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Shirley, Doeford G. – Online Submission, 2009
The need for alternative education programs that work is paramount in light of the nation's public education crisis. The problem is that alternative education programs fail to adequately address the issues that At-Risk students bring to, and face in, the alternative and/or the traditional classroom. This study utilized a qualitative and a…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, At Risk Students, Questionnaires, Data Collection
Weih, Timothy G. – Online Submission, 2000
This thesis examined the reading comprehension process of three fifth-grade students who demonstrated the ability to read and write fluently but had difficulties remembering and understanding important information about what they read. The aim of this research was to develop and implement an effective teaching strategy for low-achieving students…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Student Journals, Teacher Researchers
Roecks, Jane E. – 1977
The purpose of the study reported was to determine the best ways to manage interest centers in the elementary classroom. The study considered six techniques of assigning students to interest centers--teacher assignment, in which children were asked by their teacher to work at the center on a certain day; daily sign-up, in which children were…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Learning Centers (Classroom)
Bushong, Sara – 1998
This paper reports on a study conducted to determine if PowerPoint presentation is the most effective medium to explain two reference books: "The Storyteller's Sourcebook" and "A Guide to Folktales in the English Language." A secondary purpose was to see if the students who saw the PowerPoint presentation received higher…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Assisted Instruction, Data Analysis, Higher Education
Chan, Yee Kong Peter – 2000
The purposes of this project are to: (1) develop an ethnographic video case (EVC) CD-ROM of three Chinese teachers teaching the Chinese language in secondary school classrooms in China according to a thinking-skill model developed by Dr. Lin Chongde called "Five Traits of Thinking"; (2) obtain formative data for fixing the improving the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Chinese, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education
Lowe, Marilyn T. – 1993
To determine if cooperative planning between the library media specialist (LMS) and the classroom teacher affects the integration of information access skills into the curriculum, classroom teachers in grades 1 through 5 were surveyed in 10 randomly selected schools in Cobb County (Georgia). Of the 183 teachers surveyed, 131 returned…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cooperative Planning, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Curriculum Development
Allison, Bill – 1999
This report describes a strategy for infusing computer technology into the essay composition process in order to enhance student achievement. The targeted population consisted of freshman high school students in a middle class community in central Illinois. Problems related to the use of computer technology in the learning process were documented…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Attitudes, Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education
Smith, Michelle L. – 1998
A needs assessment that utilized questionnaires and an interview showed that fifth grade students at the practicum site were not able to use reference materials appropriately. Target groups for the practicum were the fifth grade students and teachers. Constructivist methods were used to increase students' knowledge of using reference materials and…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Comparative Analysis, Constructivism (Learning), Grade 5