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Jimmy Kim; Mary Burkhauser; Jackie Relyea; Joshua Gilbert; Douglas Mosher; Ethan Scherer; Joseph McIntyre – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2021
Background: To succeed in school, young children must acquire the domain and vocabulary knowledge needed to read complex texts. Despite the growing literacy demands in the 21 century, fewer than 5% of US school children in the early elementary grades can evaluate complex nonfiction texts and there are larger gaps based on family income and student…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Science Instruction, Content Area Reading, Reading Comprehension
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Hardman, Sally; Luke, Sue – Primary Science, 2016
Rocks and fossils appear in the National Curriculum of England science programmes of study for children in year 3 (ages 7-8). A frequently asked question is "How do you make the classification of rocks engaging?" In response to this request from a school, a set of interactive activities was designed and organised by tutors and students…
Descriptors: Grade 2, Geology, Paleontology, Hands on Science