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Zutaut, Anita Kay – 2002
Even in today's mathematics classroom, where teachers often focus primarily on mastery of underlying concepts, students struggle to commit the multiplication table to memory. Facility in multiplication involves both an understanding of the concepts and memorization of the facts. Successful memorization of the one hundred basic multiplication facts…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Intermediate Grades, Mathematics Education, Mnemonics
Bell, Adam; Bell, Mary – 2003
A study was designed to assist elementary music teachers to create and/or improve methods of assessment for fifth-grade beginning band students. It was conducted from August to December 2002 and included 13 volunteer participants from a rapidly growing student population at an Illinois elementary school. As part of the research process, surveys,…
Descriptors: Action Research, Bands (Music), Classroom Techniques, Educational Research
Cross, B. Jill; Greer, Tracy; Pearce, Mary – 1998
This report describes an intervention to aid students in demonstrating their comprehension of reading material through an alternative instrument. The target population consisted of fifth grade students in a middle class community in central Illinois. Problems in comprehension were revealed through declining district test scores and teacher…
Descriptors: Action Research, Alternative Assessment, Critical Reading, Grade 5