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Madden, Nancy A.; Slavin, Robert E.; Simons, Kathleen – 1997
Constructivist approaches to mathematics instruction based on the standards of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) have been widely advocated and are expanding in use. However, many educators express a need for constructivist approaches that provide specific student materials, assessments, teachers' manuals, professional…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Change, Elementary Education
Schmitt, Dorren Rafael – 1988
School effectiveness programs were evaluated at six urban schools (five elementary and one junior high schools) in Louisiana for the 1986-87 school year. Focus was on providing principals with information to improve their school effectiveness programs for the 1987-88 school year. Subjects were 3,006 students, for whom scores on the California…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Educational Improvement, Elementary School Students
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Cooley, William W.; Leinhardt, Gaea – 1978
To evaluate classroom processes for teaching basic reading and mathematics, particularly individualized instruction in the context of compensatory education, a model of classroom processes was applied to disadvantaged children from 400 schools, grades one and three. The model specified that criterion performance is a function of initial student…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research, Compensatory Education