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First Graders with iPads?
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Getting, Sara; Swainey, Karin – Learning & Leading with Technology, 2012
Giving iPads to first graders is a leap of faith that many teachers are understandably hesitant to take, especially if their students need immediate reading intervention and school leaders want guaranteed results. This article discusses how the authors took on the challenge of improving elementary reading using iPads, found surprising success for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Reading Achievement, Grade 1, Elementary School Students
Expectations and Reports of Homework for Public School Students in the First, Third, and Fifth Grades. Issue Brief. NCES 2009-033
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Warkentien, Siri; Fenster, Molly; Hampden-Thompson, Gillian; Walston, Jill – National Center for Education Statistics, 2008
Previous research from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) presents student reports of time spent on homework and teacher reports of amount of homework assigned. However, no research using recent, nationally representative data has investigated the amount of homework expected of and completed by a cohort of students as they…
Descriptors: Homework, Grade 1, Grade 3, Grade 5
The Economics of Early Childhood Education in Minnesota.
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Hansen, Harlan S. – Journal of Economic Education, 1985
A case study describes the installation of economic education at the kindergarten-primary grades in one state. The effectiveness of the process depends on the demand for such instruction, the materials available, the willingness and capabilities of teachers, and the time allocated for such instruction. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Economics Education, Educational Demand, Grade 1
Increasing Primary Grade Children's Reading/Language Arts Worktime: Making Changes in Procedures, Organization, and Seatwork.
Yatvin, Joanne – 1980
To confirm or refute impressions that primary grade children do little in the way of actual school work during the day, a principal conducted informal observations in several first and second grade classrooms. Each type of activity the children might perform, such as reading, coloring, or moving about the room, was grouped into three major…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Curriculum Development
Descending the Tower: Lessons Learned in a First Grade Classroom.
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Ford, Michael P. – 1997
In light of concerns that previous staff development projects did not truly capture life in the classroom, and that there may be a gap between one's previous elementary and current university teaching experiences, a teacher educator used a semester sabbatical to shadow six first-grade teachers in order to inform thinking and practice in teaching…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Curriculum Development, Elementary School Teachers, Grade 1
Time on Any Task?: The Relationship between Instructional Pacing and Standardized Achievement Test Gains.
Gastright, Joseph F. – 1985
This descriptive study investigates the variability in the curriculum pacing decisions of classroom teachers. The effects on the reading achievement and performance gains of first and second grade students in a compensatory education program program are examined. Data were collected from: (1) the Metropolitan Readiness Test results used to select…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Basal Reading, Cohort Analysis