If children do not learn how to read in the first few years of primary school, they will struggle to complete the cycle, and are at greater risk of dropping out. It is therefore crucial to identify and test interventions that have the potential of making a large impact, can be implemented quickly, and are affordable to be taken to scale. This is the goal of the PRIMR Initiative in Kenya and the ToTAL program in Haiti--to test various options for improving learning outcomes and instruction in...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Foreign Countries, Reading Skills, Randomized Controlled Trials, Intervention,...
This publication and its companion, "Personal Competencies/Personalized Learning: Lesson Plan Reflection Guide," were created in response to a request for further development of the practical application of personalized learning concepts by teachers. Personalized learning varies the time, place, and pace of learning for each student, and involves the student as a partner in their own education. Personal competencies underlie all learning. The four main competency areas are the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Reflection, Instruction, Individualized Instruction, Individualized Programs,...
The "Practitioner Data Use in Schools: Workshop Toolkit" is designed to help practitioners systematically and accurately use data to inform their teaching practice. The toolkit includes an agenda, slide deck, participant workbook, and facilitator's guide and covers the following topics: developing data literacy, engaging in a cycle of inquiry, accessing and analyzing available data, identifying and creating student goals, and using data to make action plans about instructional...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Workshops, Teaching Methods, Literacy, Data Analysis, Decision Making, Educational...
In this paper we report on a whole school literacy research project, Embedding Literacies in the KLA's (ELK). The starting point for this endeavour is the theory of knowledge development conceptualised within the sociology of education as the semantic wave (Maton, forthcoming). As discipline knowledge typically resides in the "high stakes" texts students need to read and write, knowledge of the language resources used to create
Topics: ERIC Archive, Literacy, Foreign Countries, Educational Sociology, Teaching Guides, Educational...
The growing practice of beginning instruction in a modern foreign language in the elementary school has created a need for many classroom teachers to become oriented to a whole new field of foreign-language teaching methodology and materials. Since teachers tend to think of language instruction in terms of the English-language arts, the language which their pupils had learned to understand and speak before starting to school, they need new techniques for language habit formation when a second...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Teaching Methods, Age, Second Language Instruction, Listening Comprehension, Habit...
This "Writers' Handbook" was prepared in response to the many requests for "a book that tells how to write textbooks and other educational materials for schools." These requests have come from educators of other countries as well as from the United States. The authors believe that the handbook holds valuable information and suggestions for heads of educational systems who may be exploring such matters; for teachers and librarians who use and evaluate educational materials;...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Foreign Countries, Educational History, Guides, Instructional Design, Instructional...
This bulletin is the second in a seres of studies aimed at describing current developments in the secondary school curriculum as they are revealed in recent courses of study and teaching guides. It is the only analysis of the English curriculum in grades 7-12 which has been made by the Office in the past year. This survey includes the four major areas of the language arts: writing, speaking, listening, and reading literature. Besides acquainting teachers, supervisors, and administrators, the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Resource Units, Advisory Committees, Teaching Methods, Language Arts, English...
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was approved by the General Assembly of the United Nations in Paris, December 10, 1948. The vote was 48 to 0, but 8 countries abstained from voting. The Declaration is a statement of principles approved a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations. It is not a treaty and therefore imposes no legal obligations. Indeed the ideals embodied in the Declaration are far in advance of actual practice in many parts of the world. The...
Topics: ERIC Archive, High School Students, Secondary School Teachers, Civil Rights, Treaties, Teaching...
Instructional supports guide how academic standards are taught and translated into student learning. Teachers want a clear curricular framework, a rich array of teaching resources, and ideas for assignments that tap higher order thinking. As states implement new standards, they must simultaneously provide teachers with the tools to teach them effectively. In this paper, The Education Trust offers insights about the best ways states can support the nation's educators in their efforts to help...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Standards, Educational Change, State Standards, Barriers, Best Practices,...
One of the greatest needs of our country is good public roads. The reason we do not have them wherever needed is not primarily because of the cost of building them, for in the last quarter of the century we have spent more money for other things not half as valuable or half as much needed than would be required to pay for the building of good roads to and through every place having any considerable population. The purpose of this bulletin is to call the attention of children in the schools to...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Foreign Countries, Educational History, Educational Resources, Instructional...
AAAS and BSCS are collaborating to develop and study a curriculum unit that supports students' ability to explain a variety of biological processes such as growth in chemical terms. The unit provides conceptual coherence between chemical processes in nonliving and living systems through the core idea of atom rearrangement and conservation during chemical reactions, which is critical for understanding how growth occurs while conserving matter. Abundant evidence in the literature suggests that...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Chemistry, Biology, Grade 8, Middle School Students, Secondary School Science,...
When Morris Dees was a young man in Alabama, the law said that black people couldn't drink from the same water fountain as white people, or sit at the same lunch counter. Back then, the government created and sanctioned divisions between human beings. The Civil Rights Movement changed all of that, of course, and ended state-mandated apartheid in America. But "Prom Night in Mississippi" serves as a powerful reminder that, despite those gains, many Americans live segregated lives. The...
Topics: ERIC Archive, United States History, Civil Rights, Racial Segregation, High School Seniors, Dance,...
Many of the questions received by the magazine column "Ask Teaching Tolerance" are from educators seeking advice about how to respond when someone--a student, a colleague, even a parent--uses biased language or stereotypes in school. This booklet is a response to these questions. It's for educators who want to develop the skills to speak up themselves and who want to help their students find the courage to speak up too. What exactly is biased language, one might ask? Slurs, put-downs...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Teaching Methods, Stereotypes, Bias, Teaching Guides, Language Usage, Role Playing,...
Realizing the difficulty of teaching morals and manners, subjects which the laws of many States require to be taught, this bulletin on good manners has prepared as a help to elementary teachers. Though written for the teachers, it is addressed to the children and may be used in various way: It may be read silently by the teacher and discussed with the children; it may be used merely as added material to suggest or to supplement lessons planned by the teacher; it may be read aloud to the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational History, Prosocial Behavior, Values Education, Elementary School...
Created by teachers for teachers, the Math Academy tools and activities included in this booklet were designed to create hands-on activities and a fun learning environment for the teaching of mathematics to the students. This booklet contains the themed program "Are You Game? Math Academy--Explorations in Probability," which teachers can use to enhance their math instruction while staying true to the academic rigor required by the state standards framework. Included in this booklet...
Topics: ERIC Archive, State Standards, Educational Games, Probability, Mathematics Instruction, Student...
The purpose of these modules is to provide an introduction to the world of probability and statistics to accelerated mathematics students at the high school level. The modules also introduce students to real world math concepts and problems that property and casualty actuaries come across in their work. They are designed to be used by teachers and students of AP courses (primarily AB and BC Calculus) after the AP exam, but of course they can be used at any time. Statistical thinking is critical...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Probability, Statistics, Learning Modules, Calculus, High School Students, Insurance,...
Created by teachers for teachers, the Math Academy tools and activities included in this booklet were designed to create hands-on activities and a fun learning environment for the teaching of mathematics to the students. This booklet contains the "Math Academy--Dining Out! Explorations in Fractions, Decimals, and Percents," which teachers can use to enhance their math instruction while staying true to the academic rigor required by the state standards framework. Included in this...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Student Journals, Manipulative Materials, Money Management, Dining Facilities,...
"Shake, Rattle, & Roll" is a new program developed by The Actuarial Foundation with Scholastic, provides dynamic real-world math content designed to build student skills while showing students the relevance of math to understanding their world and planning for their future. Math skills are increasingly important for students. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, computer and mathematical science occupations, are projected to add 967,000 jobs and grow fastest among the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Gifted, Career Education, Science Careers, Data Analysis,...
"Welcome to Conversions Rock" is a new math program designed to build and reinforce the important skills of converting fractions, decimals, and percents for students in grades 6-8. Developed by The Actuarial Foundation, this program seeks to provide skill-building, real-world math to help students become successful in the classroom and beyond. [A poster that accompanies this teaching guide can be viewed and/or retrieved at:...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Skills, Mathematical...
"Solving the Unknown with Algebra" is a new math program aligned with the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) standards and designed to help students practice pre-algebra skills including using formulas, solving for unknowns, and manipulating equations. Developed by The Actuarial Foundation with Scholastic, this program provides skill-building activities that use mathematics for real purposes, while motivating students to achieve success in the classroom and in...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Algebra, Teaching Guides, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Mathematics Instruction,...
"Setting the Stage with Geometry" is a new math program aligned with the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) standards that is designed to help students in grades 6-8 build and reinforce basic geometry skills for measuring 2D and 3D shapes. Developed by The Actuarial Foundation, this program seeks to provide skill-building math activities to help students become successful in the classroom and in real-world situations outside of school.
Topics: ERIC Archive, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Skills, Class Activities, Mathematics...
"Bars, Lines, & Pies" is a dynamic math program designed to build graphing skills in students, while also showing them the relevance of math in their lives. Developed by The Actuarial Foundation along with Scholastic, the graphing lessons and activities involve engaging, real-world examples about the environment and recycling. In these lessons, students will create, apply, and analyze pie charts, bar graphs, and line graphs.
Topics: ERIC Archive, Graphs, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Skills,...
"The Power of Probability" is a new math program aligned with the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) and Common Core State Standards, which gives students opportunities to practice their skills and knowledge of the mathematics of probability. Developed by The Actuarial Foundation, the program's lessons and worksheets motivate students through activities that use mathematics for real purposes. [A poster that accompanies this teaching guide can be viewed and/or retrieved...
Topics: ERIC Archive, State Standards, Assignments, Probability, Teaching Guides, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade...
"Plan, Save, Succeed!" is a new program aligned with Jumpstart Coalition National Standards in K-12 Personal Finance Education, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Standards, and Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practice. "Plan, Save, Succeed!" is designed to help students understand key financial literacy topics including budgeting, income, saving, and credit. Developed by The Actuarial Foundation with Scholastic, the program's lessons and worksheets...
Topics: ERIC Archive, National Standards, Money Management, Home Economics, Teaching Guides, Middle School...
Created by teachers for teachers, the Math Academy tools and activities included in this booklet were designed to create hands-on activities and a fun learning environment for the teaching of mathematics to the students. This booklet contains the "Math Academy--Play Ball! Explorations in Data Analysis & Statistics," which teachers can use to enhance their math instruction while staying true to the academic rigor required by the state standards framework. Included in this booklet...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Statistical Analysis, Middle School Students, Elementary School Students, Athletics,...
Created by teachers for teachers, the Math Academy tools and activities included in this booklet were designed to create hands-on activities and a fun learning environment for the teaching of mathematics to the students. This booklet contains the "Math Academy--Let's Go to the Mall! Explorations in Combinatorics," which teachers can use to enhance their math instruction while staying true to the academic rigor required by the state standards framework. Included in this booklet are...
Topics: ERIC Archive, State Standards, Experiential Learning, Elementary School Students, Middle School...
Created by teachers for teachers, the Math Academy tools and activities included in this booklet were designed to create hands-on activities and a fun learning environment for the teaching of mathematics to students. This booklet contains the "Math Academy--Can You See It in Nature? Explorations in Patterns & Functions," which a teacher can use to enhance his/her math instruction while staying true to the academic rigor required by the state standards framework. It contains all...
Topics: ERIC Archive, State Standards, Geometric Concepts, Mathematics Instruction, Physical Environment,...
This "Instructor's Guide" provides trainers with an outline for the teaching of the School Readiness and Health module. Participants will be introduced to the concept of school readiness and will learn about the importance of health to school readiness. Participants will learn how Child Care Health Advocates (CCHAs) can support best practices for the promotion of school readiness in their own early care and education (ECE) programs. In addition, CCHAs can influence families and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, School Readiness, Best Practices, Health Education, Child Health, Educational...
The Grade 3 Informational Text Reading Inventory (ITRI) was developed to address the specific reading challenges that grade 3 students encounter as they move from reading largely narrative textbooks in grade 2 to being expected to read and comprehend more dense and content-driven text in grade 3. This booklet contains all of the information teachers need to use the Grade 3 ITRI materials, including assessments, lessons and graphic organizers, answer keys, student scoring sheets, and a survey of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Grade 3, Elementary School Students, Content Area Reading, Textbooks, Reading...
The Grade 5 Informational Text Reading Inventory (ITRI) was developed to address the specific reading challenges that grade 5 students encounter when reading their textbooks and other informational text. In fifth grade, students are expected not only to comprehend difficult passages, but also to extend their comprehension through drawing inferences and critically evaluating the materials they read. This booklet contains all the information teachers need to use the Grade 5 ITRI materials,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Grade 5, Elementary School Students, Content Area Reading, Textbooks, Reading...
To successfully make the transition from school to adult life and the world of work, adolescents and young adults need guidance and encouragement from caring, supportive adults. The best decisions and choices made by transitioning youth are based on sound information including appropriate assessments that focus on the talents, knowledge, skills, interests, values, and aptitudes of each individual. This guide will serve as a resource for multiple audiences within the workforce development...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Strategic Planning, Youth Employment, Career Planning, Testing, Career Development,...
The purpose of this document is to assist teachers in aligning their present foreign language curriculum with the national standards for student learning. This guide will enable teachers to identify which aspects of their current curriculum fit with the standards and how these can be extended and adapted to address the new dimensions of the standards. Teachers will also learn how they can address each of the five goal areas of the standards in their curriculum. This document is designed to be...
Topics: ERIC Archive, State Supervisors, National Standards, Teaching Guides, Teacher Educators, Academic...
The present study aimed at exploring the effectiveness of using explicit language learning strategy-based instruction in developing secondary school students' EFL listening comprehension skills. It was hypothesized that using explicit strategy-based instruction would develop students' EFL listening comprehension skill and its sub-skills. The sub-skills were identified according to students' text-book, teacher's guide, and Ministry of Education Directives for secondary school teachers...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Experimental Groups, Reading Comprehension, Listening Comprehension, Learning...
This handbook is designed as a quick reference for first-year teachers who find themselves in an assessment driven environment with little experience to help make sense of the language, underlying philosophy, or organizational structure of the assessment system. The handbook begins with advice on developing and evaluating effective learning goals/outcomes, provides a range of assessment techniques that include informal, formative and summative approaches, and offers teachers a reference for...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Student Evaluation, Portfolio Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Performance...
The need for effective communication among the people of the world has never been more pressing than it is at the start of the 21st century in this post-911 world. Recent breakthroughs in the fields of transportation, computing and telecommunications have combined to increase the ease and frequency of communication among members of different cultures. At the same time, developments in world politics have made the need for meaningful communication among different people a necessity for the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Intercultural Communication, Global Education, Teaching Methods, Interdisciplinary...
The primary purpose of the 2004 Mississippi Business and Technology Framework is to promote business and economic literacy, both successful domestic and international functioning, diverse practice of interpersonal, teamwork, and leadership skills, technology as a tool for managing information, and lifelong learning skills that foster flexible career paths and confidence in adapting to a workplace that demands constant retooling. Furthermore, the 2004 Mississippi Business and Technology...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Technology Education,...
The "ISSS Annual Conference Proceedings" is a peer-reviewed professional publication published once a year following the annual conference. (Individual papers contain references.) [For the 2010 proceedings, see ED509647.]
Topics: ERIC Archive, Conferences (Gatherings), Social Studies, Conference Papers, Annual Reports,...
This research investigates the effectiveness of the Instrumental Enrichment Approach on the enhancement of the reading comprehension skills of learners with English Language Learning Difficulties. It aims at identifying the reading comprehension skills required for preparatory stage English language learners, re-develop and teach sample materials using the IEA to enhance the reading comprehension skills of learners English language learning difficulties. It adopts a quasi- experimental (control...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Check Lists, Reading Tests, Reading...
"Making Sense of Decoding and Spelling: An Adult Reading Course of Study" is an evidence-based course of study designed to teach adult learners to decode and spell words more accurately and fluently. It is designed to be used as one component of a comprehensive adult reading course. The target population for the course is adult basic education (ABE) learners at the low-intermediate level (fourth to seventh grade equivalence level). It contains 30 scripted lesson plans. The course of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Adult Learning, Adult Students,...
What do Matthew Brady, Carrie Chapman Catt, Ansel Adams, Orson Welles, and J. Howard Miller have to do with the 100 milestone documents? A few hints: Matthew Brady created the first photographic documentation of a war. Carrie Chapman Catt was the president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association in 1920. Orson Welles produced plays for the Federal Theater Project, a program of the Works Progress Administration established during the Depression to relieve unemployment among artists...
Topics: ERIC Archive, United States History, Democracy, Civics, Archives, Worksheets, Presidents, History...
Thousands of educators are using America's most important historic documents to help students learn the story of their nation and its citizens, thanks to the Our Documents initiative. This was one of the main objectives of Our Documents, which is part of the "National Initiative on American History, Civics, and Service," launched by President George W. Bush in September 2002. It is co-sponsored by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), National History Day (NHD), and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, United States History, Civics, Archives, History Instruction, Instructional...
Lunar Nautics is a hands-on curriculum targeted to youth in grades 6 to 8, that allows the students to design, test, analyze and manage a space mission from initial concept to project funding. Lunar Nautics provides opportunities for development of problem solving skills and critical thinking skills that are needed to design, organize and manage a space mission through its life cycle. The curriculum is designed as a template curriculum that can be applied to any space mission: past, present or...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Science Activities, After School Programs, Thinking Skills, Problem Solving, Critical...
In May 2005, the International Technology Education Association (ITEA) was funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop curricular units for Grades K-12 on Space Exploration. The units focus on aspects of the themes that NASA Engineers and Scientists--as well as future generations of explorers--must consider, such as Energy and Power, Transportation and Lunar Plant Growth Chambers (the STS-118 Design Challenges). Moreover, the units are embedded within a larger...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Plants (Botany), Problem Solving, Engineering, Technological Literacy, Design, High...
This educator guide is organized into seven chapters: (1) Overview; (2) The Design Challenge; (3) Connections to National Curriculum Standards; (4) Preparing to Teach; (5) Classroom Sessions; (6) Opportunities for Extension; and (7) Teacher Resources. Chapter 1 provides information about Environmental Control and Life Support Systems used on NASA spacecraft. Chapter 2 provides a brief description of the challenge, time requirements, and materials and cost estimates. A more detailed list of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Glossaries, Web Sites, Technological Literacy, Space Sciences, Engineering,...
The Field Trip to the Moon program uses an inquiry-based learning approach that fosters team building and introduces students to careers in science and engineering. The program components include a DVD and classroom investigations. The compelling DVD (not included here) provides essential information about Earth and the Moon. The hands-on activities, which take up where the show leaves off, motivate students to use their cooperative learning skills to design a self-sufficient lunar station....
Topics: ERIC Archive, Astronomy, Science Careers, Career Awareness, Engineering, Inquiry, Worksheets,...
This guide was prepared as a tool useful for informal education venues (4-H, Boys and Girls Clubs, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, etc.), science clubs and related programs, and can be adopted for formal education settings. An exciting and productive study in rocket science can be implemented using the selected activities for the above-mentioned settings. The guide's activities can be correlated to meet formal education's core curriculum objectives or used for ancillary enrichment and extension...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Space Sciences, Informal Education, Clubs, Scientific Principles, Scientific...
The Field Trip to the Moon program uses an inquiry-based learning approach that fosters team building and introduces young people to careers in science and engineering. The program components include the Field Trip to the Moon show (either on DVD or presented in a planetarium dome) and workshop investigations. The compelling show provides essential information about Earth and the Moon. The hands-on activities, which take up where the show leaves off, motivate young people to use their...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Informal Education, Workshops, Museums, Recreational Facilities, Astronomy, Science...
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Engineers at Marshall Space Flight Center, and their partners at other NASA centers and in private industry, are designing and beginning to develop the next generation of spacecraft to transport cargo, equipment, and human explorers to space. These vehicles--the Ares I and Ares V launch vehicles--are part of the Constellation Program, which is carrying out a bold vision of human space exploration. The program also includes a crew exploration...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Space Exploration, Space Sciences, Heat, Secondary School Science, Mathematics,...
Field Trip to the Moon uses an inquiry-based learning approach that fosters team building and introduces participants to careers in science and engineering. The program components include the Field Trip to the Moon DVD [not included here], Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)/Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) Activities, and Lunar Base Activities. Together these materials can be used to create your own workshop that introduces important concepts about the Earth and the Moon,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Group Activities, Informal Education, Workshops, Astronomy, Science Careers, Career...
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Engineers at Marshall Space Flight Center, Dryden Flight Research Center, and their partners at other NASA centers and in private industry are currently developing X-33, a prototype to test technologies for the next generation of space transportation. This single-stage-to-orbit reusable launch vehicle (SSTO RLV) may replace the Space Shuttle Orbiter and greatly reduce the cost of putting people, satellites, and scientific experiments into...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Space Sciences, Astronomy, Engineering, Worksheets, Teaching Guides, Elementary...