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Schlesinger, Nora W.; Gray, Shelley – Annals of Dyslexia, 2017
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the use of simultaneous multisensory structured language instruction promoted better letter name and sound production, word reading, and word spelling for second grade children with typical development (N = 6) or with dyslexia (N = 5) than structured language instruction alone. The use of…
Descriptors: Multisensory Learning, Teaching Methods, Spelling, Reading Skills
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Baroutsis, Aspa; White, Sonia L. J.; Hamilton, Annette; Jones, Madeline; Waters, Rayelene – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2018
This article encourages approaches that develop children's understandings of data representations. In particular, when children develope flexibility in their approaches to data representation and understanding, the same data can be represented in different ways. Flexible and adaptive use of representations is part of mathematics competence which…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Students, Mathematics Instruction
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Güngör, Sema Nur; Özkan, Muhlis – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2016
The aim of this study is to teach enzymes, which are one of the biology subjects in understanding which students have a big difficulty, to pre-service teachers through POE method in the case of catalase, which is an oxidoreductase. Descriptive analysis method was employed in this study in which 38 second grade pre-service teachers attending Uludag…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Biology, Preservice Teachers, Laboratory Experiments
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Groth, Randall E. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2015
Some statisticians have pointed out that the field of statistics essentially exists to study the variability seen in everyday life. Because variability is so foundational, the "Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education" (GAISE 2007), published by the American Statistical Association (ASA), recommend that teachers…
Descriptors: Statistics, Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Mathematics, Common Core State Standards
Mulligan, Joanne; English, Lyn – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2014
This paper describes students' developing meta-representational competence, drawn from the second phase of a longitudinal study, "Transforming Children's Mathematical and Scientific Development." A group of 21 highly able Grade 1 students was engaged in mathematics/science investigations as part of a data modelling program. A pedagogical…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach, Science Instruction, Grade 1
Kovalik, Susan J.; Olsen, Karen D. – Corwin, 2010
This book examines learning science from multiple perspectives--especially a child's. The whimsical character of Mary Froggins guides readers through the steps of igniting students' natural sense of wonder, incorporating brain research, integrating science concepts with other subjects, and applying science to daily life. The authors demonstrate…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Curriculum Development, Multiple Intelligences, Science Programs