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A Tale of Two Stock Markets
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Armstrong, Michelle Hine; Piercey, Victor I.; Greene-Hunley, Stephanie – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2015
This article describes two different projects using the stock market as a context for learning. For both projects, students "bought" shares in individual companies, tracked stock prices for a period of time, and then "sold" their shares at a gain or loss. The projects are adaptable for students in late elementary school through…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Investment, Corporations, Money Management
Project Based Learning in Multi-Grade Class
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Ciftci, Sabahattin; Baykan, Ayse Aysun – Educational Research and Reviews, 2013
The purpose of this study is to evaluate project based learning in multi-grade classes. This study, based on a student-centered learning approach, aims to analyze students' and parents' interpretations. The study was done in a primary village school belonging to the Centre of Batman, already adapting multi-grade classes in their education system,…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Multigraded Classes, Student Centered Curriculum
Efficacy of the Arts in a Transdisciplinary Learning Experience for Culturally Diverse Fourth Graders
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La Porte, Angela Maria – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2016
The aim of this participant observation was to understand the efficacy of a modified International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program for fourth-graders at a public school with a large percentage of language and socioeconomically disadvantaged students. Data collection over a five-month period concentrated on teaching interactions including…
Descriptors: Participant Observation, Advanced Placement Programs, Grade 4, Elementary Education
Place-Based Science Education for Five Elementary Schools in Rural Thailand
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Klechaya, Rojjana – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This research was designed to study the effect of a professional development program in place-based science education on teacher and student learning in rural elementary schools in Thailand's northern Lampang province. Based on the results of a pilot study conducted in 2008 at one school, which was then followed by a needs assessment conducted…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Place Based Education, Science Education, Elementary Schools
An Ecological Perspective on the Socially Embedded Nature of Reading and Writing
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Pantaleo, Sylvia – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2009
This article examines the writing of three Grade 3 students and discusses how these girls drew upon their symbolic tools, specifically those developed as a result of their experiences with particular kinds of texts. The students were participants in a multifaceted study that explored Grades 3 and 4 students' understandings of and responses to…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Reading Skills, Writing Skills, Elementary School Students
A Study of Uses of ICT in Primary Education through Four Winning School Cases in the Taiwan Schools Cyberfair
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Young, Shelley S.-C.; Ku, Hsin-Ho – Educational Technology & Society, 2008
The purpose of this study was to understand, describe and interpret the uses of information communication technology (ICT) in primary education in the Taiwan Schools Cyberfair as a means to expand and enhance student learning in an extra-curricular setting. Four winning schools, with 48 teachers and students involved, were purposefully selected…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Active Learning, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students