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Widdall, Valerie; Alqahtani, Muteb; Kraly, Thomas – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2018
In many elementary classrooms nationwide, less and less time is spent on social studies. Lack of attention to social studies is evident in states like New York where teacher evaluations are contingent on students' performance on two subjects: English Language Arts (ELA) and mathematics. In this article, the authors describe their experience…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Mathematics Instruction, Grade 5, Elementary School Teachers
Martinez, Laura; Hayes, Cheryl D. – Children's Aid Society, 2013
Social return on investment (SROI) offers a new strategy to measure and communicate the value of outcomes achieved by programs that provide social, health, and education services to children and their families. It can be a powerful tool for demonstrating the monetary value of programs and services and for communicating that value in a way that can…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Community Schools, Outcome Measures, Integrated Services
Martinez, Laura; Hayes, Cheryl D.; Silloway, Torey – Children's Aid Society, 2013
Social return on investment (SROI) analysis offers a practical new approach for measuring and communicating the value of outcomes achieved by programs that provide social, health, and educational services to children and their families. This guide highlights the key steps in conducting SROI research, issues in data-gathering and analysis, as well…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Community Schools, Outcome Measures, Integrated Services
Carson, Cristi, Ed. – Online Submission, 2011
The NEAIR (North East Association for Institutional Research) 2011 Conference Proceedings is a compilation of papers presented at the Boston, Massachusetts conference. Papers in this document include: (1) Are Students Dropping Out or Dragging Out the College Experience? The Roles of Socioeconomic Status and Academic Background (Leslie S. Stratton…
Descriptors: Institutional Research, Dropouts, Time to Degree, College Students
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Lutzer, Carl V. – PRIMUS, 2005
Students sometimes have difficulty in mathematics because they solve problems mechanically, without understanding the ideas represented by their equations. This brief note provides mathematics instructors with ideas for rectifying this fundamental flaw in students' paradigm of problem solving. (Contains 1 footnote.)
Descriptors: Numeracy, Thinking Skills, Computation, Teaching Methods
Hanushek, Eric A. – Education Working Paper Archive, 2006
In response to the rapid rise in court cases related to the adequacy of school funding, a variety of alternative methods have been developed to provide an analytical base about the necessary expenditure on schools. These approaches have been titled to give an aura of a thoughtful and solid scientific basis: the professional judgment model, the…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Administration, Computation, Expenditures