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Saeed, Muhammad; Gondal, Muhammad Bashir; Bushra – International Journal of Educational Management, 2005
Purpose: This paper aims to focus on achievement level of primary grade students in different subjects taught at primary level and the factors affecting the student achievement in this regard. Design/methodology/approach: The study was carried out on a sample of 1,080 students of grade 3 and 5 drawn from randomly selected 36 primary/elementary…
Descriptors: Rural Urban Differences, Social Status, Elementary Education, Official Languages
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Murphy, Jean – Young Children, 2003
Murphy examines the influence of four African American families' beliefs, values, and interactions on their children's academic achievement. Parents' high expectations and focus on educational attainment, religious and spiritual values, and kinship bonds, as well as active oversight of homework and encouragement of critical thinking, establish the…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Case Studies, African American Students, Child Rearing
Kobus, Tina; Maxwell, Lee; Provo, Jeanette – Online Submission, 2007
This is an abstract for an action research project report on improving student motivation. Students struggle with motivation to perform well in school. This study was designed to increase student motivation in the classroom setting. The targeted population consisted of one third grade classroom, one fourth grade classroom, and three periods of…
Descriptors: Homework, Class Activities, Student Behavior, Intervention
Sampson, Demetrios G., Ed.; Spector, J. Michael, Ed.; Ifenthaler, Dirk, Ed.; Isaias, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2014
These proceedings contain the papers of the 11th International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA 2014), October 25-27, 2014, which has been organized by the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) and endorsed by the Japanese Society for Information and Systems in…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Teaching Methods, Technological Literacy, Technology Uses in Education
Wiederholt, J. Lee; And Others – 1993
This book contains a discussion of the resource program concept for students with special needs, the roles of the resource teacher, and directions for implementing and operating resource programs. Part I outlines a rationale for resource programs, their historical development, types of resource models, research-based effectiveness of this…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Computer Software Evaluation, Consultation Programs, Disabilities
Ban, John R. – 1993
The Parents Assuring Student Success (PASS) program draws on the talents and energies of parents to assist educators in raising educational standards for every child. The first part of the manual teaches parents what it takes to become an effective learner. The focus is on study skills, including well-known learning strategies. The second part of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Children, Educational Cooperation, Educational Improvement
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Blackfelner, Carol; Ranallo, Barbara – 1998
Research has demonstrated that parent involvement has many beneficial effects for students. This action research project designed and implemented a program to raise the academic achievement of second-grade students by increasing parent involvement. The students attended two second-grade classrooms in a west-central Illinois school. The problem of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade 2, Homework, Parent Attitudes
May-Campbell, Christine – 1991
This practicum was designed and implemented to increase the homework completion rate of sixth graders in English classes. Objectives were formulated to reflect a statistical increase in homework completion rate by means of calculation and analysis of a computerized gradebook. A review of the literature revealed several viable strategies to…
Descriptors: Assignments, Elementary School Students, English Instruction, Feedback
Developmental Studies Center, San Ramon, CA. – 1991
In the context of a regular academic program, the Child Development Project (CDP) helps teachers and parents promote characteristics such as helpfulness and responsibility in children in kindergarten through sixth grade. The CDP program contains five major elements: (1) cooperative activities; (2) helping activities; (3) the highlighting of…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Cooperative Learning, Democratic Values, Elementary Education
McCarty, Hanoch – 1994
This guide for teachers explores the dynamics of successful parent involvement with their children's education. The guide is centered on 10 keys to family involvement: (1) creating a new definition of parent that includes alternative caregivers; (2) moving toward "family involvement" rather than just parent involvement; (3) devising new…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Involvement, Homework
Howley, Craig; Cahape, Pat – 1993
This document contains English and Spanish versions of six one-page reports for parents. Each brief provides background, suggestions, and sources of further information on educational and child-rearing topics of common interest to parents. Titles are: "The Best and Worst of Times: Support Groups Help" ("Los tiempos mejores y peores: Los grupos…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Development, Child Rearing, Early Childhood Education
Azmitia, Margarita; And Others – 1994
This report shows that, in low-income Mexican-American and European-American families, children's everyday learning activities at home and aspirations of parents for their children's future are key elements in home-school linkages. Two models of home-school linkages are reviewed: the cultural match/mismatch model and the two-way partnership…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anglo Americans, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Life
Risinger, C. Frederick – 1991
More than 150 research studies were reviewed to develop this set of suggestions for teachers interested in effective history instruction. The suggestions are organized into four categories: (1) Teacher perceptions and behavior; (2) Student activities and cooperative learning; (3) Homework; and (4) Effective use of textbooks. A brief bibliography…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Learning, Educational Research
Martinez-Pons, Manuel; Zimmerman, Barry J. – 1990
This study examines differences in the academic achievement of Puerto Ricans, Cubans, and Central/South Americans, and the relationship of those differences to the time spent on homework, educational-occupational aspirations, and background. The following parental factors are examined: (1) the press for English; (2) the press for independence; (3)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Cubans, Elementary Secondary Education
Tsang, Sau-Lim; Wing, Linda C. – 1985
Noting the lack of a comprehensive body of knowledge about Asian American educational achievement and attainment, this document examines recent national data in order to develop an empirical profile of the educational status of Asian American secondary and postsecondary students. According to the data, higher proportions of Asian Americans than of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Asian American Students, Demography, Educational Attainment
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