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Download full textCorin D. Mathews – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2025
Background: Base-ten thinking (BTT) -- children's ability to reason in tens and ones is a crucial measure of Foundation Phase learners' mathematical performance in South Africa. Aim: The study looks at the six learners using BTT to solve additive tasks through two different assessments. Setting: Six purposely selected Grade 3 learners in…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Task Analysis, High Achievement, Low Achievement
Direct linkSmith, Leigh – ProQuest LLC, 2015
This applied dissertation was designed to provide perceptual teacher data as well as summative testing data to educational leaders concerning the effects of implementing Investigations in Number, Data, and Space® (Investigations) in three Title I elementary school settings, two Title I schools, and one non-Title I school. Data collected during…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Implementation, Investigations, Elementary School Teachers
Bell, Stephen H.; Puma, Michael J.; Cook, Ronna J.; Heid, Camilla A. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2013
Access to Head Start has been shown to improve children's preschool experiences and school readiness on selected factors through the end of 1st grade. Two more years of follow-up, through the end of 3rd grade, can now be examined to determine whether these effects continue into the middle elementary grades. The statistical design and impact…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Data Analysis, Randomized Controlled Trials, Sampling
Lipsey, Mark W.; Farran, Dale C.; Hurley, Sean M.; Hofer, Kerry G.; Bilbrey, Carol – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2009
This research investigated the effects of two contrasting pre-k curricula, relative to practice as usual, on subsequent academic achievement. One curriculum had a strong literacy focus, the other was a less didactic "developmentally appropriate" curriculum that allowed children to have more influence on classroom activities. The purpose…
Descriptors: Class Activities, School Readiness, Learning Activities, Economically Disadvantaged
Downey, Douglas B.; von Hippel, Paul T.; Hughes, Melanie – Sociology of Education, 2008
To many, it seems obvious which schools are failing--schools whose students perform poorly on achievement tests. But since evaluating schools on achievement mixes the effects of school and nonschool influences, achievement-based evaluation likely underestimates the effectiveness of schools that serve disadvantaged populations. In this article, the…
Descriptors: Low Achievement, Disadvantaged, Academic Achievement, School Effectiveness
Herrera, Carla – Public/Private Ventures, 2004
With traditional mentoring programs working hard to attract new kinds of volunteers and schools facing increased pressure to help students succeed, school-based mentoring is a promising--and increasingly popular--approach. According to Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, the number of school-based matches grew from 27,000 in 1999 to 90,000 in…
Descriptors: Mentors, Surveys, Evaluation Methods, Predictor Variables
