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Karoline Smucker; Francisco SepĂșlveda; Travis Weiland; Susan Cannon; Stephanie Casey; Sunghwan Byun – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2024
Statistics has been a content domain in the mathematics curriculum for decades. However, statistics is a distinct discipline from mathematics and there are important differences in how one should teach the two disciplines. In this article, the authors consider how these differences can inform an adaptation to the 5 Practices for Orchestrating…
Descriptors: Statistics, Statistics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Curtis, Kathleen S. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2017
Outreach efforts directed toward improving STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) literacy are vitally important to ensure that all of our citizens are prepared to fully participate in an increasingly complex and technology-driven world. Attempts to maximize the effectiveness of STEM outreach has focused on younger populations,…
Descriptors: Science Education, After School Programs, Outreach Programs, STEM Education
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Gilbert, Lynne; Brown, Lucy – School Science Review, 2010
This article takes you on a journey through the authors' school course unit, the "Variety of Life," which aims to unpick the idea of biodiversity and its many facets. The aims and principles of each teaching topic are defined, teaching activities suggested, resources described and the skills each topic develops listed. Whilst aimed at…
Descriptors: Biodiversity, Teaching Methods, Educational Principles, Course Objectives
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Kohn, Eli; Goldstein, Gabriel – Religious Education, 2008
Bible teachers worldwide lack a shared language with which to describe expectations of what pupils will learn at various stages of their schooling. This article attempts such a language. If defines a framework, formulated with the assistance of twenty-five Bible teachers in Jewish schools in the United Kingdom. It is hoped that this article will…
Descriptors: Biblical Literature, Jews, Course Objectives, Foreign Countries
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Sherman, Helene J.; Catapano, Susan – Educational Research Quarterly, 2011
After-school programs specifically designed to improve students' mathematics achievement in collaboration with classroom teachers' planning and in class daily instruction have been found to be successful in improving student learning (Hock, Pulvers, Deshler, & Schumaker, 2001). The purpose of this article is to describe the results of an…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Elementary School Mathematics, School Activities, Mathematics Achievement