Differentiated instruction considers individual differences, as such guides the learning journey rather than seeing these differences as a challenge. The purpose of this research was to compare the effects of differentiated instruction and 5E learning cycle in physics classes on the…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Science Achievement, Pretests Posttests
To What Extent Do Affective Variables Correlate with Content Learning Achievement in CLIL Programmes?
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Martínez Agudo, Juan de Dios – Language and Education, 2021
The few studies conducted to date on the affective dimension of CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) have predominantly focused on the relationship between motivation and language attainment, which points to a need for further investigation. To this end, this cross-sectional study aims at researching the degree of correlation between…
Descriptors: Content and Language Integrated Learning, Second Language Learning, Learning Motivation, Secondary School Students