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Liang, Weijun; Fung, Dennis – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2023
This article begins with a historical overview of the STEM education policy and related classroom practices in Hong Kong. Against the backdrop that the Hong Kong education authority has been promoting STEM education over the past few years, there has been a pressing need for effective strategies of implementing STEM education in the context of…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Small Classes, Classroom Environment, Foreign Countries
Oxley, Diana – Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, 2008
This booklet summarizes research on best practices for implementing successful small learning communities and career academies. When well implemented, improvements in instructional and personalization strategies in combination with structural supports have demonstrated improved student attendance and learning. "From High School to Learning…
Descriptors: Best Practices, High School Students, Communities of Practice, Career Academies
Bohrnstedt, George W., Ed.; Stecher, Brian M., Ed. – 2002
This final report on the California Class Size Reduction (CSR) initiative summarizes findings from three earlier reports dating back to 1997. Chapter 1 recaps the history of California's CSR initiative and includes a discussion of what state leaders' expectations were when CSR was passed. The chapter also describes research on class-size reduction…
Descriptors: Class Size, Educational Administration, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education
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Johnson, Genevieve Marie – Preventing School Failure, 1999
Reviews effective inclusive teaching techniques, including multilevel instruction, activity-based and experiential learning, student-directed learning and self-determination, cooperative learning and peer collaboration, multiaged classrooms and heterogeneous grouping, individualized and adaptive instruction, teaching as facilitating student…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Disabilities, Educational Strategies, Elementary Education
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Bowman-Perrott, Lisa J.; Greenwood, Charles R.; Tapia, Yolanda – Education and Treatment of Children, 2007
ClassWide Peer Tutoring (CWPT) is an evidence-based instructional strategy effective with students with and without disabilities. The evidence for efficacy is strong with respect to students in elementary schools learning basic academic skills in classrooms with large teacher-pupil ratios, and relatively less strong for students in secondary…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Nontraditional Education, Test Results, Behavior Disorders
Linik, Joyce Riha – Northwest Education, 2000
A federal grant enabled the Tacoma (Washington) school district to hire additional first-grade teachers, provide ongoing staff development, and encourage teacher collaboration. In smaller classes, children are more focused, get the attention they need, and present fewer discipline problems. Relationships with parents have also improved. A sidebar…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Change, Educational Strategies, Grade 1
Achilles, C. M., Comp.; Finn, Jeremy D., Comp.; Pate-Bain, Helen, Comp. – 2001
This manual draws together evolving information about how group size influences what the group does and how learning tasks may be designed and employed to accomplish desired outcomes. The manual includes ideas from research on class size and its outcomes; theories of learning and development; and validated experiences of expert educators. It…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Class Size, Classes (Groups of Students), Classroom Design
Rose, Lea Williams – Academy for Educational Development, 2006
As part of a national Middle Start initiative led by the Academy for Educational Development (AED), Mid South Middle Start is committed to working with high-poverty schools in the Mid South Delta region to build their capacity to foster students' academic excellence, support the development of young adolescents, and achieve social equity in…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Educational Development, Block Scheduling, Teacher Effectiveness