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Westbrook, Amy F. – Online Submission, 2011
It can be difficult to find adequate strategies when teaching problem solving in a standard based mathematics classroom. The purpose of this study was to improve students' problem solving skills and attitudes through differentiated instruction when working on lengthy performance tasks in cooperative groups. This action research studied for 15 days…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Cognitive Style, Homogeneous Grouping, Cooperative Learning
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Naiditch, Fernando – Journal of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research, 2010
Learning cycles were developed in Brazil as an innovative project in order to address the needs and characteristics of the country's growing heterogeneous urban population. This new school model aims at reducing dropout rates and student failure as well as providing a non-interrupted school experience for diverse learners. In this article, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Urban Education, Urban Population, Student Diversity