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Showing 1 to 20 of 137 for “"Third-Grade Students"”.
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Nonfiction interests and reading habits of third grade students
… introduced in 2009 as an initiative to have all students, no matter where they live, be prepared for college and careers. Further the reading panel of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) requires a high proportion of informational text on its assessments particularly as …
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The effects of collaborative strategic reading among third grade students
… the use of Collaborative Strategic Reading in a third grade class significantly improved test scores in vocabulary and comprehension in a given social studies unit exam. Two third grade classes were researched. The use of CSR was compared to the testing results of another third grade class that …
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Third-grade students' historical thinking and The BIG History Lesson
… skills). What is the potential for elementary students in using historical thinking skills to "do history" in the ways that historians might? And how might these students engage in a history museum setting that lasts longer than one day? To address these issues I followed third-grade students …
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Socioeconomics, self-esteem and locus of control in third grade students
… study was to examine the relationship between third grade students' socioeconomic status and their corresponding levels of self-esteem and locus of control. Students who received free or reduced lunch were determined as lower socioeconomic status as compared to those who paid full price for …
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An empirical typology of cognitive abilities in high achieving third grade students
… of Cognitive Ability, 3rd edition (WJ-III). Students were referred for further testing based on their scores on the Indiana State Test of Educational Progress (the ISTEP+). Students were included in the study if they scored at or above the 90th percentile on the ISTEP+ Cognitive Skills Index, …
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Generalization Programming and Performance Feedback: A Writing Intervention with Third-Grade Students
… that has received support for increasing students’ writing fluency (Hier & Eckert, 2014). Toward this aim, 52 third-grade students were randomly assigned to one of two conditions: (a) performance feedback, or (b) performance feedback with generalization programming. Four generalization …
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A comparative study of third-grade students' use of children's web directories
… of this naturalistic case study was for 72 third-grade students to effectively use the children's Web directories Yahooligans and Kidsclick to locate specific information on the Internet and then to compare the success rates of the two directories. The researcher taught a three-week unit of …
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The effects of cooperative learning on mathematics achievement for third grade students
… achievement. It was hypothesized that students who worked cooperatively during mathematics practice would achieve a higher test score on the post-test than students who did not work together. The subjects of the study were forty third grade students form a southern New Jersey school …
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EFFECTS OF CHOICE ON MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION FLUENCY ACQUISITION FOR THIRD GRADE STUDENTS
<p>Students with the most pronounced behavioral needs are the ones missing the most instruction. A three-tiered system of intervention that is data driven and uses evidence based interventions is used within schools to meet the needs of all students. Within this tiered system, Positive Behavioral …
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The Effect of Prosody Instruction on Reading Fluency and Comprehension Among Third-Grade Students
<p>Problem</p> <p>Many students are failing to become proficient readers with current instructional methods used in American schools. Students frequently make improvements in two of fluency’s dimensions, rate and accuracy, but these improvements have not consistently correlated to improvements in …
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The Relationship between Reading Fluency, Writing Fluency, and Reading Comprehension in Suburban Third-Grade Students
… and measured the writing fluency of 54 3rd graders. I examined the writing assessments as they related to the students' reading fluency and reading comprehension scores. Secondly, I performed a quasi-experimental scientific study with 3rd grade students. The control group (n=36) were taught …
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The effects of a looping classroom among third grade students in an urban school district
… in the area of reading and mathematics of third grade students assigned to looping classrooms and non-looping classrooms in one urban school district. Further, the study examined the parent perceptions of their students' academic and affective experiences in the looping classrooms and …
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NARROWING ATTAINMENT AND ACHIEVEMENT GAPS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN THIRD GRADE STUDENTS THROUGH CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE TEACHING
… for accelerating student learning and helping students find their way out of the gap. Billions of dollars have been invested in creating educational equity, but the data have shown that inequality in achievement still exists. However, school districts are beginning to focus more on being aware …
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A Comparative Study of Two Process Approaches to the Teaching of Writing to Third Grade Students
… was to determine if the quality of writing of third grade students instructed in a structured method of writing would vary from that of a similar group instructed in an unstructured method. The element of learning style that denoted a preference for structure or lack of preference for structure …
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The Impact of Working Memory Training on Third-Grade Students' Reading Fluency and Reading Comprehension Performance
… reading performance in 50 typically-developing third-grade students, as well as the effect of WM-training on their WM, reading fluency, and reading comprehension skills. Half of the sample was randomly assigned to the experimental group, while the other half was placed in the control group. …
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The effect of cooperative learning and traditional instruction on the spelling performance of third grade students
… on the spelling test performance of twenty-six third grade students from a southern New Jersey school district. It was hypothesized that students who were taught using cooperative learning strategies during spelling instruction would score significantly higher on their weekly spelling post-tests …
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The impact of positive reinforcement and self-recording on the on-task behavior of third grade students
… and self-recording on the on-task behavior of third grade students. It was hypothesized that third grade students, within a learning community, who employ self-recording strategies and experience positive reinforcement rewards will be on-task a significantly longer length of time than third …
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