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Dowdy, William D. B. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
No Child Left Behind legislation developed goals for every student to be proficient in each academic subject by 2014. California's students are far from meeting this goal, especially in mathematics. One Southern Californian school district, renamed Green Valley Unified School District for anonymity, began using Cognitively Guided Instruction…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Federal Legislation, School Districts, Grade 2
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Ojose, Bobby – Mathematics Educator, 2008
This paper is based on a presentation given at National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) in 2005 in Anaheim, California. It explicates the developmental stages of the child as posited by Piaget. The author then ties each of the stages to developmentally appropriate mathematics instruction. The implications in terms of not imposing…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Developmental Stages, Mathematics Instruction, Piagetian Theory
MCDONALD, FREDRICK J.; SHOCKLEY, WILLIAM – 1964
THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY WAS TO TEST (1) THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A WAY OF THINKING ABOUT PROBLEMS AND (2) THE EFFECTS OF INTRODUCING JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO THE LOGIC OF SCIENTIFIC THINKING. THE STUDY HAD TWO OBJECTIVES (1) TO TEACH THE PROCESS OF SEARCH FOR AN ANSWER AND (2) TO TEACH THE LOGICAL STRUCTURE OF IMPORTANT PRINCIPLES. TEACHING…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Junior High Schools, Mathematics Instruction, Science Education