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Barone, Diane – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2013
This article reports on Nevada's Reading First program and positions it as a source of reflection for future worldwide literacy reform efforts. Qualitative methodology was used for this analysis. Students' literacy achievement improved throughout the program until the last year of implementation. Students who remained at a Reading First school…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Reading Programs, Academic Achievement, Elementary Education
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Bulunuz, Mizrap; Jarrett, Olga S. – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2009
The purposes of this study were to examine initial content knowledge about properties of air by three cohorts of undergraduate and master's students studying elementary education and to determine forms of reasoning used to explain air phenomena and the effect of an intervention on content knowledge. Subjects were assessed using a 14-question test…
Descriptors: Science Activities, Elementary Education, Scientific Principles, Science Instruction
Dohrmann, Sarah – Teachers & Writers, 2002
Presents journal entries over one semester of the author's experiences teaching poetry to "SIE VII" special education students at PS 162M in Harlem. Notes that "SIE VII" is a New York City Board of Education classification for children who "display severe emotional disturbances, such as infantile behaviors, lack of self control, and withdrawn or…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Journal Writing, Poetry, Program Effectiveness
Jones, Leona L. – Schools in the Middle, 1995
Examines the role of journal-keeping in the middle-school language curriculum. Suggests that continued writing leads to fluency in writing and reading, but students must be allowed space to practice this process. Using journals and associated activities provide students the space they need so they can actually begin to enjoy the writing process.…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Journal Writing
Karneboge, Lynn; Smith, Stacia B.; VandeSchraaf, Cary; Wiegardt, Craig G.; Wormer, Gail – 1999
This action research project evaluated the effectiveness of a program to enhance students' social skills with peers. The targeted population was comprised of elementary and junior high school students in an economically diverse, predominantly blue collar community in central Illinois. The problem of inability to problem solve, listen actively,…
Descriptors: Action Research, Anger, Behavior Modification, Change Strategies