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Wahlström, Ninni, Ed. – Routledge Research in Education, 2022
This book explores how different classroom discourses and concepts of knowledge permeate teaching in high- and low-performance classrooms. Drawing on empirical research from classrooms in Sweden, it presents a theory-based framework for classroom research. The book examines the central concepts of knowledge, curriculum, pedagogy and equity to…
Descriptors: Academic Language, High Achievement, Low Achievement, Foreign Countries
Pavešic, Barbara Japelj, Ed.; Koršnáková, Paulína, Ed.; Meinck, Sabine, Ed. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2022
This open access book brings together national experts from across the Dinaric region to rigorously review IEA's Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2019 grade four data to develop a multidimensional and culturally sensitive perspective on their TIMSS 2019 primary-level results. The Dinaric region, named after the Dinaric…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education, Science Achievement, International Assessment
Churches, Richard; McAleavy, Tony – CfBT Education Trust, 2015
This publication contains 12 (A3 open-out) poster-style reports of teacher experimental research. The style of presentation parallels the type of preliminary reporting common at academic conferences and postgraduate events. At the same time, it aims to act as a form of short primer to introduce teachers to the basic options that there are when…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Randomized Controlled Trials, Teacher Researchers, Foreign Countries
Hinchman, Kathleen A., Ed.; Sheridan-Thomas, Heather K., Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2008
Covering everything from day-to-day learning activities to schoolwide goals, this engaging book reviews key topics in literacy instruction for grades 5-12 and provides research-based recommendations for practice. Leading scholars present culturally responsive strategies for motivating adolescents; using multiple texts and digital media;…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Adolescents, Literacy, Program Development
Kupari, Pekka, Ed. – 1987
This fourth yearbook on research on mathematics teaching in Finland contains five articles, four in English and the fifth in German. "Mathematics as a Cognitive Science" (C. Letteri) examines cognitive aspects related to teaching and learning mathematics, with the focus on the different levels of comprehension and an analysis of basic…
Descriptors: Algebra, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Educational Planning
Kasden, Lawrence N., Ed.; Hoeber, Daniel R., Ed. – 1980
The 12 essays in this collection address the concerns of basic writing teachers and those who teach basic writing teachers. The first essay discusses the characteristics of the low achieving college students who require basic writing instruction and argues for basic writing courses that are based upon a thorough understanding of students' nature…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Educational Research, English Teacher Education, Evaluation Methods
Muller, Kurt E., Ed. – 1989
Ten essays address aspects of second language instruction at the elementary school level: "Elementary School Foreign Languages: Perspectives, Practices, and Promises" (Carol Ann Pesola, Helena Anderson Curtain); "The Integrated Curriculum: Rethinking the Elementary School Foreign Language Program for the '90s" (Virginia…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Classroom Environment, Curriculum Design, Disabilities
Busching, Beverly A., Ed.; Schwartz, Judith I., Ed. – 1983
Intended for elementary school teachers and supervisors, this collection of articles focuses on creating meaningful learning through an integrated language arts approach. Divided into three sections, the articles discuss the theoretical and practical frameworks that support program integration; examine real programs, tested procedures, and actual…
Descriptors: Books, Child Language, Content Area Reading, Curriculum Development
McAllister, Deborah A., Ed.; Moyer, Peggy S., Ed. – 2003
This document presents the course syllabus for Education 590 Culminating Experience at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga's teacher licensure program. It also includes action research projects from spring 2003: "'To Track or Untrack...That Is the Question'" (Sarah Armes); "Providing Urban Students with the Motivation to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Action Research, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education
Pool, Harbison, Ed.; Page, Jane A., Ed. – 1995
This collection of papers addresses tracking, whether it should be abolished, the movement toward inclusiveness in schools, strategies to meet all students' needs, and the process of untracking. Contents are as follows: "Why Ability Grouping Must End: Achieving Excellence and Equity in American Education" (Jomills Henry Braddock II and Robert E.…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Black Students, Change Strategies