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Delgado, Melvin – Social Work in Education, 1998
Reports findings from a two-and-a-half-year study of 24 Puerto Rican families in an urban elementary school so as to discover their natural support strengths. Results show that helping with homework was very important to these families. Suggests that school social workers are in an excellent position to serve as liaisons between school, family,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Hispanic American Students
Shaltiel, Sarah – English Teachers' Journal (Israel), 1998
Discusses the advantages to considering writing an integral part of learning English as a Second Language at all grade levels, offering a day-by-day lesson sequence on the topic of courage that affords ample opportunity for writing and for class discussion to share and evaluate the writing. Suggestions for each day's classwork are followed by a…
Descriptors: Discussion, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
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Deslandes, Rollande; Royer, Egide; Potvin, Pierre; Leclerc, Danielle – Exceptional Children, 1999
This study examined the relationship between adolescents' perceptions of home and school partnership practices and two outcomes: grades in French and time spent on homework. The students (525 general-education and 112 special-education) completed a questionnaire based on Epstein's framework of partnership practices. For special-education students,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Disabilities, Foreign Countries, French
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Sternberg, Betty J. – NASSP Bulletin, 2000
Like other parents who phoned her at work, a dedicated associate commissioner of education grew increasingly frustrated with a system that failed to challenge her children. She enrolled them in a private alternative school that stressed community and viewed education as a privilege demanding great student effort. (MLH)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Community, Helping Relationship, High Schools
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Marr, M. J.; Thomas, E. W.; Benne, M. R.; Thomas, A.; Hume, R. M. – American Journal of Physics, 1999
Describes a study of three parts: (1) the application of a statistical technique for predicting performance; (2) a computer program for teaching basic problem-solving skills; and (3) evidence for the value of teaching with complex homework problems in an introductory physics course required for engineering majors. (Contains 42 references.)…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Diagnosis, Electricity
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Rademacher, Joyce A.; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1996
Two studies identified the characteristics of high-quality middle school classroom assignments and their explanations, as indicated by 10 teachers, 13 students with learning disabilities, and 14 students without LD, and then developed an assignment completion routine for teachers and students based on the identified characteristics. Teachers were…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Homework, Inclusive Schools
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Ronen, M.; Eliahu, M. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 1999
Describes a pilot study aimed at exploring the possibility of introducing simulation-based homework into junior high school ninth grade science classes studying electric circuits. Analyzes students' views in relation to their prior computer experience and their achievement, and discusses results from questionnaires and interviews that show…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Educational Environment
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Xu, Jianzhong – Journal of Educational Research, 2005
The purpose of the present study is threefold. First, the author aims to determine how middle and high school students would perceive and classify a set of homework purposes drawn from relevant literature by conducting an exploratory factor analysis to ascertain the underlying factor structure of these homework purposes. Second, the author…
Descriptors: Homework, Middle School Students, Factor Analysis, Academic Achievement
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Flynn, Ann Marie; Naraghi, Mohammad H.; Austin, Nicole; Helak, Sean; Manzer, Jarrod – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2006
The work provides guidelines for instructors who wish to incorporate green engineering concepts into a typical non-green engineering course without diluting course content or modifying the course syllabus by identifying 5 critical elements necessary to the successful integration of green engineering concepts into any traditional, design-oriented,…
Descriptors: Engineering, Engineering Education, Conservation (Environment), Environmental Education
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Curriculum Development. – 1994
This document is designed to assist teachers and other school personnel in the planning and teaching of the seventh grade mathematics course. Contents include: (1) Overview of Grade 7 Mathematics (mission statement, purpose and philosophy, goals, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics' Professional Standards for Teaching Mathematics, and uses…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Computation, Grade 7, Homework
Zill, Nicholas; And Others – 1995
The Monitoring the Future survey of high school seniors, the Longitudinal Study of American Youth, and the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 were used to provide information about adolescents' time use, their risky behaviors, and the outcomes of time-use patterns in the late 1980s and the early 1990s. Spending significant portions of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Extracurricular Activities, High Risk Students
Kawakami, Alice J.; And Others – 1995
A study was conducted to provide a profile of variables related to the status of students at risk of failure in public high schools in the American-affiliated Pacific region. This report, which is supplemented by four political entity-level studies published separately, gives an overview of the entire study. Throughout the four entities (American…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Behavior Patterns, Cultural Differences
Byrnes, Mariagrazia – 1996
A series of class exercises for Italian language instruction based on a song, "La Vita Mia" by Amedeo Minghi, is presented. The song was selected because of its rich literary content and appealing melody. Objectives, in-class activities, and homework assignments are outlined. In them, students listen to the song, discuss the relationship…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Educational Strategies, Higher Education
Hemphill, Rae – 1996
Parents of adolescents with attention deficit disorders are offered suggestions for easing the transition of their teen from elementary to secondary school. Careful scheduling of classes with the guidance counselor to "fit" the individual teen's needs is urged. The importance of ongoing communication with the school concerning class progress,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attention Deficit Disorders, Elementary Secondary Education, Homework
MacBeath, John – 1993
This report evaluates the Supported Study program, study centers designed to facilitate student achievement in elementary and secondary schools in the Strathclyde Region of Glasgow, Scotland. These centers are a place for students to work on their homework before or after school, with adult assistance available. The origins and purposes of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, After School Centers, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
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