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Whitehead, David – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2008
Criteria for the design and selection of literacy and thinking tools that allow educators to justify what they do are described within a wider framework of learning theory and research into best practice. Based on a meta-analysis of best practice, results from a three year project designed to evaluate the effectiveness of a secondary school…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Foreign Countries, Secondary Education, Literacy Education
Turner, Joy – Understanding Our Gifted, 2003
Tendencies of a gifted child include intense interests, remarkable memory, abstract thinking, wonderful sense of humor, verbal ability, perfectionism, sensitivity, and curiosity. Gifted children often are not well served by public education, where in some districts the definition of who is gifted has broadened to the extent that even special…
Descriptors: Special Programs, Gifted, Montessori Method, Academically Gifted
Selena Marie Kiser – ProQuest LLC, 2007
The intent of this study was to investigate changes in the curriculum caused by high-stakes testing mandates within 3 Southwest Virginia school systems to find best practices for instructional application in classrooms. This qualitative study was comprised of in-depth interviews and observations with elementary school teachers and administrators.…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Educational Change, High Stakes Tests, Teacher Attitudes
Gavin, M. Katherine – Understanding Our Gifted, 2003
Developing mathematical talent at the elementary level is a complex issue--one that is influenced by many components. The three main factors are: (1) levels of Math giftedness; (2) teacher background; and (3) appropriate resource materials. Keeping these issues in mind and knowing that each district and, indeed, each student is unique, this…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Teacher Background, Resource Materials, Elementary School Students