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Dahn, Maggie – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2022
Background: Art making is a personal and social process in which learners make meaning for themselves and audiences through the production of artifacts. In classrooms, this personal and social process is made concrete through dialogue. Methods: This paper presents an illustrative case study of how sixth-grade student, Jo, developed voice through…
Descriptors: Social Problems, Learning Experience, Artists, Teaching Methods
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Kenkel, Sue; Hoelscher, Steve; West, Teri – Educational Leadership, 2006
When 29 percent of final grades for students at Bendle Middle School showed up as Ds and Es, teachers knew something had to give. Kenkel, Hoelscher, and West describe how the ABCI approach, based on mastery learning, shook up a community culture of low expectations for working class kids, and opened the way for more appropriate teaching methods…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Middle School Students, Grades (Scholastic), Mastery Learning