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Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd), 2017
By the third grade, students must make the transition from learning to read to reading to learn. If they do not, they cannot do their coursework. Each year, as the grade level demands go up, students tend to fall further behind and become outsiders inside the classroom. K-3 Reading is a program that implements the mastery of reading for third…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Reading Skills
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Beigie, Darin – Mathematics Teacher, 2014
Most people who are attracted to STEM-related fields are drawn not by a desire to take mathematics tests but to create things. The opportunity to create an algebra drawing gives students a sense of ownership and adventure that taps into the same sort of energy that leads a young person to get lost in reading a good book, building with LegosĀ®,…
Descriptors: Algebra, STEM Education, Graphs, Freehand Drawing
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Brown, Victoria – Childhood Education, 2007
PowerPoint is widely used for a variety of purposes in today's university and public school classrooms. Many children in the elementary grades quickly learn to prepare PowerPoint presentations with ease. Sometimes, however, we believe that PowerPoint presentations are overused and ineffective, especially when one is subjected to viewing several of…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Classrooms, Computer Uses in Education, Computer Graphics
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Johnson, Richard G. – Elementary School Guidance and Counseling, 1987
Describes how computer graphics helped a 10-year-old boy talk about his painful feelings, gain self-confidence, and become less anxious about losing his mother's emotional support. Identifies ease of use, motivational aspects, and facilitation of relationships as major advantages of using the computer as a graphic art tool. (ABB)
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Computer Graphics, Computer Software, Counseling Techniques
Sandlian, Pam – School Library Journal, 1995
Describes a project at the Denver Public Library (Colorado) called "Kid's Catalog" that involved creating a child-oriented online catalog with a graphical user interface. The catalog's software is designed to search, make cognitive links, and present a list of materials. Research was conducted at the library and three elementary schools…
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Computer Interfaces, Computer Software, Elementary Education
Dana, Ann S. – 1993
Two initiatives to introduce technology into the art curriculum of a school district are described. The initiatives gave permission for money to be spent on third-grade and middle-school programs. Both were designed around the existing art curriculum and attempted to take advantage of hardware the district already owned. In the third-grade…
Descriptors: Animation, Art Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics