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Petrovici, Constantin; Havârneanu, Geanina – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2015
In this article we intend to analyze the effectiveness of an educational program of mathematical creativity, designed for learners aged 10 to 12 years, which has been implemented in an urban school of Iasi, Romania. This analysis has both a psycho-educational dimension and a statistical analysis one. The psycho-educational dimension refers to the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction, Creativity, Urban Schools
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Binterová, Helena; Komínková, Olga – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2013
The main purpose of the work is to present a successful implementation of CLIL method in Mathematics lessons in elementary schools. Nowadays at all types of schools (elementary schools, high schools and universities) all over the world every school subject tends to be taught in a foreign language. In 2003, a document called Action plan for…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Mathematics, Curriculum Implementation
Madhere, Serge; Walker, Elaine M. – 1985
The Helping Hands Project (HHP) is a program that aims at improving achievement in reading comprehension and in math problem-solving by helping the classroom teacher sustain instructional intensity. Implemented in grades four and six in two Newark School District elementary schools, HHP involved five teachers and 117 students. Ninety-two percent…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Improvement, Elementary Schools, Ethnic Groups
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Kagan, Dona M. – Reading Improvement, 1988
Evaluates the effectiveness of a sixth grade experimental language arts program designed to teach higher-level thinking skills. Reports on different types of instruments for measuring higher-level thinking skills, including verbal and nonverbal tests of divergent thinking, a nonverbal test of flexible thinking, and a verbal divergent production…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking, Divergent Thinking
Nagy, Philip – 1990
The purpose of this report is to explore an analysis of discussions, among groups of elementary school children, of a social problem. The intent of the research is to contribute to the advancement of methods for program and student assessment, particularly toward goals not usually evaluated by traditional testing programs. The analysis method used…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
Cort, H. Russell, Jr.; Peskowitz, Nancy – 1977
The document summarizes a two-year longitudinal evaluative study of the elementary school social studies curriculum, "Man: A Course of Study" (MACOS), which was compared with other social studies programs. The aims of the study were to examine what MACOS students seemed to learn, what they retained, and how what was learned was different…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anthropology, Classroom Environment, Comparative Analysis