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PDF pending restorationHardin, Linda; Sederstrom, Chris – 1999
A research project implemented a program to increase skills in critiquing art at the elementary level. The targeted population consisted of students in fifth grade in a lower-to-middle-class community located in western Illinois. Evidence used to support the problem's existence included the local visual art assessment test, teacher observations,…
Descriptors: Action Research, Art Education, Class Activities, Critical Thinking
Download full textBlanken, Michaele R. – 1999
An action research project developed a program for increasing student engagement in social studies. The targeted population consisted of fourth-grade students in a Midwestern suburban community. The problem of limited engagement was documented by interviews with third and fourth grade teachers, entries in the teacher's journal, and a series of…
Descriptors: Action Research, Attitude Change, Classroom Research, Elementary Education
Kissamis, Christine A. – 1999
This report discusses the outcomes of an action research project designed to assess the effectiveness of the involvement of parents of students with mental retardation in an intervention to help students retain academic, social, and daily living skills. The targeted population consisted of six elementary students of a large, Midwestern, mainly…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Elementary Education, Interpersonal Competence, Intervention
Forsythe, Barbara – 1986
The purpose of this study was to determine if a multidimensional treatment in the study of the content area of social studies would help the average and below average student. The 37 fifth-grade students in this study came from a middle-socioeconomic level of north central New Jersey. The 18 students in the experimental sample received special…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education
Branderhorst, Mark; Huizenga, Terry; Kruzich, Kristin – 1997
A program was developed to improve students' transfer of concepts and skills among content areas and to the world outside of the classroom. The targeted population was sixth and eighth graders at a private middle school of 250 students in a stable middle-class community in a suburb of Chicago (Illinois). Study of the school site and a literature…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Grade 6, Grade 8
PDF pending restorationGeiss, Patricia A.; Mayer, Rose – 1998
This report describes a program for improving listening skills, lack of which interferes with second language acquisition. The targeted population was first- and second-year Spanish students in one middle school and one high school. Intervention over 15 weeks included changes in the classroom environment (desk arrangement, improved lighting,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
