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Marzano, Robert J.; Norford, Jennifer S.; Paynter, Diane E.; Pickering, Debra J.; Gaddy, Barbara B. – 2001
This handbook is intended to be a self-study guide to the effective use of nine specific instructional strategies proven to improve student achievement. The strategies are: (1) identifying similarities and differences (comparing, classifying, creating metaphors, and creating analogies); (2) summarizing and note taking; (3) reinforcing effort and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advance Organizers, Cooperative Learning, Cues
Monahan, Sean; Ognibene, Beth; Torrisi, Anne – 2000
Based on a review of educational research and informal teacher inquiry suggesting that students could benefit from instruction to improve organizational skills, this action research project examined the effects of teaching selected organizational skills on the study habits and achievement of third and ninth graders. Participating in the study were…
Descriptors: Action Research, Change Strategies, Elementary School Students, High School Students
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Schmalz, Rosemary – Arithmetic Teacher, 1990
Discussed is the influence of mathematics textbooks on the sequence and amount of mathematics taught in middle grades. An alternative method of organizing mathematics instruction is proposed. The issue of homework is addressed. (KR)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Problems, Elementary Secondary Education
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Wober, J. Mallory – Journal of Educational Television, 1992
Reports results of a survey of British children ages 7 to 15 that examined time spent watching television, listening to music, reading, and playing outdoors; attitudes and stereotypes regarding these activities; and frequency and opinions of doing homework with the television on. Correlations of various behaviors and perceptions are presented.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Childhood Attitudes, Children, Correlation
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Smith, Thomas Ewin – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1992
In a follow-up study, academic achievement results from 2 years later are added to data from 1990 for 1,208 seventh and ninth graders for whom relationships between achievement and time use were studied. Results focus on competition of time uses for the time and attention of the adolescent. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Adolescent Development, Change
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Chen, Michael; Ehrenberg, Tamar – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1993
Effects of aspirations, homework, and scores on standardized tests (endogenous variables) on teachers' grades and effects of exogenous variables of socioeconomic status and gender on endogenous variables were studied for 753 Israeli elementary school students. Complex effects are discussed. Teachers tended to grade students properly, according to…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Achievement Tests, Analysis of Covariance, Elementary Education
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Allen, John Robin; Periyasamy, Kasilingam – CALICO Journal, 1997
Argues that when the principles of engineering are applied to development of computer-assisted language learning software, resulting products are more reliable, easier to maintain, and easier to modify later. Those principles were used in developing the Elementary Language Study Exerciser, a program that drills students and corrects their written…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Courseware
Carpenter, Dick M., II; Ramirez, Al – Journal of Advanced Academics, 2007
The achievement gap, traditionally measured by test scores, also can be documented by dropout behavior. Examining dropout behavior among Black, White, and Hispanic students, with a particular focus on gaps within groups and not just between Whites and minorities, shows a clearer picture of the achievement gap. The results of our study show…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Dropout Prevention, Low Achievement, Parent Participation
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King, Kelley; Gurian, Michael – Educational Leadership, 2006
Using brain-based research, Douglass Elementary School in Boulder, Colorado, looked at the natural assets that both girls and boys bring to school and realized that its classrooms were generally a better fit for the verbal-emotive, sit-still, take-notes, listen-carefully, multitasking girl. Teachers tended to see the natural assets that boys bring…
Descriptors: Males, Brain, Experiential Learning, Educational Environment
Radencich, Marguerite C.; Schumm, Jeanne Shay – 1997
Noting that parent involvement in their children's schooling is a key to academic success, this book provides techniques and strategies for parents to help them assist their children with homework completion without conflict. Chapter 1, "Getting Started," includes guidance on who should help with homework and how to set a homework…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Assignments, Elementary Education, Homework
Achievement, Inc., Hicksville, NY. – 1993
Directed at the parents of preschool and elementary school children, this document consists of a collection of the informational brochures, catalogs, promotional materials, price lists, and order forms for a series of audiocassette tapes. All tapes are commercially available from Achievement Inc. Titles of tapes available are as follows: (1)…
Descriptors: Audiotape Cassettes, Beginning Reading, Child Rearing, Children
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Sivin-Kachala, Jay P.; Bialo, Ellen R. – 1992
This report addresses the use of computer-based telecommunications services to meet educational needs at home, focusing on services for students in grade 7 through college, including adult education. The curriculum areas on which the report concentrates are mathematics, science, technology, engineering, and career education. The report is divided…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Career Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks
Garner, Brad – 1991
A survey of the parents at a middle school in central Florida indicated that parents believed homework should contribute to the student's grade and that 47% of the respondents felt that mathematics should have daily homework. Based on these results, a study was conducted to determine the effects of implementing an innovative automated…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Grade 6, Homework, Instructional Innovation
Muller, Chandra; And Others – 1991
This study explored the effects of after-school supervision on 8th graders' academic performance. Data from the National Educational Longitudinal Study of 1988 relating to a total sample size of 20,491 students (after exclusions) in 802 public and 233 private schools were analyzed. The analysis indicated that parents do not discriminate between…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, After School Programs, Employed Parents, Employment Level
Defense Language Inst., Washington, DC. – 1968
These 15 lessons are intended for the 3-week initial phase of a 68-lesson intensive audiolingual basic French course developed recently by the Defense Language Institute to train native speakers of English to a Level 3 second language skill proficiency. Designed primarily to enable students to distinguish and produce French sounds accurately…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Audiolingual Skills, Basic Vocabulary, French
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